Facebook

PaperBackSwap Blog


Posts Tagged ‘Book Recommendations’

Books You May Have Missed: Newsletter – January 2009

Sunday, January 4th, 2009

Check out these books, currently available to request right now! These come highly recommended by the PaperBackSwap Team.

MemoirBetween a Rock and a Hard Place is one of the most extraordinary survival stories ever told. Aron Ralston’s searing account of his six days trapped in one of the most remote spots in America, and how one inspired act of bravery brought him home, will stay with you long after you have finished the book.
Contemporary FictionLight on Snow Walking through new-fallen snow in the forest near their home, twelve year old Nicky Dillon and her father come upon something inconceivable: there, in the pristine winter scene, an abandoned infant wails… A brilliant and beautiful contemporary novel about love and memory from the author of the bestselling novels All He Ever Wanted and The Pilot’s Wife.
How-to … This book sets down some clean-up guidelines even pack rats can live with!  How to Conquer Clutter covers everything alphabetically and can get you started on that New Year’s resolution of finally getting organized.
Classic Literature… The Country of the Pointed Firs and Other StoriesA female writer looking for seclusion and inspiration in the coastal town of Dunnet Landing, Maine…this remarkable volume weaves a colorful and moving tapestry of the grand complexities, joys, and beauties of life.

General Fiction…Peace Like a River…Eleven-year-old Reuben Land has reason to believe in miracles. Along with his sister and father, Reuben finds himself on a cross-country search for his outlaw older brother … Their journey unfolds like a revelation, and its conclusion shows how family, love, and faith can stand up to the most terrifying of enemies.

Books You May Have Missed: Newsletter – December 2008

Thursday, December 4th, 2008

Check out these books, currently available to request right now! These come highly recommended by the PaperBackSwap Team.

Historical FictionSnow Flower and the Secret Fan is a brilliantly realistic journey back to an era of Chinese history that is as deeply moving as it is sorrowful. With the period detail and deep resonance of Memoirs of a Geisha, this lyrical and emotionally charged novel delves into one of the most mysterious of human relationships: female friendship.
Paranormal RomanceJust Like Heaven…What do you do when you find a stranger in your closet, particularly when she’s surprised that you can even see her — and she can disappear and reappear at whim? What if she then tells you that her body is actually in a coma on the other side of town?
Biographies and Memoirs… A gripping memoir that reads like a political thriller–a heartrending account in the face of extreme deprivation and the courage with which one family faced its fate, Stolen Lives is an unforgettable story of one woman’s journey to freedom.
Mysteries and Thrillers… Special Circumstances…Introducing an electrifying new voice in legal fiction–in a phenomenal thriller unlike anything you’ve read before…Debut author Sheldon Siegel bursts into the legal arena with a riveting courtroom drama, exposing the world of big-time law firms and lawyers in a sharp-witted, wonderfully sardonic page-turner of a novel…

Fantasy… Carpe Demon: The Adventures of a Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom…Lots of women put their careers aside once the kids come along. Kate Connor, for instance, hadn’t hunted a demon in ages,  when one crashed into the Connor house, intent on killing her.  Now Kate has to clean up the mess in her kitchen, dispose of a dead demon, and pull together a dinner party…