About Me Again Hardcover: 322 pages Publisher: Five Star (September 7, 2011) Miracles can be damned inconvenient. That’s what thirty-four-year-old stroke victim Jonathan Hooper learns when he wakes up after spending six years in a coma. Everyone calls Jonathan’s recovery a “miracle,” but since nobody had expected him to recover, his sudden awakening becomes an […]
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 Van Booy, author of Everything Beautiful Began After, on tour July 2011
We think Simon Van Booy is one of the best kept secrets in the reading world! To introduce you to him, both The Secret Lives of People in Love and Love Begins in Winter will be on tour along with his newest book, Everything Beautiful Began After. About Everything Beautiful Began After • Paperback: 416 […]
Emily Arsenault, author of In Search of the Rose Notes, on tour August 2011
About In Search of the Rose Notes • Paperback: 384 pages • Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks (July 26, 2011) Eleven-year-olds Nora and Charlotte were best friends. When their teenage babysitter, Rose, disappeared under mysterious circumstances, the girls decided to “investigate.” But their search—aided by paranormal theories and techniques gleaned from old Time-Life books—went nowhere. Years […]
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 […]
TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for May 30th – June 3rd
The Beach Trees by Karen White Monday, May 30th: Bloggin’ ‘Bout Books Tuesday, May 31st: Library of Clean Reads Wednesday, June 1st: Jenn’s Bookshelves . Unfinished Business by Lee Kravitz Monday, May 30th: Life in Review Tuesday, May 31st: Colloquium Wednesday, June 1st: Constantly Evolving . On China by Henry Kissinger Monday, May 30th: Hidden […]
Ann Napolitano, author of A Good Hard Look, on tour July 2011
About A Good Hard Look Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: The Penguin Press (July 7, 2011) In Flannery O’Connor’s hometown of Milledgeville, Georgia, reckless relationships lead to a tragedy that forever alters the town and the author herself. Crippled by lupus at twenty-five, celebrated author Flannery O’Connor was forced to leave New York City and return […]
Noelle Hancock, author of My Year With Eleanor, on tour July/August 2011
About My Year With Eleanor • Hardcover: 304 pages • Publisher: Ecco (June 7, 2011) After losing her high-octane job as an entertainment blogger, Noelle Hancock was lost. About to turn twenty-nine, she’d spent her career writing about celebrities’ lives and had forgotten how to live her own. Unemployed and full of self-doubt, she had […]
Paul Seesequasis, author of Tobacco Wars, on tour July/August 2011
About Tobacco Wars • Paperback: 113 pages • Publisher: Quattro Books (October 2010) “…and another fascinating voice from the ever-growing chorus of Native-Canadian writers. An important addition…” -Tomson Highway Set in the early 17th century, Tobacco Wars follows the mythical and rollicking adventures of Pocahontas and playwright Ben Jonson, from the inns, alleyways and royal […]
Jason Zinoman, author of Shock Value, on tour July 2011
About Shock Value • Hardcover: 272 pages • Publisher: The Penguin Press (July 7, 2011) An enormously entertaining account of the gifted and eccentric directors who gave us the golden age of modern horror in the 1970s, bringing a new brand of politics and gritty realism to the genre. Much has been written about the […]