The gray days of March are a bit of a stretch for those of us in Michigan. Fortunately, they’ll hold plenty of fresh, sunny reading material to keep out the cold this year. Below is a partial list of titles slated for release this month. For more extensive lists and reviews, you can always go to Book Browse. The exclamation marks below denote authors who will be making appearances in the area over the next month or so.
March Titles Due for Release
March 2 - House Rules by Jodi Picoult
March 2- Circle of Greed by Carl Cannon
March 2 – Clint: A Retrospective by Richard Schickel
March 2 – Gonville: A Memoir by Peter Birkenhead
March 2 - Hush by Kate White
! March 2 – Lift: Children, Turbulence, Life by Kelly Corrigan
March 2 – Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson
! March 2 – No Aopology: The Case for American Greatness by Mitt Romney
March 2 – One Good Dog by Susan Wilson
March 2 – Our Lady of Immaculate Deception by Nancy Martin
March 2 – Son of Hamas: A Gripping Account of Teror, Betrayal, Political Intrigue and Unthinkable Choices by Mosab Hassan Yousef
March 4 - The Heights by Peter Hedges March 9 – Angelology by Danielle Trussoni
March 9 – Bone Fire by Mark Spragg
March 9 – The Devil and Sherlock Holmes: Tales of Murder, Madness, and Obsession by David Grann
March 9 – The Silent Sea by Clive Cussler
March 9 – So Much for That by Lionel Shriver
March 9 – The Story of Stuff by Annie Leonard
! March 9 – The Surrendered by Chang-rae Lee
March 9 – The Weed That Strings the Hangman’s Bag by Alan Bradley
March 9 – A Week in December by Sebastian Faulks
March 15 - The Big Short by Michael Lewis March 16 – The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen
March 16 – The Queen’s Lover by Vanora Bennett
March 23 – The Creation of Eve by Lynn Cullen
March 23 – Paul and Me by A.E. Hotchner
March 23 – The Sheen on the Silk by Anne Perry
March 23 – Caught by Harlan Coben
March 30 – Deception by Jonathan Kellerman
March 30 – Without Mercy by Lisa Jackson
March 30 – Beaufitul Assassin by Michael C. White
March 30 – Pearl of China by Anchee Min
March 30 – Solar by Ian McEwan
March 30 – 31 Bond Street: A Novel by Ellen Horan
Books to the Big Screen This Month*
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo was filmed in Sweden and has already been optioned for a U.S. remake by Sony. It’s in limited release and based on the novel by Stieg Larsson.
Alice in Wonderland stars Johnny Depp in this film adaptation of the famous Lewis Carroll novel. The movie is directed by Tim Burton.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid stars Zachary Gordon and Steve Zahn. The film adaptation of Jeff Kinney’s book for young readers is directed by Thor Freudenthal.
*(information taken directly from the Mar/Apr edition of bookmarks magazine)
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Author and Miami Herald journalist 
“Once, I was beloved of God, the King of Kings. I was the Conquering Lion of Judah, a descendant of King Dawit. My blood, rich and red, is kin to that other King of Kings, the most Beloved. I ruled my kingdom in honor of His. We were as we were because He was. In this kingdom of men, angels walked amongst us, flesh and spirit side by side, fiery swords next to spears. Wings beat back bullets, bent Italian rifles, flattened tanks. Under a poisonous rain dripping from warplanes flying as low as insects, we have run and triumphed, shielded by feathers, our skin still whole and splendid under the sun.”
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