76 Picks in Store, More Publisher Ad Kudos, an October Is Breast Cancer Awareness Month Book Rec, and a Music Update

By Carl Lennertz

November/December 76 Picks just out:

The flyers are still on press, but will be mailing soon, and here is a reminder about the November/December Top Ten picks already out:

• POPULATION, 485: Meeting Your Neighbors One Siren at a Time, by Michael Perry (HarperCollins, $24.95, 0060198524)
  
• HOW TO COOK A TART: A Novel, by Nina Killham (Bloomsbury, $21.95, 1582342695)
  
• IGNORANCE, by Milan Kundera (HarperCollins, $23.95, 0060002093)
  
• THE LITTLE FRIEND, by Donna Tartt (Knopf, $26, 0679439382) Also a Random House Audio (CD, 0553714031)
  
• A PARCHMENT OF LEAVES, by Silas House (Algonquin, $23.95, 1565123670)
  
• IN HER SHOES, by Jennifer Weiner (Atria/S&S, $25, 0743418190)
  

Publisher Ad Kudos:
Many, many, many thanks to all the publishers who advertise with us in our ad format, and to those who mention Book Sense in their own ads. Please give these books an extra look.

Book Sense mentioned in NYTBR ads this coming Sunday:

• THE LAST PLACE, by Laura Lippman (Morrow, $23.95, 0380978199; Oct.)
  
• HOW TO LOSE FRIENDS & ALIENATE PEOPLE, by Toby Young (Da Capo; $24, 030681188X)
  

From Kathy McKinzie, Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park, Washington:

• THRIVING AFTER BREAST CANCER, by Sherry Davis (Broadway Books, $16.95 paper, 0767908465) "This book is a must for anyone undergoing surgery, chemo, radiation, and/or Lymphodema. I experienced all of the above and thought I knew everything until I read this book."
  

Music:
Hope you've seen the music CD for in-store play in Mark's latest fabulous white box! And for all you diehard Pretenders fans out there, the new CD, due in November, is great. I got an advance listening copy from our new record company Book Sense partner Artemis, which does music or spoken words works of Steve Earle, Paul Krassner, and Cornel West. More on them soon.

Carl
carl@booksense.com