Looking Forward

This morning, writing on my blog, I took the opportunity to share my picks for my favorite books of 2008.  And I then promptly invested some time in updating Discerning Reader's list of forthcoming titles. So here you have the opportunity to look forward and then to look back.

Click here to view a list of noteworthy forthcoming releases.

The Berlin Wall: A World Divided, 1961-1989 by Frederick Taylor
512 Pages
Hardcover
HarperCollins
Available Now

"On the morning of August 13, 1961, the residents of East Berlin found themselves cut off from family, friends and jobs in the West by a tangle of barbed wire that ruthlessly cut a city of four million in two." This looks to be an interesting account of this wall that had such actual and symbolic significance.

Once every week we sort through a huge list of publishers, retailers and publications and look for new, upcoming or otherwise notable books that may be of interest to our readers.

Do note that we have not read most of these books so do encourage you to shop and to read with care and discernment. We do not necessarily endorse these books, but provide them because of their interest to us.

This is the first entry in a new series here at Discerning Reader. "Looking Foreword" will be a weekly column in which we'll sort through a long list of publishers, bookstores and other sites looking for news about new, upcoming or bestselling books. We will present some books we feel may be of particular interest.