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 […]
Susan Juby, author of Home to Woefield, on tour March 2011
About Home to Woefield • Paperback: 320 pages • Publisher: Harper Paperbacks; Original edition (March 8, 2011) Prudence Burns, a well-intentioned New Yorker full of back-to-the-land ideals, just inherited Woefield Farm—thirty acres of scrubland, dilapidated buildings, and one half-sheared sheep. But the bank is about to foreclose, so Prudence must turn things around fast! Fortunately […]
TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for December 27th – 31st
Queen Hereafter by Susan Fraser King Monday, December 27th: Teresa’s Reading Corner Tuesday, December 28th: The Tome Traveller Wednesday, December 29th: Chaotic Compendiums . The King’s Daughter by Christie Dickason Monday, December 27th: Bookworm’s Dinner Tuesday, December 28th: Life In Review Wednesday, December 29th: Book Reviews by Molly Thursday, December 30th: Calico Critic . Secrets […]
Lionel Shriver, author of So Much For That, on tour March 2010
About So Much For That • Paperback: 480 pages • Publisher: Harper Perennial; Reprint edition (March 8, 2011) Shep Knacker has long saved for “the Afterlife,” an idyllic retreat in the Third World where his nest egg can last forever. Exasperated that his wife, Glynis, has concocted endless excuses why it’s never the right time […]
Jennifer Wright Knust, author of Unprotected Texts, on tour February 2011
About Unprotected Texts • Hardcover: 352 pages • Publisher: HarperOne (January 25, 2011) Bible scholar Jennifer Wright Knust addresses the big questions that dominate today’s discussions and debates when it comes to sex and the Bible: Is premarital sex a sin? When, and in what contexts, is sexual desire appropriate? With whom can I legitimately […]
Kelly Simmons, author of The Bird House, on tour February/March 2011
About The Bird House Paperback: 272 pages Publisher: Washington Square Press; Original edition (February 1, 2011) An intergenerational school project unlocks a Pandora’s box of unsettling truths. Evocative and detailed.” – Kirkus Reviews Such crisp, tight prose I was hooked from the very first page.” — Chevy Stevens, <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author of STILL […]
Tim Dorsey, author of Electric Barracuda, on tour February/March 2011
About Electric Barracuda Hardcover: 368 pages Publisher: William Morrow (January 25, 2011) Serge Storms, that loveable thermonuclear vigilante and one-stop-Florida-trivia-shop, has been leaving corpses strewn across the Sunshine State for more than a decade. The authorities—especially one tenacious state agent—have begun to notice the exponential body count, and send a police task force to track […]
Angela Balcita, author of Moonface, on tour February 2011
About Moonface Paperback: 240 pages Publisher: Harper Perennial; Original edition (February 1, 2011) “Angela Balcita’s love story takes a couple of artsy wanderers off the road and into the bright, scary world of transplants, dialysis, and neonatal intensive care.” —Marion Winik, author of The Glen Rock Book of the Dead From the pages of the […]
Marilyn Johnson, author of This Book is Overdue!, on tour January/February 2011
About This Book is Overdue! • Paperback: 304 pages • Publisher: Harper Perennial (January 25, 2011) Those who predicted the death of libraries forgot to consider that, in the automated maze of contemporary life, none of us—expert and hopelessly baffled alike—can get along without human help. And not just any help: we need librarians, the […]
TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for December 13th – 17th
Everything I Never Wanted to Be by Dina Kucera Monday, December 13th: Reading on a Rainy Day Tuesday, December 14th: Rundpinne Wednesday, December 15th: Tina’s Book Reviews Thursday, December 16th: Life In Pink . The King’s Daughter by Christie Dickason Monday, December 13th: Bookalicio.us Tuesday, December 14th: Devourer of Books Wednesday, December 15th: The Lost […]