Month: April 2024

As the warmth returns, there’s nothing better than stretching out in the Springtime Southern air with a good book. 

LOCAL AUTHOR: The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston

Those who follow new releases will know that Poston has taken the romantic comedy world by storm, but did you know that she grew up just down the road in Lexington? The Seven Year Slip has Poston’s signature depth of emotion and humor, with a tiny dash of magical realism thrown in.

The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession by Michael Finkel

This wild and unpredictable true crime story seems too strange to be real, following the world’s most prolific art thief, Stéphane Breitwieser’s insatiable hunger to possess beauty at any cost.

The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading by Dwight Garner

Dwight Garner, New York Times critic and the author of Garner’s Quotations, shares his joy of books and food in this comic, personal, tender memoir—best savored slowly.

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

This sweeping historical fiction novel follows many generations of a family from the Deep South to California, from the 1950s to the 1990s, and a pair of twins that are grappling with their family, communities, and racial identities.

The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley

The acclaimed author of The Guest List and The Paris Apartment returns late this Spring with a new thriller, a classic locked room murder mystery set at a luxury resort.