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Book picks - guilty pleasures
In honor of blockbuster movies, Snickers-laden Flurries, irresponsible sunbathing and other guilty pleasures of the school’s-out season, we present our summer reading list.
By Betsy Boyd
New in Hardcover:
The Debutante Divorcee by Plum Sykes
($23.95; Miramax). She wrote Bergdorf Blondes.
A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore
($24.95; William Morrow). Think fantasy with a heavy dose of irreverent humor.
Coming Out by Danielle Steele
($20; Random House), out on 6/27. A woman named Olympia deals with fast-flipping family melodrama.
Beach Road by James Patterson, out in May and Judge and Jury out in July
($27.95; $27.99—Little, Brown) Make a long road trip more thriller-ing.
Angels Fall by Norah Roberts
($29.95; Putnam Adult), out on 7/11. PR promises love, murder, and madness—what more could you want?
Lovers and Players by Jackie Collins
($24.95; St. Martin’s Press). All one dozen plotlines point to romance and revenge.
12 Sharp by Janet Evanovich
($26.95; St. Martin’s). Stephanie Plum is a bounty hunter!
The Foreign Correspondent by Alan Furst
($24.95; Random House). Film noir intrigue.
Natural Selection by Dave Freedman
($21.95; Hyperion), out on 6/27. When man disturbs the evolutionary cycle of the ocean floor, results are deadly—so Crichton-esque.
Fresh in Paperback:
Adored by Tilly Bagshawe ($6.99; Orion)
A Fistful of Charms by Kim Harrison ($7.99; HarperTorch)
Memory in Death: Eve Dallas Mystery by Norah Roberts ($7.99; Putnam Adult)
Map of Bones by James Rollins ($7.99; William Morrow)
Betsy Boyd is a senior editor at Paper Doll. She is currently working on a novel.
Big bookstore directory
It’s a blast to shop big corporate bookstores. Come on, admit it. Yes, we love our independent booksellers and always will. But we can’t rule out trips to Barnes & Nobles and Borders where latte froth melts on our tongues and the super-duper selection stretches into forever. Lazy summer book browsing is a favorite guilty pleasure.
Here now our directory of the big bookstore guns in Baltimore…
BORDERS
Borders Columbia
6151 Columbia Crossing Circle
(410) 290-0062
Treat tip: This store features extra seating in the literature section in case you want to kick back and read awhile.
Borders Timonium
170 W. Ridgely Road
(410) 453-0727
Borders Express Locations
(smaller versions for quick shopping):
White Marsh Mall
8200 Perry Hall Blvd.
(410) 931-7383
Owings Mills Town Center
10300 Millrun Circle
(410) 363-7510
Marley Station – Glen Burnie
7900 Ritchie Highway
(410) 760-5733
The Mall at Columbia
10300 Little Patuxent Pkwy
(410) 730-6990
BARNES & NOBLE
Barnes & Noble
Power Plant
601 E. Pratt St.
(410) 385-1709
Barnes & Noble
White Marsh
8123 Honeygo Blvd., Ste. E
(410) 933-9670
Barnes & Noble
Owings Mills
1819 Reisterstown Rd.
(410) 415-5758
Barnes & Noble
Ellicott City
Long Gate Shopping Center
4300 Montgomery Road
(410) 203-9001
Barnes & Noble Towson
1 E Joppa Road, Ste 100
(410) 296-7021
A new Barnes & Noble comes to JHU’s Homewood Campus in Charles Village in October 2006.