Tampa Book Buzz

books i want to read

My reading list keeps getting longer. I’ve come across a lot of books recently that sound very interesting:

Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl — People called this “a blockbuster debut” full of “literary and pop cultural references and illustrations by Pessel herself” that “demands attention.”

The Ruins by Scott Smith — Entertainment Weekly called it an “old-fashioned horror story” and Salon.com warns “don’t start this book if you are weak of stomach or nerves.” The Week highlighted The Ruins as Novel of the Week and Time included it on their list 6 Guilt-Free Pleasures to Read at the Beach.

I talked my local librarian into giving me an extra copy of a new-book catalog he had lying around (although he made me promise not to clog their online system by adding all of them to my library holds list). There are too many fascinating, intriguing titles to mention them all here, but here’s a few that piqued my interest:

Social Intelligence:The New Science of Human Relationships by Daniel Goleman (out September 26th)

The Birth House by Ami McKay (August)

Renfield:Slave of Dracula by Barbara Hambly (September)

Considering Doris Day by Tom Santopietro (September)

Brainiac:Adventures in the Curious, Competitive, Compulsive World of Trivia Buffs by Ken Jennings (September)

Women of Valor:The Rochambelles on the WWII Front by Ellen Hampton (September)

Reading Like A Writer:A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them by Francine Prose (September)

Dead Center:Behind the Scenes at the World’s Largest Medical Examiner’s Office by Shiya Ribowsky and Tom Shachtman (September)

So many books, so little time!