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 […]
M.J. Rose, author of The Hypnotist, on tour July/August 2010
About The Hypnotist Hardcover: 405 pages Publisher: Mira; 1 edition (May 1, 2010) INDIE NEXT PICK – May/ RT Top Pick/ PW Starred Review “Stunning Page-Turner” Haunted by the murder of his lover — a beautiful young painter — Lucian Glass keeps his dark memories at bay by focusing on his work with the FBI’s […]
John Verdon, author of Think of a Number, on tour July 2010
About Think of a Number Hardcover: 432 pages Publisher: Crown (July 6, 2010) Arriving in the mail one day is a taunting letter that ends with a simple declaration “See how well I know your secrets-just think of a number.” Eerily, those who comply find that the letter writer has predicted their random choice exactly. […]
Eileen Goudge, author of Once in a Blue Moon, on tour August 2010
About Once in a Blue Moon Paperback: 336 pages Publisher: Vanguard Press (July 27, 2010) While she was growing up, twelve-year-old Lindsay had to look after three-year-old Kerrie Ann. When their mother was arrested and imprisoned for drugs, the girls entered foster care. Nearly thirty years later, Lindsay owns a bookstore in the California seaside […]
Emma Campion, author of The King’s Mistress, on tour July 2010
About The King’s Mistress Hardcover: 464 pages Publisher: Crown (July 6, 2010) History has not been kind to Alice Perrers, the notorious mistress of King Edward II. Scholars and contemporaries alike have deemed her a manipulative woman who used her great beauty & sensuality to take advantage of an aging and increasingly senile king. But who […]
Ellen Horan, author of 31 Bond Street, on tour July 2010
About 31 Bond Street Hardcover: 368 pages Publisher: Harper; 1 edition (March 30, 2010) In the vein of The Alienist, 31 Bond Street transports readers back to New York City of the 19th century with an unending series of suspenseful twists and turns. When the brutally stabbed and nearly decapitated body of a society dentist […]
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 […]