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Books on the Nightstand, Episode 27 (26:42)

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It’s our birthday! One year ago we launched Books on the Nightstand and we start today’s episode by reflecting on the past year. As we look to the future, we’d love your input! Leave comments here on the blog, on our voicemail line (206.350.2068), or at our Goodreads or Facebook groups.

Next, we offer a look at some of the best books coming out this Summer (May – August). Many of these are titles you’ll hear much more about on future episodes, so we’ll keep it short here. [A note about the title links below: usually we link to LibraryThing, where you can get general info to take to your local bookstore. Since some of these books don't come out for four months, we've decided to link to the publishers' websites instead. We'll return to our normal format next time.]

This time around our usual third segment becomes “Two Books We Can’t Wait For You to Read – And We Can’t Wait to Finish.” Our reading preparation for sales conference has kept us both from finishing books we’re loving. Ann tells us about the new novel from Anne Michaels of Fugitive Pieces fame and Michael talks about Red Orchestra, the story of a group of German citizens who resisted the Nazis.

Photo credit: Jay Heaviside

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