About Motor City Shakedown Hardcover: 352 pages Publisher: Minotaur Books; First Edition edition (September 13, 2011) Detroit, 1911. Seven months have passed since Will Anderson’s friend Wesley McRae was brutally murdered and Will and the woman he loves, Elizabeth Hume, barely escaped with their lives. Will’s hand, horribly disfigured from the sulfuric acid he used to help […]
BONUS Book Club of the Month Contest for August/September 2011!
A powerful family drama… Book clubs will find much to discuss in Northwest Corner by John Burham Schwartz The New York Times Book Review called Reservation Road “a triumph,” and the novel was universally acclaimed. Now, in a brilliant literary performance by one of our most compelling and compassionate writers, John Burnham Schwartz reintroduces us to Reservation Road’s unforgettable characters […]
TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for August 15th – 19th
. The Irresistible Henry House by Lisa Grunwald Monday, August 15th: Nomad Reader Tuesday, August 16th: Luxury Reading Wednesday, August 17th: Jenn’s Bookshelves Friday, August 19th: The Literate Housewife Review . . What Language Is by John McWhorter Monday, August 15th: Book Dilettante Tuesday, August 16th: BookNAround Wednesday, August 17th: Acting Balanced Thursday, August […]
TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for August 8th – 12th
. Everything Beautiful Began After by Simon Van Booy Monday, AUgust 8th: In the Next Room (The Secret Lives of People in Love) Tuesday, August 9th: In the Next Room (Love Begins in Winter) Wednesday, August 10th: In the Next Room (Everything Beautiful Began After) Wednesday, August 10th: My Reading Room (Everything Beautiful Began After) Thursday, August 11th: Books and Movies (The Secret Lives of […]
Book Club of the Month Contest for August 2011
A frightening family legacy, a difficult decision.. Book clubs will find much to discuss in What We Have by Amy Boesky What We Have by Amy Boesky At thirty-two, Amy Boesky thought she had it all figured out: a wonderful new man in her life, a great job, and the (nearly) perfect home. For once, […]
TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for August 1st – 5th
. The Book of Lies by Mary Horlock Monday, August 1: Crazy for Books Tuesday, August 2: Peeking Between the Pages Wednesday, August 3: Sara’s Organized Chaos Thursday, August 4: I’m Booking It Friday, August 5: Savvy Verse & Wit Friday, August 5: In the Next Room. . Next to Love by Ellen Feldman Monday, August 1st: Books and Movies […]
TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for July 18th – July 22nd
Shock Value by Jason Zinoman Monday, July 18th: The Girl Who Loves Horror Tuesday, July 19th: From Midnight, With Love Wednesday, July 20th: The Horror Section Thursday, July 21st: Drunken Severed Head Friday, July 22nd: Jenn’s Bookshelves . 32 Candles by Ernessa Carter Monday, July 18th: Steph Su Reads Tuesday, July 19th: Freda’s Voice Wednesday, July 20th: Sara’s Organized Chaos Thursday, July 21st: Reading […]
Book Club of the Month Contest for July 2011
We have FOUR fantastic books in our July Book Club of the Month Contest! _____________________________________________________________________ Immigrant life, father/son relationships, and the evolution of an unlikely writer Book Clubs will find all that and so much more to discuss in Thoughts Without Cigarettes by Oscar Hijuelos! Pulitzer Prize-winning author Oscar Hijuelos has won multiple awards for his […]
Michael Alenyikov, author of Ivan and Misha, on tour September 2011
About Ivan and Misha Paperback: 212 pages Publisher: Triquarterly/Northwestern University Press (October 30, 2010) In Ivan and Misha, Michael Alenyikov portrays the complexities of love, sexuality, and the bonds of family with boldness and lyric sensitivity. As the Soviet Union collapses, two young brothers are whisked away from Kiev by their father to start life […]
Jesmyn Ward, author of Salvage the Bones, on tour September, 2011
About Salvage the Bones Hardcover: 272 pages Publisher: Bloomsbury USA (September 8, 2011) A stunning new voice from the Gulf Coast delivers a gritty but tender novel about family and poverty in the days leading up to Hurricane Katrina. A hurricane is building over the Gulf of Mexico, threatening the coastal town of Bois Sauvage, […]