State of Wonder by Ann Patchett Monday, July 4th: A Bookish Way of Life Tuesday, July 5th: Book Hooked Blog Wednesday, July 6th: Diary of a Stay at Home Mom Thursday, July 7th: Wordsmithonia . South of Superior by Ellen Airgood Monday, July 4th: Library of Clean Reads Wednesday, July 6th: Iwriteinbooks’s blog Thursday, July […]
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, […]
TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for June 27th – July 1st
Killer Stuff and Tons of Money by Maureen Stanton Monday, June 27th: Gypsy Brocante . . . 212 by Alafair Burke Monday, June 27th: red headed book child . . . When God Was a Rabbit by Sarah Winman Monday, June 27th: In the Next Room . . . The Blue Light Project by Timothy […]
Samantha Sotto, author of Before Ever After, on tour August 2011
About Before Ever After Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: Crown (August 2, 2011) What if ‘til death do us part meant more than you could ever know? In Samantha Sotto’s debut novel BEFORE EVER AFTER (Crown Trade: Aug. 2, 2011) a love story defies the bounds of time and space to redefine our notion of forever. […]
Nicola Upson, author of Two for Sorrow, on tour August 2011
About Two For Sorrow Paperback: 496 pages Publisher: Harper Paperbacks (August 9, 2011) They were the most horrific crimes of a new century: the murders of newborn innocents for which two British women were hanged at Holloway Prison in 1903. Decades later, mystery writer Josephine Tey has decided to write a novel based on Amelia […]
Hal Herzog, author of Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat, on tour August 2011
About Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat • Paperback: 368 pages • Publisher: Harper Perennial (August 9, 2011) Does living with a pet really make people happier and healthier? What can we learn from biomedical research with mice? Who enjoys a better quality of life—–the chicken destined for your dinner plate or […]
TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for June 20th-24th
Killer Stuff and Tons of Money by Maureen Stanton Monday, June 20th: BookNAround Tuesday, June 21st: hello lovely inc. Wednesday, June 22nd: Rusty Rooster Vintage Wednesday, June 22nd: Chaotic Compendiums Thursday, June 23rd: Books Like Breathing Friday, June 24th: Freckled Laundry . Nerd Do Well by Simon Pegg Monday, June 20th: Book Reviews by Elizabeth A. White Tuesday, June 21st: Total […]
Joan Leegant, author of Wherever You Go, on tour August/September 2011
About Wherever You Go • Paperback: 272 pages • Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company (July 25, 2011) A gripping novel about the lengths to which we will go in the name of a cause. Yona Stern has traveled from New York to Israel to make amends with her estranged sister, a stoic ideologue and […]