picador – Page 4 – Meaghan Walsh Gerard

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Books for August

July 27, 2015

Summer, do your worst! / Light your tinsel moon, and call on / Your performing stars to fall on / Headlong through your paper sky; — August by Dorothy Parker THE SOUL OF AN OCTOPUS by Sy Montgomery From the publisher: In this astonishing book from the author of the bestselling memoir The Good Good Pig, Sy…

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BOOKS for April

April 2, 2015

Spring is coming slowly this year. It is creeping back from the brink of a brutal, snowy winter. But it is coming. And with it are several interesting titles to read as you sit defiantly on your porch, no matter how chilly it still is. WILDERNESS OF RUIN by Roseanne Montillo A…

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ACCENT: A PLEASURE AND A CALLING by Phil Hogan

January 5, 2015

It is every bit as creepy as the cover implies. Mr Heming is a quiet realtor in a tiny English town. Many of his neighbors couldn’t tell you his name, if they noticed him at all. He goes about his business efficiently, under the radar. But he’s not your typical realtor. Mr Heming makes…

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COMING IN APRIL – New Titles to Watch For

March 31, 2014

Spring showers mean rainy days ahead … which means more time for reading. Here are some new books coming out this April. And where better to start than April in Paris… LOVERS AT THE CHAMELEON CLUB, PARIS 1932 By Francine Prose The author begins by telling the reader she was inspired by a particular…

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REVIEW: THE ORPHAN CHOIR by Sophie Hannah

February 6, 2014

This may be the creepiest thing Hannah has written yet. The author so deliciously gaslights her protagonist that the reader can’t help but be taken in as well. The reader knows to be careful but it’s impossible not to slowly lose touch with sanity as the story goes on. The premise is unpretentious: Louise and…