Star Tribune books writer, floaty pen enthusiast, re-read every Agatha Christie mystery in order and wrote about them at chrisandchristie.tumblr.com
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Jun 10
Andrew Sean Greer's "Villa Coco" is a smart, fun summer read
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Jun 9
New this week in the @StribGoingOut book room. Oh, just a Pulitzer winner, a Minneapolis literary star and one of the best writers in the world (from Ireland)
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Jun 8
New from chaun webster and @GraywolfPress , an innovative look at loss and trauma
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Jun 3
Beautiful digital presentation (for which I get no credit -- that's my gifted colleague Jamie Hutt) for our look at 20 summer books to anticipate
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Jun 2
New in the book room: a thriller about hero Cork O'Connor from @WmKentKrueger and nonfiction about real life heroes from @MarthaRaddatz
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May 27
A book from @tkelce and @JasonKelce , a slasher movie in book form and "Land," the latest from #Hamnet author Maggie O'Farrell, are coming to shelves in June:
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May 26
New in the book room: a bio of a US president I should know more about, and the latest from the author of blockbuster "Pachinko."
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May 26
Ann Patchett, who's coming to Minneapolis for a sold out chat with Kate DiCamillo in June, has a new novel, "Whistler." It's terrific. Not about horses, though.
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May 20
Natalie Adler's "Waiting on a Friend," from @HogarthBooks takes us back to the '80s in NYC, when so many gay men were dying of AIDS-related causes. Surprisingly, it's funny!
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May 19
I'm gonna have to use a lot of exclamation points in this post. Because: New Patrick deWitt! New Robert Kolker! New @jorringer !
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May 18
A huge day for Minnesota authors 5/26, with new books from Jess Lourey, Joshua Moehling, @WheelerStudio and Maire Roche
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May 14
When Minnesota mystery writer Mary Logue breaks out her murder wheel, watch out.
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May 14
Moms Demand Action delivering petitions to House Speaker Lisa Demuth pushing her to put an assault-weapons ban up for a vote.
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May 12
If I'm super-excited for a new book about punctuation, does that make me a nerd? Yesh. Also, the latest from the writer of "Station Eleven."
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May 11
It's been a minute, but #TheHelp writer Kathryn Stockett finally has a new novel, from @SPIEGELandGRAU . She'll be at @hclib May 21 to chat about "The Calamity Club."
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May 11
If you live in Minnesota and love audiobooks and would be willing to chat with me for a few minutes, please reply here or drop me a note!
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May 7
There have been tons of books about famous conjoined twins Chang and Eng. "The Foursome," from Christina Baker Kline and @MarinerBooks , is about the sisters who married them.
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