About The Fifth Servant • Paperback: 416 pages • Publisher: Harper Paperbacks; Reprint edition (February 8, 2011) In 1592, Prague is a relatively safe refuge for Jews who live within the gated walls of its ghetto. But the peace is threatened when a young Christian girl is found with her throat slashed in a Jewish […]
Archives for 2011
TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for January 10th – 14th
Secrets to the Grave by Tami Hoag Monday, January 10th: Jen’s Book Thoughts . . . The Wisdom to Know the Difference by Eileen Flanagan Monday, January 10th: Knowing the Difference Tuesday, January 11th: A Church for Starving Artists . . Love on Assignment by Cara Lynn James Monday, January 10th: Book Hooked Blog Tuesday, […]
Ellen Horan, author of 31 Bond Street, on tour March 2011
About 31 Bond Street Paperback: 384 pages Publisher: Harper Perennial (March 1, 2011) Who killed Dr. Harvey Burdell in his opulent Manhattan town house? At once a gripping mystery and a richly detailed excavation of a lost age, 31 Bond Street is a spellbinding tale of murder, sex, greed, and politics in 1857 New York. […]
Joshua Foer, author of Moonwalking With Einstein, on tour March 2011
About Moonwalking With Einstein • Hardcover: 320 pages • Publisher: The Penguin Press (March 3, 2011) Foer’s unlikely journey from chronically forgetful science journalist to U.S. Memory Champion frames a revelatory exploration of the vast, hidden impact of memory on every aspect of our lives. On average, people squander forty days annually compensating for things […]
Jacqueline Winspear, author of The Mapping of Love and Death, on tour February/March 2011
About The Mapping of Love and Death • Paperback: 368 pages • Publisher: Harper Perennial; Reprint edition (February 22, 2011) In the latest mystery in the New York Times bestselling series, Maisie Dobbs must unravel a case of wartime love and death—an investigation that leads her to a long-hidden affair between a young cartographer and […]
Dani Shapiro, author of Devotion, on tour February 2011
About Devotion • Hardcover: 256 pages • Publisher: Harper; 1 edition (January 26, 2010) Settling into the responsibilities and routines of adulthood, Dani Shapiro found herself with more questions than answers. Was this all life was—a hodgepodge of errands, dinner dates, e-mails, meetings, to-do lists? What did it all mean? Having grown up in a […]
Meg Waite Clayton, author of The Four Ms. Bradwells, on tour March/April 2011
About The Four Ms. Bradwells • Hardcover: 336 pages • Publisher: Ballantine Books (March 22, 2011) Meg Waite Clayton’s national bestseller The Wednesday Sisters was a word-of-mouth sensation and book club favorite. Now the beloved author is back with a page-turning novel that explores the secrets we keep, even from those closest to us, and […]
Camilla Gibb, author of The Beauty of Humanity Movement, on tour March/April 2011
About The Beauty of Humanity Movement • Hardcover: 320 pages • Publisher: The Penguin Press (March 17, 2011) This deeply observed novel of contemporary Vietnam interweaves stories of a venerable soup seller, a young Vietnamese American curator, and an enterprising tour guide in ways that will mark all of their lives forever. Maggie, an art […]
TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for January 3rd-7th
The Lotus Eaters by Tatjana Soli Monday, January 3rd: Simply Stacie Tuesday, January 4th: 1330V Wednesday, January 5th: Rundpinne Thursday, January 6th: The Bookworm Friday, January 7th: Nomad Reader Love Me to Death by Allison Brennan Monday, January 3rd: Bewitched Bookworms Tuesday, January 4th: Dren’s B-Spot Wednesday, January 5th: A Bookworm’s World Thursday, January 6th: […]
Book Club of the Month Contest for January 2011
Does your book club love historical fiction? If so, have we got a book for you! Queen Hereafter by Susan Fraser King chronicles the life of Margaret of Scotland, a contemporary of the infamous Lady Macbeth, and a woman destined for sainthood. Margaret, a young Saxon princess, is shipwrecked with her family on the coast […]