Book Nook - New Books from Texas Writers

Apparently May is Texas Writers Month - so here are some books to check out! 

Dear Dana: That time I went crazy and wrote all 580 of my Facebook friends a handwritten letter | Amy Weinland Daughters, Houston, TX

In the age of social media, what does it mean to connect through a hand-written letter?

When Amy Daughters reconnected with her former friend from camp decades ago, Dana, via Facebook, she had no idea how it would change her life. Through social media, Amy learned Dana’s son Parker was at St. Jude battling cancer, and she began sending her handwritten letters, even after Parker died. Eventually, Dana wrote back, and the two became pen pals. The richness of the experience left Amy wondering something: If my life could be so changed by someone I considered “just a Facebook friend,” what would happen if I wrote all my Facebook friends a letter?

A staggering 580 handwritten letters later, Amy’s life would never be the same. 

Explosive Chemistry | Paige E. Ewing, Austin, TX

Set 30 years into a hopeful future where fossil fuels are obsolete, Liliana is a reluctant spider-kin fortune teller who is faced with the task of solving the mystery of who killed four soldiers at Fort Liberty. Follow along as Liliana bands together with irritating Fae Colonel as they defend their close friends, an oak goblin doctor and a fairy with a penchant for machine guns, from becoming the next victims. Explosive Chemistry is the perfect book for readers interested in urban fantasy, Fae romance, and a touch of paranormal spiders. 

Snapshots of My Father, John Silber | Rachel Silber Devlin, Boston, MA and Dallas, TX

Snapshots of My Father, John Silber is a candid and extensively illustrated biography of John Silber, who entirely transformed Boston University as its president and was a controversial, yet intellectually formidable, candidate for governor of Massachusetts. In this book, Rachel Silber Devlin looks at her family and her father’s trajectory from Texas to Boston and what life became like there; she examines his personality and temperament; and she describes his later years, the hardships he weathered and his continued accomplishments out of the public eye.

Snapshots of My Father is a clear-eyed vision of this authentic man of principle who had a drive to achieve great things – from championing free speech to being a father to seven children.