Tag Archives: Trailer Tuesday

Trailer Tuesday: ‘Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead’ by Sara Gran

Posted on 19 July 2011 by Cat, Assistant Editor

Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead by Sara Gran is one of our top summer reads this July. It is the first in a brand new series, and Claire DeWitt has all the makings of a favorite detective. … Continue reading →

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Trailer Tuesday: ‘The Distant Hours’ by Kate Morton

Posted on 12 July 2011 by Cat, Assistant Editor

July’s Book Club column features three great books now in paperback, including Kate Morton’s The Distant Hours. It’s a WWII mystery that spans five decades, and our reviewer described it as “old-fashioned tale” that “tips [its] hat to previous novels … Continue reading →

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Trailer Tuesday: ‘To Be Sung Underwater’ by Tom McNeal

Posted on 28 June 2011 by Cat, Assistant Editor

Tom McNeal, author of Goodnight Nebraska, seems to have just the right touch to capture stories of reconciliation and gritty heartache. Goodnight Nebraska was described as “uncommonly human,” and it seems his next book, To Be Sung Underwater, is of … Continue reading →

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Trailer Tuesday: ‘Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children’ by Ransom Riggs

Posted on 21 June 2011 by Cat, Assistant Editor

Inspired by blogger/travel-writer-turned-novelist Ransom Riggs‘s collection of fantastical and grotesque vintage photographs, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children is already on the way to making it big. The movie rights were recently acquired by Fox after a rather heated auction, … Continue reading →

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Trailer Tuesday: ‘Man with a Pan’ by John Donohue

Posted on 14 June 2011 by Cat, Assistant Editor

Our Father’s Day Feature includes four books that would all be great gifts for dads, and Man with a Pan: Culinary Adventures for Fathers Who Cook for Their Families gives a huge pat on the back to dad-chefs and kings-of-the-grill. … Continue reading →

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Trailer Tuesday: ‘Ten Thousand Saints’ by Eleanor Henderson

Posted on 7 June 2011 by Cat, Assistant Editor

I have found that books on youth culture, no matter the decade, tend to find similar ground in desperation and nostalgia, as well as the fact that there seems to be no cure for coming-of-age. Eleanor Henderson’s debut novel Ten … Continue reading →

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Trailer Tuesday: ‘Miss New India’ by Bharati Mukherjee

Posted on 31 May 2011 by Cat, Assistant Editor

I accidentally studied a lot of post-colonial literature in college. I say “accidentally” because I honestly don’t know how I ended up with so many classes on the topic. Note, “post-colonial” doesn’t refer to the American colonies but rather India … Continue reading →

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Trailer Tuesday: ‘The Greater Journey’ by David McCullough

Posted on 24 May 2011 by Cat, Assistant Editor

One of my favorite books in high school was Daisy Miller — perhaps a strange choice for a 16-year-old girl — but there was something fascinating and tragic about the 19th-century ex-pats seeking solace in European society. While Winterbourne toured … Continue reading →

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Trailer Tuesday: ‘Caleb’s Crossing’ by Geraldine Brooks

Posted on 17 May 2011 by Eliza, Associate Editor

Our interview with Geraldine Brooks about Caleb’s Crossing is BookPage’s May cover story. The novel is about a Wampanoag boy who graduated from Harvard in 1665—and the Puritan woman he befriends, and who longs for an education. In the interview, … Continue reading →

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Trailer Tuesday: ‘The Sisters Brothers’

Posted on 10 May 2011 by Eliza, Associate Editor

I’ll be honest with you. I never thought I liked Westerns . . . until I became obsessed with Charles Portis and True Grit. (See here and here.) So I was especially excited when I read the opening lines of … Continue reading →

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Trailer Tuesday: ‘Lost in Shangri-La’

Posted on 3 May 2011 by Eliza, Associate Editor

BookPage’s top pick for nonfiction this month is “one of the strangest survival stories of WWII.” In 1945, a group of American soldiers flew over a remote valley in New Guinea and crashed into the side of a mountain. Only … Continue reading →

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Trailer Tuesday: ‘The Restorer’ by Amanda Stevens

Posted on 26 April 2011 by Eliza, Associate Editor

Seems like recently I’ve read a lot of books that have significant scenes in cemeteries. Her Fearful Symmetry. The Hollow. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. If that’s your cup of tea—maybe you love creepy stories, ghosts and … Continue reading →

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Trailer Tuesday: ‘The Pun Also Rises’

Posted on 19 April 2011 by Eliza, Associate Editor

I know I posted a trailer (for the movie of The Help) just a couple hours ago, but since today is Trailer Tuesday, why not post two? This trailer for John Pollack’s The Pun Also Rises is seriously cracking me … Continue reading →

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Trailer Tuesday: Henning Mankell’s ‘The Troubled Man’

Posted on 12 April 2011 by Eliza, Associate Editor

Not only was Henning Mankell’s The Troubled Man a featured Book of the Day last week—it is also the Top Pick for mystery and suspense for the month of April! This novel is the final installment of Mankell’s Kurt Wallander … Continue reading →

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Trailer Tuesday: ‘Fire Season’

Posted on 5 April 2011 by Eliza, Associate Editor

Philip Connors is a fire lookout, which means he does exactly what the words suggest: He spends several months of the year perched high above the wilderness and searches for forest fire. Some fires are natural and will be allowed … Continue reading →

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