Big Books; Week of 12/14
Hoping that stores will be overwhelmed with shoppers this week before Christmas, publishers are giving them and their back room staffs a break, by releasing fewer big-name titles.
12/14
Patterson, James Witch & Wizard
Patterson begins a new YA series with co-author Gabrielle Charbonnet. Unsurprisingly, it is drawing the most holds of books being pubbed this week, averaging 5 to 1 at several large libraries.
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12/15
Emma McLaughlin, Nicola Kraus Nanny Returns
Nanny is welcomed back with a B+ from Entertainment Weekly and 3.5 of 4 stars from People, which say it’s “as bitingly funny as its predecessor.” Holds are rather light (readers may have put off by that dreadful movie of the first title).
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12/15
Dominick Dunne, Too Much Money
Entertainment Weekly gives Dunne’s posthumous book a middling C, saying, “like a high-society dinner party — it promises glitz and excitement, but devolves into something of a bore.”
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12/15
Timothy Ferris, The Four-Hour Work Week
The work week may still have only four hours, but the new edition of the book has expanded from 320 pages to 416. An updated audio is also available.