Is there anything more exciting than finding out that one of your favorite authors is publishing a new book soon? If you're anything like me, the answer is, almost always, NO. It's my lucky year then because two of my favorite authors have new books coming out! I don't have long to wait for the first, a new true historical thriller by Erik Larsen entitled Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania, scheduled for release on March 10th (happy birthday to me, quite literally!). Next to the sinking of the Titanic, that of the Lusitania by German U-boat during WWI is one of the most famed maritime disasters in history. Larsen's book promises to unearth all the intrigue, drama, and suspense surrounding this pivotal moment in the events of the Great War. Book Page has a great interview with Larson on Dead Wake here.
If possible, I'm even more excited for the latest book from the author who is quite probably my all-time favorite, Bill Bryson. I just read today on The Bookseller that Bryson is publishing his first travel book in 15 years! Entitled The Road to Little Dribbling: More Notes from a Small Island, Bryson's latest will be another take on his travels around his adopted homeland of Britain. I'm especially thrilled to hear this because Notes from a Small Island, Bryson's first travel book on Britain, was the first of his books that I read and began my infatuation with Bryson's witty, informative, and wonderful works. I'll be waiting with great impatience for autumn to roll around so I can get my hands on this one!
If you haven't read anything by these authors before, the Media Center owns The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America (National Book Award finalist and Edgar Award winner) and Thunderstruck by Erik Larson. We also have the following Bill Bryson titles: Notes from a Small Island, A Walk in the Woods (recently adapted into a Sundance film), The Mother Tongue, and Made in America. I can't recommend them enough!
Are any of your favorite authors publishing new books soon? What are your most anticipated new reads of 2015?
If possible, I'm even more excited for the latest book from the author who is quite probably my all-time favorite, Bill Bryson. I just read today on The Bookseller that Bryson is publishing his first travel book in 15 years! Entitled The Road to Little Dribbling: More Notes from a Small Island, Bryson's latest will be another take on his travels around his adopted homeland of Britain. I'm especially thrilled to hear this because Notes from a Small Island, Bryson's first travel book on Britain, was the first of his books that I read and began my infatuation with Bryson's witty, informative, and wonderful works. I'll be waiting with great impatience for autumn to roll around so I can get my hands on this one!
If you haven't read anything by these authors before, the Media Center owns The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America (National Book Award finalist and Edgar Award winner) and Thunderstruck by Erik Larson. We also have the following Bill Bryson titles: Notes from a Small Island, A Walk in the Woods (recently adapted into a Sundance film), The Mother Tongue, and Made in America. I can't recommend them enough!
Are any of your favorite authors publishing new books soon? What are your most anticipated new reads of 2015?