About Almost Home Mass Market Paperback: 400 pages Publisher: Ballantine Books (March 22, 2011) When she was young, Steffie Wyler always knew exactly what she wanted to do with her life: 1. Make ice cream. 2. Marry the coolest boy in town. 3. Live happily ever after. These days, Steffie is the proud owner of […]
Molly Peacock, author of The Paper Garden, on tour May 2011
About The Paper Garden: An Artist Begins Her Life’s Work at 72 Hardcover: 416 pages (includes 35 color illustrations) Publisher: Bloomsbury USA (March 29, 2011) An inspirational tour de force that proves it’s never too late to be who you might have been. Mary Delany was seventy-two years old when she noticed a petal drop […]
Book Club of the Month Contest for March 2011
Book clubs will ponder.. Are the rich really different? Dead End Gene Pool: A Memoir by Wendy Burden Joining the ranks of Augusten Burroughs & David Sedaris, a descendent of Cornelius Vanderbilt takes a look at the decline of her wealthy blue-blooded family in her irreverent and darkly humorous memoir. The New York Times calls author […]
Jael McHenry, author of The Kitchen Daughter, on tour April/May 2011
About The Kitchen Daughter: Hardcover: 288 pages Publisher: Gallery; Original edition (April 12, 2011) After the unexpected death of her parents, painfully shy and sheltered 26-year-old Ginny Selvaggio seeks comfort in cooking from family recipes. But the rich, peppery scent of her Nonna’s soup draws an unexpected visitor into the kitchen: the ghost of Nonna […]
TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for February 14th-18th
The Oracle of Stamboul by Michael David Lukas Monday, February 14th: Living Read Girl Monday, February 14th: Life is Short. Read Fast. Tuesday, February 15th: Melody Likes Books Tuesday, February 15th: Rayment’s Readings, Rants and Ramblings Wednesday, February 16th: Jenny’s Books Thursday, February 17th: Book Sake Friday, February 18th: Jen’s Book Thoughts Friday, February 18th: Luxury Reading . . Wench by Dolen Perkins-Valdez […]
TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for February 7th – 11th
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua Monday, February 7th: Peaceful Parenting Tuesday, February 8th: Susan Heim on Parenting . . Hush by Kate White Monday, February 7th: Reviews from the Heart Tuesday, February 8th: Teresa’s Reading Corner . . Someone Else’s Garden by Dipika Rai Monday, February 7th: Rundpinne Tuesday, February 8th: […]
February Book Club of the Month Contest #2
Here’s a book you’ll wish you could hand your younger self! Multi-generational book clubs will get a kick out of this! The Real Secrets Women Only Whisper Author Donna Estes Antebi Which not-so-brilliant Neanderthal said all women have to learn the hard way? Introducing The Real Secrets Women Only Whisper, the essential 21-century playbook for […]
Book Club of the Month Contest for February 2011
A chance encounter sent Lisa Napoli halfway around the world to the happiest place on earth, where she met someone unexpected: Herself About Radio Shangri-La: What I Learned in Bhutan, the Happiest Kingdom on Earth by Lisa Napoli “Radio Shangri-La grabs you by the heart and takes you on a winding dual journey — into the self […]
TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for January 31st – February 4th
Reality is Broken by Jane McGonigal Monday, January 31st: Reading Through Life – reschedule Tuesday, February 1st: In the Next Room Wednesday, February 2nd: Total Fan Girl Wednesday, February 2nd: Juggling Life Thursday, February 3rd: Po(sey) Sessions Friday, February 4th: GeekDad Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson Monday, January 31st: Novel Whore Tuesday, February 1st: Debbie’s […]
Fred Venturini, author of The Samaritan, on tour March 2011
About The Samaritan Paperback: 210 pages Publisher: Blank Slate Press To age is to embrace a slow hurt inside and out, to collect scars like rings on a tree, dark and weathered and sometimes only visible if someone cuts deep enough. Scars keep the past just close enough to touch, but healing is forgetting. Healing […]