Local filmmaker Shane Reynolds, writer, producer, director and narrator of the new documentary Sand in My Soul, took time out of his insanely busy schedule to talk to The Beachcomber about his film, which premieres locally in April. How long has...
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Ann Napolitano The Dial Press If you follow any #Bookstagram accounts on social media or have visited a bookstore in the last couple months, you have probably seen the lovely blue cover of Dear Edward. I am here to tell you that it lives up to the hype. This heartbreaking story is about 13-year old...
Jia Tolentino Penguin Random House Jia Tolentino is one of my favorite contributing writers for The New Yorker, so of course I binge read her book of personal essays as soon as it came out. This is by no means an easy read. Jia is brilliant and eloquent and broaches difficult and often rage...
Mac Barnett, Illustrated by Jon Klassen Candlewick Sam and Dave Dig a Hole is an adorable story about two friends and a dog digging in the ground to find “something spectacular.” The reader can see the treasure depicted in the dirt right ahead of Sam and Dave. However, the two inexplicably decide...
Stuart Woods G.P. Putnam’s Sons The 52nd (!) book in the series dropped in January, and #53 (Hit List) is hot off the presses as I write this. I haven’t kept up with Stone Barrington in years, but I’m happy to see that he’s still filthy rich and bedding just about every female character that...
Joseph Finder Dutton With hardly any time to grieve after his war buddy’s fatal opioid overdose, private investigator Nick Heller infiltrates a family pharmaceutical empire. A timely story, complete with all the thrills and twists you’d expect from one of the masters of the suspense genre. –...
Olga Tokarczuk Wydawnictwo Literackie Murder mystery Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead was published in Polish a decade ago, but was recently translated to English. The main character Janina Duszejko is an eccentric, elderly woman living alone deep in the woods in Poland. In her spare...
James Taylor Audbile Portrait of the troubadour as a young man, in which Sweet Baby James talks about meeting the Beatles, growing up, battling heroin, and more. Fans will be happy to know that Mr. Taylor breaks out the guitar for some song interludes, too. I was never a huge JT fan, but this...
Emily Oster Penguin Press As a parent, I am bombarded with information on how to raise my kids, most of which is conflicting and oftentimes judgmental in tone. Emily Oster is an economist by training who reads hundreds of pages of scientific research on pregnancy, parenting and early childhood. She...
Kate Coombs, Art by Seth Lucas Gibbs Smith The Adventures of John Muir is a children’s board book with simple, playful language describing what John Muir did and what he saw. The illustrations are bold and whimsical depictions of John Muir and all the things he’d see in the woods. This book...