About Ashes to Water • Hardcover: 394 pages • Publisher: Five Star (June 16, 2010) Ashes to Water is a mystery/thriller, and Irene Ziegler’s first novel. Set in the 1980s, Ashes to Water is an atmospheric story of a small-town Florida murder and one young woman’s reluctant involvement in its resolution. When Annie Bartlett returns […]
TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for May 31st – June 5th
The Queen of Palmyra by Minrose Gwin Monday, May 31st: Green Jello Tuesday, June 1st: Crazy for Books Wednesday, June 2nd: Bluestalking . Psychic by Sylvia Browne Monday, May 31st: Mommy Mystic Tuesday, June 1st: In Pencil Wednesday, June 2nd: Sitting in the South . Dismantled by Jennifer McMahon Monday, May 31st: I’m Booking It […]
Margot Berwin, author of Hothouse Flower and the Nine Plants of Desire, on tour July – September 2010
About HotHouse Flower HotHouse Flower and the Nine Plants of Desire is one woman’s journey from the modeling and advertising world of New York City to the rain forests of the Yucatan Peninsula. From the hot and steamy plant dealers in the Union Square Green Market, to the curanderos, herbalists and shamans of Southern Mexico. […]
TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for May 17th – 21st
Days of Prey Blog Tour Monday, May 17th: Wicked Prey: A Bookworm’s World Tuesday, May 18th: Storm Prey: Bermuda Onion . Dead End Gene Pool by Wendy Burden Monday, May 17th: Sophisticated Dorkiness Tuesday, May 18th: Starting Fresh Tuesday, May 18th: Books on the Brain: Reading Series Discussion . The Danish Girl by David Ebershoff […]
Announcing the winners of the Tea with Adriana Trigiani Contest!
We had a really fun contest for tea with Adriana Trigiani that started back in January and just wrapped up at the end of April. Winners will get to have tea with Adriana Trigiani at Alice’s Tea Cup at the end of May. Participants who ultimately qualified for the drawing read and reviewed Very Valentine […]
TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for May 10th – 14th
Dead End Gene Pool by Wendy Burden Monday, May 10th: The Serpentine Library Tuesday, May 11th: Books Are Like Candy Corn . . The Girls from Ames by Jeffrey Zaslow Monday, May 10th: One Person’s Journey Through a World of Books Tuesday, May 11th: Life in the Thumb Wednesday, May 12th: lit*chick . Letter to […]
Randy Susan Meyers, author of The Murderer’s Daughters, on tour July 2010
About The Murderer’s Daughters Lulu and Merry’s childhood was never ideal, but on the day before Lulu’s tenth birthday their father drives them into a nightmare. He’s always hungered for the love of the girl’s self-obsessed mother. After she throws him out, their troubles turn deadly. Lulu’s mother warned her to never let him in, […]
Clay Shirky, author of Cognitive Surplus, on tour June/July 2010
About Cognitive Surplus • Hardcover: 256 pages • Publisher: The Penguin Press (June 10, 2010) For decades, technology encouraged people to squander their time and intellect as passive consumers. Today, tech has finally caught up with human potential. In Cognitive Surplus, internet guru Clay Shirky forecasts the thrilling changes we will all enjoy as new digital […]
TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for May 3rd – 7th
Être the Cow by Dr. Sean Kenniff Monday, May 3rd: Simply Stacie Monday, May 3rd: Manifest: Vegan . . . God is Not One by Stephen Prothero Monday, May 3rd: Knowing the Difference Tuesday, May 4th: A Church for Starving Artists Wednesday, May 5th: Anchors and Masts . The Girls from Ames by Jeffrey Zaslow […]
Ana Menendez, author of The Last War, on tour July 2010
About The Last War • Paperback: 256 pages • Publisher: Harper Perennial (June 29, 2010) Photojournalist Flash chases conflicts around the globe with her war correspondent husband, Brando. Now Brando is in Iraq awaiting her arrival, but instead of racing to join him, Flash idles in Istanbul, vaguely aware that her marriage is faltering. Her […]