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By Ann Connery Frantz
Still looking for that “something else” gift for readers? Here’s a brief look at some books that might fulfill your quest.
•Fredrik Bachman, author of the ever-popular “A Man Called Ove” and “My Grandmother Told Me to Say She’s Sorry,” has released a touching novel about life, “Anxious People.”
He writes realistically, making his character live on the pages, and deals with the highs and lows of life in a now-humorous, now-sensitive manner. All in all, the book is being received very well by readers.
•I first discovered Christopher Paolini after he wrote about dragons as a 19-year-old. His self-published “Eragon” became a movie and he followed it up with other books of the genre. Now, in the fullness of maturity as a writer, he’s introduced “To Sleep in a Sea of Stars,” a wide-open sci-fi novel about the harrowing search for life on an uncolonized planet as war erupts among the worlds on the stars.