Annie's Book Stop of Worcester

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  This week, love seems to be a theme in most of the books we see in our new arrivals. Even though they are not all romances, whether it’s familial love or relationship love most of them deal with affairs of the heart.     In the fiction books, Maame: A Novel by Jessica George …

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  This week’s new arrivals are all fiction books – albeit a wide array of  genres. First we have Hell Bent, by Leigh Bardugo, a paranormal fantasy, the sequel to Ninth House. It seems to me as though you can’t really put it in one genre, it seems to border on fantasy, horror, and suspense/thriller. …

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    Annie’s Book Stop of Worcester is very happy to shine our Friday spotlight on local author Laura Zigman. I asked Laura to tell me briefly about herself and her writing, and this was her response:   I’m Laura Zigman, the author of five novels – Animal Husbandry, Dating Big Bird, Her, Piece of …

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  Greetings, and Happy New Year to all. For January, the New Arrivals blogs of the books coming into Annie’s Book Stop of Worcester won’t be presented by week, they will instead each give you a look ahead at some of January’s literary treasures.   This month there are many fiction titles, including literary fiction, …

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  Hello everyone. As Autumn begins, and the weather cools, passions heat up. This week there are many books about love, romance, hardships, and heart adorning our shelves. We also do have a new R.A. Salvatore fantasy, one mystery, one literary fiction book and one Neil DeGrasse Tyson science book. Enjoy!   ROMANCES:   DRUNK …

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    Fiction:   How can we start the New Arrivals blog without a new James Patterson thriller? This week we have:   ESCAPE (BILLY HARNEY THRILLER #3) by James Patterson, which seems like a fun “escape” read with his Billy Harney character. Other mysteries/thrillers include:   THE HOUSE ACROSS THE LAKE by Riley Sager. …

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    Annie’s Book Stop of Worcester is happy to shine our Friday spotlight on Author Erika Ferencik. Award-winning novelist Erica Ferencik has received glowing critical praise for her literary thrillers featuring women who face extreme physical challenges in nature, even as they grapple with internal struggles.   Devoted to authenticity in her craft, Erica spent weeks …

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    The beginning of February brings some books to our shelves that deal with some very hot topics of the day – MERCY STREET: A NOVEL by Jennifer Haigh deals with abortion issues, and AMERICAN DIRT by Jeanine Cummings, which is an Oprah’s book club book deals with the tragedy that people face when …

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  Hello, and welcome to a new, and hopefully brighter new year. We at Annie’s Book Stop of Worcester are always aiming to bring you the newest and best books that are coming out each week, starting with this week’s new arrivals. There are some wonderful but chilling new arrivals on our shelves this week, …

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  If you see what’s coming across our new arrivals shelves this week you will see some very diverse biographies, fiction books, and historical literature. To start with, there are three biographies, BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY: A MEMOIR by Qian Julie Wang, an Asian American biography; HIS TRUTH IS MARCHING ON: JOHN LEWIS AND THE POWER OF …

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