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 […]
David Liss, author of The Twelfth Enchantment, on tour August 2011
About The Twelfth Enchantment Hardcover: 416 pages Publisher: Random House (August 9, 2011) Lucy Derrick is a young woman of good breeding and poor finances. After the death of her beloved father, she is forced to maintain a shabby dignity as the unwanted boarder of her tyrannical uncle, fending off marriage to a local mill […]
TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for June 13th-17th
Killer Stuff and Tons of Money by Maureen Stanton Monday, June 13th: Mod Vintage Life Tuesday, June 14th: La Dolfina Wednesday, June 15th: 52 Flea Thursday, June 16th: English Major’s Junk Food Thursday, June 16th: The Shabby Nest Friday, June 17th: No Minimalist Here The Storm at the Door by Stefan Merrill Block Monday, June 13th: Luxury Reading Tuesday, June 14th: […]
TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for June 6th-June 10th
. Nerd Do Well by Simon Pegg Monday, June 6th: We Be Reading Tuesday, June 7th: Chaotic Compendiums Thursday, June 9th: Lit and Life Friday, June 10th: Nerds in Babeland Friday, June 10th: Luxury Reading. Joy for Beginners by Erica Bauermeister Monday, June 6th: Peeking Between the Pages Tuesday, June 7th: Raging Bibliomania Wednesday, June 8th: Books, Movies, and […]
Book Club of the Month Contest for June 2011
Do you have to forgive someone a lifetime of sins, just because they have Alzheimer’s? Island Girl by Lynda Simmons Island Girl by Lynda Simmons is the emotionally riveting story of a 55 year old mother, Ruby Donaldson, fighting to reunite her family as she struggles with the diagnosis of early on-set Alzheimer’s. Facing the […]
Simon Garfield, author of Just My Type: A Book About Fonts, on tour August/September 2011
About Just My Type: A Book About Fonts Hardcover: 356 pages Publisher: Gotham (September 1, 2011) A hugely entertaining and revealing guide to the history of type that asks, What does your favorite font say about you? Fonts surround us every day, on street signs and buildings, on movie posters and books, and on just […]
Kamala Nair, author of The Girl in the Garden, on tour June/July 2011
About The Girl in the Garden Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Grand Central Publishing (June 15, 2011) The redemptive journey of a young woman unsure of her engagement, who revisits in memory the events of one scorching childhood summer when her beautiful yet troubled mother spirits her away from her home to an Indian village untouched […]
Karleen Koen, author of Before Versailles, on tour July 2011
About Before Versailles Hardcover: 480 pages Publisher: Crown (June 28, 2011) Louis XIV is one of the best-known monarchs ever to grace the French throne. But what was he like as a young man—the man before Versailles? After the death of his prime minister, Cardinal Mazarin, twenty-two-year-old Louis steps into governing France. He’s still a […]
TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for May 2nd-6th
The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen Monday, May 2nd: Fizzy Thoughts Tuesday, May 3rd: Coffee and a Book Chick Wednesday, May 4th: Jenn’s Bookshelves Thursday, May 5th: Alison’s Book Marks Friday, May 6th: Bookfoolery and Babble Russian Winter by Daphne Kalotay Monday, May 2nd: Historical Tapestry Tuesday, May 3rd: Man of La Book Wednesday, May 4th: In […]
Jennifer Belle, author of The Seven Year Bitch, on tour June/July 2011
About The Seven Year Bitch Paperback: 368 pages Publisher: Riverhead Trade (May 3, 2011) What’s a fabulously fun New York City girl to do when she finds herself in a matrimonial rut — disillusioned, sex life with her husband on the wane, and quickly turning into a big-time nag? No, she hasn’t gotten the seven-year […]