Correspondents' Choice: September Books

This is a pure-D disgrace: I was so busy, in October, that I never got around to posting this post. Well, one of the Amazon links had been sabotaged, so that was a problem. Also, Paypal.Me stopped working for this site, so that was another problem. I regret any loss of support these authors have suffered.

Note...correspondents are recommending these books because they're new, and new is how this web site recommends buying them. It's encouraging to read that, due to sellers of used books going online and using Amazon and the Internet as resources for programs like our "Fair Trade Books" system, publishers generally are offering better terms to authors (although they're also slacking off on the actual work of publishing, after they've printed new books). On the other hand they're allowing much less time to determine whether or not a book will sell, and, by extension, whether or not the writer's next book is worth marketing to those who bought the current one. So, most of these writers are in a position where you readers can really boost or hurt their careers, by buying their books new, or borrowing them or buying them secondhand. I recommend spending whatever you earn for one hour's work, each week, on new books. If you're self-employed, like a writer, and what you earn for one hour's work is not necessarily enough to buy even a used book, you can still click on the pictures to look for used books at a discount on Amazon--but if you could afford to buy the books new, and you don't, your conscience will get you.

New from Glenn Beck and team: Addicted to Outrage.

Bread? At a gluten-free site, bread? Why not? Everyone doesn't have to go gluten-free; when it's not been marinated in glyphosate, wheat in reasonable amounts will be a healthy source of plant protein for nine-tenths of humankind, the way it always used to be. For fans of Loulou, the Cat Sanctuary's adorable Tuxie e-friend, here is Her Human's bread recipe book:

And here's the general cookbook:

Reuters reporter Carey Gillam's new book is a must-read.

 

For those who can't get enough of the idea of a School of Magic, Joan Dempsey recommends Christine Grabowski's:

Robin Hutton considers the animals who fought alongside our Greatest Generation:

This one ought at least to be funny...

If you liked the "micropoetry" I retweeted one day in September, you might like the book those "micropoems" were posted to advertise. (Amazon will try to sell you the "e-book" version.)

First novel by the author of that short story collection that Google might not like, though Reese Witherspoon does:

Recommended by Jee Leong Koh:

Does Paul Krugman ever seem like Paul Smugman? Should somebody refute him? Somebody has:

First recommendation I found in the e-mail was this popular picture book, recommended by Penguin. There's a "grandma" sequel, and both are currently on display at Roberts & Jones in Gate City.

Full-length short stories from Alfian Sa'at, author of Malay Sketches...pricey at the time of posting, but demand should generate U.S. publication for a more reasonable price.

Beyond Crazy Rich Asians:

Alphabetically at the end...Clueless was fun, and I think one of the sequels may actually have tackled remixing Pride and Prejudice too, but what about a change of flavor? What if Pride and Prejudice were transferred to a Black city neighborhood? Then you might get Ibi Zoboi's Pride: