Book Picks For The First Week Of June
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Ernest Cline's best selling novel, "Ready Player One" (Broadway)
By Tom Hurndall and Robert Fisk
(Trolley Books, $33.56)
Tom Hurndall was a 21-year-old British student and photojournalist who went to the Middle East to find the truth. His journey took him to Baghdad, the Al- Rweished refugee camp and finally to Gaza, where he was wounded while carrying a Palestinian child to safety. He died nine months later. The book is Hurndall’s journey told through his photographs, accompanied by his words taken from diary entries, emails and poems. It’s sure to be a beautiful read for your eyes and heart.
By Maggie Shipstead
(Knopf, $25.95)
If you’re looking for a book of twisted, tangled love stories accented by a wedding, then Maggie Shipstead’s debut novel should be on your summer reading list. Winn Van Meter’s daughter is getting married and things get a little too complicated when he starts to indulge a crush he has on his daughter’s bridesmaid. A book that pokes a hole in the perfect perception of matrimony can’t help but be an interesting read.
By Ernest Cline
(Broadway Paperbacks, $24)
Ernest Cline’s best selling retro- wonder novel has come back to us in paperback, and with a newly designed cover too. He’s also kicking off a summer tour where he’ll be bringing along his 1981 DeLorean automobile with a Flux Capacitor and get this: he’s giving it away. Cline announced that he’s placed a hidden “Easter egg” in both his paperback and hardcover novels and if anyone can find the clues (which of course, will lead to even more clues) and complete his challenges, they get to walk away with the grand prize.
Cline's tour will bring him to L.A. on June 25 where he'll be appearing at the Book Soup on Sunset.
By Gillian Flynn
(Crown Publishing, $25)
Author Gillian Flynn is back again with another well- crafted thriller. When a man’s wife disappears on their fifth wedding anniversary, his husband-of-the-year routine can’t cover up his deceit and suspicious behavior. Did he kill her? Who can you trust? Flynn will keep you guessing until the very end.
