PECKERWOOD BOOK CLUB: What's A Perfect Book To Read In The Fall? Plus "A Calling For Charlie Barnes!"
Greetings, Peckerwood book lovers! What type of books do you like to read in the fall? Something spooky or scary? An easy bon-bon of a book? Fall is allegedly a time for "serious or important liter-a-chure," or at least that's what the Big Five publishing houses have long decreed. Why release a "feel good" novel like " The Midnight Library " in the fall, their thinking goes, when it can sell like hotcakes in the summer months as a popular, breezy beach read? Sales have born out this marketing strategy, though "serious" and "important" are certainly in the eyes of the beholder. Is " Absolution " important, serious fiction? Let's see: a National Book Award-winning author, a decades-spanning scenario originating in the Vietnam War, pre-publication praise from no less than Ann Patchett. Why, yes, I'd say it qualifies and I look forward to reading it. Are Britney's and Jada's and Stamos' tell-all memoirs ...