fiction

Ann M. Martin

Joe Donahue — Thu, 16 May 2013 15:35:00 +0000

Ann M. Martin is the author of the iconic and beloved The Baby-Sitters Club series which has sold over 176 million copies and inspired a generation of young readers. Her acclaimed novels include Belle Teal, the Newbery Honor book A Corner of the Universe, Here Today, A Dog’s Life, and On Christmas Eve.

Family Tree, is her new quartet, which brings the past and the present together one girlhood at a time, and shows readers the way a family grows.

The Book Show #1283 - Dave Barry

Joe Donahue — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 20:06:00 +0000

Insane City is Pulitzer Prize winning humorist Dave Barry's first novel in more than 10 years, though he has been writing non-fiction best-sellers during that time. In the book, Seth Weinstein is on his way to his destination wedding in Florida.

Little does he know what's in store: Russian gangsters, angry strippers, a desperate Haitian refugee and her two children on the run from some very bad men, and an 11-foot albino Burmese python named Blossom.

Book Picks - Oblong Books and Music

Joe Donahue — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:10:00 +0000

Suzanna Hermans from Oblong Books and Music joins us with this week's Book Picks list.

The Book Show #1279 - Michael Connelly

Joe Donahue — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 20:06:00 +0000

Michael Connelly started his career as a newspaper reporter, eventually working as a police and crime reporter for The Los Angeles Times. While there, he covered the 1992 riots – a time and place to which he returns in the book, The Black Box, which stars LAPD detective, Harry Bosch.

Robert B. Parker's "Ironhorse" by Robert Knott

Joe Donahue — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 15:35:00 +0000

The very popular Virgil Cole western series by Robert B. Parker has been resurrected three years after the author’s death by newcomer, Robert Knott.

In Ironhorse, Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch - newly appointed as Territorial Marshalls - find themselves traveling by train through the Indian Territories.

The Roundtable's 2012 Best Of Lists

Wed, 26 Dec 2012 14:00:00 +0000

BOOKS (selected by Joe Donahue)

FICTION

1. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
2. This is How You Lose Her by Junot Diaz
3. The Round House by Louise Erdrich
4. Telegraph Avenue by Michael Chabon
5. The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers

NON-FICTION

The Book Show #1275 - Martin Amis

Joe Donahue — Tue, 25 Dec 2012 20:06:00 +0000

Martin Amis' latest novel is his 15th work of fiction.

"Orders from Berlin" and Hobbit talk with Simon Tolkien

Joe Donahue — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 14:35:00 +0000

Louise Penny to read from and sign The Beautiful Mystery at Odyssey Bookstore on Friday

Joe Donahue — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 13:45:00 +0000

New York Times bestselling author Louise Penny will read from and sign her new book The Beautiful Mystery on Friday at the Odyssey Bookstore event at Gam

The Book Show #1258 - Peter Steiner

Joe Donahue — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 19:30:00 +0000

Peter Steiner is a writer, artist and former New Yorker cartoonist. While he may be best known for his 1993 New Yorker cartoon, “On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog,” Peter Steiner has recently been making a name for himself as a writer of powerful thrillers.