The cold weather has us all curled up and ready for next month’s book releases. Soon, Halloween and its thrilling reads will come and go, but the crisp relaxation of the Fall season is here to stay. With these new releases, the wait for Thanksgiving will be a breeze. Plenty of time before the upcoming chaos of the holidays!
Box Office Poison: Hollywood’s Story in a Century of Flops by Tim Robey
Release date: November 5, 2014.
Hollywood’s been having a hard time at the box office. That’s putting it lightly. There’s no space for original and intricate storytelling from robust sequels and unwanted reboots. In Robey’s new book, he goes back to the beginning days of Hollywood and dives deep into the movie flops of old. A century’s history of failed movies will tell readers what it is about films such as Intolerance, Speed 2: Cruise Control, and Speed Racer that didn’t appeal to audiences but somehow Hollywood approved of. Get ready to wince at the extensive movie titles in this book.
Stand in My Window: Meditations on Home and How We Make It by LaTonya Yvette
Release date: November 12, 2024.
“Home is where the heart is.” Sometimes that is the case. Other times, we want the physical version of our home. It’s our comfort place to rest and destress. In Stand in My Window: Meditations on Home and How We Make It, Yvette preoccupies making her 200-year-old house in upstate New York her home amid constant worry. From pandemics, disastrous climate change, and government issues concerning women’s rights, does your home feel safe? Yvette finds that homemaking can be liberating, a freeing definition of making a home you’re comfortable in. Accompanied with photographs, the book is a self-care tool for creating peace of mind for yourself.
Cabinet of Curiosities: A Historical Tour of the Unbelievable, the Unsettling, and the Bizarre by Aaron Mahnke
Release date: November 12, 2024.
As the title states, this book is filled with bizarre stories that are debated to be part of human history. Originally from his podcast, Aaron Mahnke’s Cabinet of Curiosities, Mahnke now details more random stories and facts in his new book, Cabinet of Curiosities: A Historical Tour of the Unbelievable, the Unsettling, and the Bizarre. From small facts like how the croissant wasn’t invented in France to scandalous historical tales of an assassin’s family member rescuing his target, Abraham Lincoln’s son, Mahnke prints his favorite far-fetched stories in one book. Become a bonafide history expert with these amusing tales! Someone will undoubtedly be impressed.
The Endless Refrain: Memory, Nostalgia, and the Threat to New Music by David Rowel
Released date: November 12, 2024.
According to David Rowel, music is a dying cultural form of expression. Under the new rule of streaming services such as Spotify and holographic concerts of dead artists “touring” the world, there isn’t any truth of life for music in the industry. The Endless Refrain: Memory, Nostalgia, and the Threat to New Music takes an intimate look into the new musical culture we live in due to the internet and media influence with deep criticism. This will open our eyes to the subject we may not have noticed is happening right now.
Treekeepers: The Race for a Forested Future by Lauren E. Oakes
Release date: November 12, 2024.
We’ve seen commercials or YouTube sponsor ads of planting trees to earn the title of lord or lady or others that get people to contribute to restoring Earth’s plant life. This book by Lauren E. Oakes questions the process of getting trees planted. What goes behind growing a forest or what’s needed to make sure these small plants succeed in transforming into trees? Treekeepers: The Race for a Forested Future answers these questions while bringing awareness to an ongoing environmental issue with optimism and hope. It’s an encouragement for future generations to continue the goal of guiding our forestation to great heights, especially with the ongoing threat of global warming.
From Under the Truck: A Memoir by Josh Brolin
Release date: November 19, 2024.
You may know this actor as the Mad Titan Thanos from the MCU and Brandon from The Goonies, but in this book, he’s an ordinary boy from Paso Robles, California. From childhood to rising movie star, From Under the Truck depicts monumental stages of this man’s life, including the massive impact of his mother’s “explosive” personality. Readers will get a first-row seat into Brolin’s inner thoughts and insight into his acting career and life as a father. From his ups and downs, we’re entertained by deep thoughts on the meaning of life and death; readers will be just as engaged in this natural-born writer as we are with his acting.
The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Release date: November 19, 2024.
The natural world is the Earth we take for granted. Taking up resources and messing up its wildlife, Kimmerer’s The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World uses serviceberries as a metaphor for how we should act with withering relationships. Serviceberries provide nourishment to the wildlife community while ensuring its survival. If we were to be like the tree and strive to be selfless for others, our relationships would prosper. As a self-help book, Elizabeth Gilbert writes that Wall is “a great teacher, and her words are a hymn of love to the world.”
From the intrigue of Hollywood’s specific box office bombs to the bizarrely true stories that are hard to believe, the continuation of the fall season will surely be a riveting experience!
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