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 | From Emily Faherty, your About Books & Literature Editor The About.com Books & Literature Experts are always hard at work reading and reviewing some of the latest books to hit the shelves (including these brand new January releases). Let's take a look at a few of the most recently reviewed titles from their reading lists. | |
'Starting Over' by Elizabeth Spencer
At the age of 92, Elizabeth Spencer released Starting Over, a new collection of nine short stories. The author and playwright is best known for the novella The Light in the Piazza which was made into a film in 1962 and a Broadway musical in 2005. January is a great time of the year to pick up her powerful and thought-provoking stories about new beginnings, a departure from one's old ways, and a growth in personal knowledge.
| 'Witch Finder' by Ruth Warburton
This new YA book (the first in its series) by Ruth Warburton takes place in a Victorian London fantasy world and alternates between two narrators. There's Luke, a new witch hunter tasked with killing a randomly-selected witch in order to complete his initiation. And there's Rosa, an aristocrat expected to make a good marriage in order to help restore her family's fortunes and (of course!) Luke's chosen target. Expect a slow-build of adventure and a budding love story.
| 'The Ocean at the End of the Lane' by Neil Gaiman
According to the reviewer, this dark, intoxicating novel by Neil Gaiman is a "mix of drama and fantasy that comes close to touching the hem of classic literature." It plunges readers into the story of a 47-year-old man returning home and facing mysterious events that happened 40 years earlier when he discovered a dead body, his family's flaws, and three neighbors with powerful supernatural secrets.
| 'Chains' by Laurie Halse Anderson
Middle school readers will enjoy Laurie Halse Anderson's award-winning historical novel Chains, the fervent story of one girl's personal revolution to break free from an intolerable situation and win her own freedom. It takes place during the American Revolution and is told from the viewpoint of Isabel, an orphaned slave girl living with a Loyalist family. When she is asked to help spy for the Patriot rebels, it opens up many questions, like who is most likely to grant her the one thing she most desires — the British or the Americans?
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