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Book Field Trips: We Love These!
I love book field trips, and this was a good week for them.
On Tuesday, my son Greg, my friend Beverley and I all went on a tour of Grand Central Terminal to celebrate the launch of THE MASTERPIECE by Fiona Davis. In THE DOLLHOUSE, THE ADDRESS and now THE MASTERPIECE, Fiona has written strong works of historical fiction, always set in an iconic New York City location and against two time periods. She links her protagonists together, giving readers a rich reading experience that immerses them in the history of the property. THE MASTERPIECE is set at Grand Central Terminal, which was the reason for our trip there. The tour was led by Amy Hausmann, Senior Curator and Deputy Director of Collections & Exhibitions at the New York Transit Museum, with Fiona sharing locations where scenes from her book took place.
I highly recommend these tours for book groups, where you can visit a location noted in a book and immerse yourself in it. You can see a photo of me with Fiona above, and check out the Friday Bookreporter.com newsletter to see a photo of me miming the woman on the cover of THE MASTERPIECE.
Our next book field trip was done by Melanie from Boca Raton, FL, who edits our Word of Mouth and Sounding Off on Audio features on Bookreporter.com. On Wednesday night, she enjoyed the book group event at the Barnes & Noble near her home where CLOCK DANCE was discussed. This was part of the nationwide Barnes & Noble Book Club program held at stores across the country. As she shared, “There were about 25-30 people there; it was a nice group. There was one man in attendance, and the rest were women. The store manager said last time there were 17 people at their first book club event (this was the second), and he was happy to see more this time. I noted that the start time of 7pm instead of the previous event’s 6pm timing lends itself to better attendance. A leader led the discussion, and as always, there were tangential threads of discussion as well. The store was very gracious and gave us vouchers for the cafe for a cup of coffee and a cookie. At the end of the discussion, the next book club selection was announced. It's AN ABSOLUTELY REMARKABLE THING by Hank Green. This news was going out on Thursday, so we were the first to know. It was very pleasant.”
Here is a description of AN ABSOLUTELY REMARKABLE THING from the publisher: "The Carls just appeared. Coming home from work at 3am, 23-year-old April May stumbles across a giant sculpture. Delighted by its appearance and craftsmanship --- like a 10-foot-tall Transformer wearing a suit of samurai armor --- April and her friend Andy make a video with it, which Andy uploads to YouTube. The next day April wakes up to a viral video and a new life. News quickly spreads that there are Carls in dozens of cities around the world --- everywhere from Beijing to Buenos Aires --- and April, as their first documentarian, finds herself at the center of an intense international media spotlight. Now April has to deal with the pressure on her relationships, her identity and her safety that this new position brings, all while being on the front lines of the quest to find out not just what the Carls are, but what they want from us."
Barnes & Noble will sell a special book club edition of AN ABSOLUTELY REMARKABLE THING with an exclusive essay about the book by Hank Green, as well as a reading group guide when the book publishes on September 25th. Also, B&N will host its third free "Book Club Night" to discuss the novel in all of its stores on Wednesday, October 24th at 7pm.
If anyone else attended a B&N discussion of CLOCK DANCE, we would love to hear from you. Drop me a note with the subject line “B&N Clock Dance Event.”
For those of you who live on Long Island, I will be speaking at the Levittown Public Library next Wednesday, August 15th at 7pm. I will be talking about summer books, as well as previewing fall/winter titles. I would love to see some of you there. This is my last event of the summer; next up will be the Morristown Festival of Books on October 13th. I am going to be moderating two panels there; stay tuned for who I will be interviewing.
The film adaptation of THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY releases on Netflix tomorrow. I am thinking that if it drops at midnight, maybe I should stay up to watch it tonight, so I can report on it tomorrow in the Bookreporter newsletter. If not, I will discuss it in next week’s Bookreporter newsletter and on our Facebook pages after I watch. Click here to view the trailer.
Now back to our update…
We have two new contests to tell you about this month. First up is SUNBURN, a stand-alone novel from Laura Lippman that released in hardcover in February and is now available in paperback. This psychological thriller is about a pair of lovers who are locked in a passionate yet uncompromising game of cat and mouse. But instead of rules, this game has dark secrets, forbidden desires, inevitable betrayals --- and cold-blooded murder. I read this in the dead of winter and loved thinking about its setting in a beach area. We have 12 copies of the book to give away to three groups; to enter, please fill out this form by Monday, September 10th at noon ET. You can check out our review on Bookreporter.com here.
For our second contest, we’re giving three groups the chance to win 12 copies of THE DAISY CHILDREN by Sofia Grant (who also writes books for adults and teens under the name Sophie Littlefield). In this newly released novel, which is inspired by true events, a young woman peels back the layers of her family’s history, discovering a tragedy in the past that explains so much of the present. To enter, all you have to do is fill out this form by Monday, September 10th at noon ET. Click here for the discussion guide.
You still have plenty of time to enter our “What’s Your Book Group Reading This Month?” contest for NEED TO KNOW by Karen Cleveland, a Bookreporter.com Bets On pick that is now available in paperback and will be adapted for the big screen (with Academy Award winner Charlize Theron set to star and produce). In this debut thriller, a high-powered CIA analyst makes a shocking discovery about her husband that leads her to question everything she believes. To enter, please fill out the form on this page by Monday, September 10th at noon ET. And don’t forget to take a look at these links: the discussion guide, our Bookreporter.com review and my Bets On commentary.
Our latest featured guide is for A LIGHT SO LOVELY by Sarah Arthur, which is now in stores. Madeleine L'Engle's A WRINKLE IN TIME is a timeless classic and earlier this year was made into a major motion picture starring Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Storm Reid and Mindy Kaling. A LIGHT SO LOVELY tells the story of the woman at the center of it all --- her imagination, her faith, her pattern of defying categories, and what readers today can learn from her legacy. Click here for the guide.
We have four additional guides to share with you: A CASUALTY OF WAR, Charles Todd’s ninth Bess Crawford mystery, which is now in paperback; UNDER A DARK SKY, the latest psychological thriller from Lori Rader-Day, who puts her own terrifying twist on a locked-room mystery; THE LOCKSMITH’S DAUGHTER, Karen Brooks’ new work of historical fiction, which tells the story of Queen Elizabeth's daring, ruthless spymaster and his female protégée; and NO POPES IN HEAVEN by Hal Malchow, a political thriller that provides a dark, satirical look on how the brilliant vision of our Founding Fathers has been corrupted and bent to the wills of a powerful few.
Our poll continues to ask how many book groups, if any, you are a member of. Click here to let us know! I get calls from the media all the time asking me about book groups. The biggest one is how many there are in the country. No one really knows. But I do know that many people are in more than one club. So please do answer our poll so I have something anecdotal to share about our readers and their book groups.
The August pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times “Now Read This” book club is WHAT IT MEANS WHEN A MAN FALLS FROM THE SKY. This debut collection of short stories from Lesley Nneka Arimah, which released in paperback earlier this year, won the 2017 Kirkus Prize and the New York Public Library’s Young Lions Fiction Award. Click here for more info on the pick and here for our review on Bookreporter.com.
A couple of weeks ago, Simon & Schuster held a Facebook Live chat where Alice Hoffman joined three members of their team to discuss THE RULES OF MAGIC, which recently came out in paperback. This prequel to Hoffman's 1995 bestseller, PRACTICAL MAGIC, is the inaugural title in Simon & Schuster’s Book Club Favorites program, a new initiative that features and promotes noteworthy book club titles. Click here to see the full discussion, along with comments from readers about the book. This month’s pick, which was announced at the end of the chat, is MANHATTAN BEACH by Jennifer Egan. Having listened to the audiobook, which was so well done, I know there will be plenty to discuss about this title!
My book group is discussing ORPHAN TRAIN by Christina Baker Kline this month. I love it when they select titles that I already have read --- and loved!
Read on, and have a great book group discussion this month. And if you are skipping your August meeting, why not share what you have read this month when you pick up again in September?
Carol Fitzgerald ([email protected])
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New Special Contest: Enter to Win 12 Copies of
SUNBURN by Laura Lippman for Your Group
In SUNBURN, a stand-alone novel of psychological suspense from Laura Lippman, two people are locked in a passionate yet uncompromising game of cat and mouse. But instead of rules, this game has dark secrets, forbidden desires, inevitable betrayals --- and cold-blooded murder. We are giving three groups the chance to win 12 copies of the book, which is now available in paperback, in our special contest. To enter, please fill out this form by Monday, September 10th at noon ET.
SUNBURN by Laura Lippman (Psychological Thriller)
One is playing a long game. But which one?
They meet at a local tavern in the small town of Belleville, Delaware. Polly is set on heading west. Adam says he’s also passing through. Yet she stays and he stays --- drawn to this mysterious redhead whose quiet stillness both unnerves and excites him. Over the course of a punishing summer, Polly and Adam abandon themselves to a steamy, inexorable affair. Still, each holds something back from the other --- dangerous, even lethal, secrets.
Then someone dies. Was it an accident, or part of a plan? By now, Adam and Polly are so ensnared in each other’s lives and lies that neither one knows how to get away --- or even if they want to. Is their love strong enough to withstand the truth, or will it ultimately destroy them?
Something --- or someone --- has to give.
Which one will it be?
Inspired by James M. Cain’s masterpieces THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE, DOUBLE INDEMNITY and MILDRED PIERCE, SUNBURN is a tantalizing modern noir from the incomparable Laura Lippman.
While no guide is available at this time, be sure to check out our mystery/thriller discussion questions, which may help you in your group's discussion of the book.
- Click here to read a review on Bookreporter.com.
Click here to enter the contest.
New Special Contest: Enter to Win 12 Copies of
THE DAISY CHILDREN by Sofia Grant for Your Group
We are celebrating the release of THE DAISY CHILDREN --- Sofia Grant’s new novel about a young woman who peels back the layers of her family’s history and discovers a tragedy in the past that explains so much of the present --- with a special contest that will give three groups an opportunity to win 12 copies of the book, which is now in stores. To enter, please fill out this form by Monday, September 10th at noon ET.
THE DAISY CHILDREN by Sofia Grant (Fiction)
Sometimes the untold stories of the past are the ones we need to hear...
When Katie Garrett gets the unexpected news that she’s received an inheritance from the grandmother she hardly knew, it couldn’t have come at a better time. She flees Boston --- and her increasingly estranged husband --- and travels to rural Texas.
There, she’s greeted by her distant cousin Scarlett. Friendly, flamboyant, eternally optimistic, Scarlett couldn’t be more different from sensible Katie. And as they begin the task of sorting through their grandmother’s possessions, they discover letters and photographs that uncover the hidden truths about their shared history, and the long-forgotten tragedy of the New London school explosion of 1937 that binds them.
- Click here for the discussion guide.
Click here to enter the contest.
"What's Your Book Group Reading This Month?" Contest: Enter to Win 12 Copies of NEED TO KNOW
by Karen Cleveland for Your Group
Each month, we ask book groups to share the titles they are reading that month and rate them. From all entries, three winners will be selected, and each will win 12 copies of that month’s prize book for their group. Note: To be eligible to win, let us know the title of the book that YOUR book group is CURRENTLY reading, NOT the title we are giving away.
This month's prize book is the paperback edition of Karen Cleveland's debut thriller, NEED TO KNOW, in which a high-powered CIA analyst makes a shocking discovery about her husband that leads her to question everything she believes. This New York Times bestseller was a Bookreporter.com Bets On pick when it released in hardcover earlier this year, and film rights have been sold to Universal Pictures for Charlize Theron. To enter, please fill out the form on this page by Monday, September 10th at noon ET.
NEED TO KNOW by Karen Cleveland (Thriller)
Perfect husband. Perfect father. Perfect liar?
Vivian Miller. High-powered CIA analyst, happily married to a man she adores, mother of four beautiful children. Until the moment she makes a shocking discovery that makes her question everything she believes.
She thought she knew her husband inside and out. But now she wonders if it was all a lie. How far will she go to learn the truth? And does she really...
...NEED TO KNOW?
- Click here for the discussion guide.
- Click here to read a review on Bookreporter.com.
- Click here to read Carol's Bookreporter.com Bets On commentary.
Click here to enter the contest.
New Featured Guide:
A LIGHT SO LOVELY by Sarah Arthur
A LIGHT SO LOVELY: The Spiritual Legacy of Madeleine L'Engle, Author of A Wrinkle in Time by Sarah Arthur (Biography)
Bestselling and beloved author Madeleine L'Engle, Newbery winner for A WRINKLE IN TIME, was known the world round for her imaginative spirit and stories. She was also known to spark controversy --- too Christian for some, too unorthodox for others. Somewhere in the middle was a complex woman whose embrace of paradox has much to say to a new generation of readers today.
A LIGHT SO LOVELY paints a vivid portrait of this enigmatic icon's spiritual legacy, starting with her inner world and expanding into fresh reflections of her writing for readers today. Listen in on intimate interviews with L'Engle's literary contemporaries such as Philip Yancey and Luci Shaw, L'Engle's granddaughter Charlotte Jones Voiklis, and influential fans such as Makoto Fujimura, Nikki Grimes and Sarah Bessey, as they reveal new layers to the woman behind the stories we know and love. A vibrant, imaginative read, this book pulls back the curtain to illuminate L'Engle's creative journey, her persevering faith, and the inspiring, often unexpected ways these two forces converged.
For anyone earnestly searching the space between sacred and secular, miracle and science, faith and art, come and find a kindred spirit and trusted guide in Madeleine --- the Mrs. Whatsit to our Meg Murry --- as she sparks our imagination anew.
Click here for the featured guide.
New Guide: A CASUALTY OF WAR by Charles Todd
Now Available in Paperback
A CASUALTY OF WAR: A Bess Crawford Mystery by Charles Todd (Historical Mystery)
From New York Times bestselling author Charles Todd comes a haunting tale that explores the impact of World War I on all who witnessed it --- officers, soldiers, doctors, and battlefield nurses like Bess Crawford.
Though the Great War is nearing its end, the fighting rages on. While waiting for transport back to her post, Bess Crawford meets Captain Alan Travis from the island of Barbados. Later, when he’s brought into her forward aid station disoriented from a head wound, Bess is alarmed that he believes his distant English cousin, Lieutenant James Travis, shot him. Then the Captain is brought back to the aid station with a more severe wound, once more angrily denouncing the Lieutenant as a killer. But when it appears that James Travis couldn’t have shot him, the Captain’s sanity is questioned. Still, Bess wonders how such an experienced officer could be so wrong.
On leave in England, Bess finds the Captain strapped to his bed in a clinic for brain injuries. Horrified by his condition, Bess and Sergeant Major Simon Brandon travel to James Travis’ home in Suffolk, to learn more about the baffling relationship between these two cousins.
Her search will lead this smart, capable and compassionate young woman into unexpected danger, and bring her face to face with the visible and invisible wounds of war that not even the much-longed-for peace can heal.
- Click here to read a review on Bookreporter.com.
Click here for the discussion guide.
New Guide: UNDER A DARK SKY by Lori Rader-Day
UNDER A DARK SKY by Lori Rader-Day (Psychological Thriller/Mystery)
Only in the dark can she find the truth...
Since her husband died, Eden Wallace’s life has diminished down to a tiny pinprick, like a far-off star in the night sky. She doesn’t work, has given up on her love of photography, and is so plagued by night terrors that she can’t sleep without the lights on. Everyone, including her family, has grown weary of her grief. So when she finds paperwork in her husband’s effects indicating that he reserved a week at a dark sky park, she goes. She’s ready to shed her fear and return to the living, even if it means facing her paralyzing phobia of the dark.
But when she arrives at the park, the guest suite she thought was a private retreat is teeming with a group of 20-somethings, all stuck in the orbit of their old college friendships. Horrified that her get-away has been taken over, Eden decides to head home the next day. But then a scream wakes the house in the middle of the night. One of the friends has been murdered. Now everyone --- including Eden --- is a suspect.
Everyone is keeping secrets, but only one is a murderer. As mishaps continue to befall the group, Eden must make sense of the chaos and lies to evade a ruthless killer --- and she’ll have to do it before dark falls.
Click here for the discussion guide.
Featured Guide: THE BOOKSHOP OF YESTERDAYS
by Amy Meyerson
THE BOOKSHOP OF YESTERDAYS by Amy Meyerson (Fiction)
Miranda Brooks grew up in the stacks of her eccentric Uncle Billy’s bookstore, solving the inventive scavenger hunts he created just for her. But on Miranda’s 12th birthday, Billy has a mysterious falling-out with her mother and suddenly disappears from Miranda’s life. She doesn’t hear from him again until 16 years later when she receives unexpected news: Billy has died and left her Prospero Books, which is teetering on bankruptcy --- and one final scavenger hunt.
When Miranda returns home to Los Angeles and to Prospero Books --- now as its owner --- she finds clues that Billy has hidden for her inside novels on the store’s shelves, in locked drawers of his apartment upstairs, in the name of the store itself. Miranda becomes determined to save Prospero Books and to solve Billy’s last scavenger hunt. She soon finds herself drawn into a journey where she meets people from Billy’s past, people whose stories reveal a history that Miranda’s mother has kept hidden --- and the terrible secret that tore her family apart.
Bighearted and trenchantly observant, THE BOOKSHOP OF YESTERDAYS is a lyrical story of family, love and the healing power of community. It’s a love letter to reading and bookstores, and a testament to how our histories shape who we become.
- Click here to read a review on Bookreporter.com.
- Click here to read our interview with Amy Meyerson.
Click here for the featured guide.
August's Reading Roundup: Top Picks from
Indie Next, LibraryReads, Target and Costco
Each month, we share top book picks from Indie Next and LibraryReads, as well as the Target Book Club title and Pennie's Pick for Costco.
This month's Indie Next titles include THE INCENDIARIES, R O. Kwon’s much-buzzed-about debut novel about a young woman at an elite American university who is drawn into a cult's acts of terrorism; BABY TEETH by Zoje Stage, in which a battle of wills between mother and daughter reveals the frailty and falsehood of familial bonds; and THE THIRD HOTEL, Laura van den Berg’s surreal, mystifying story of psychological reflection and metaphysical mystery, in which a widow tries to come to terms with her husband’s death --- and the truth about their marriage.
LibraryReads is spotlighting THE MASTERPIECE, in which Fiona Davis takes readers into the glamorous lost art school within Grand Central Terminal, where two very different women, 50 years apart, strive to make their mark on a world set against them; VOX by Christina Dalcher, the harrowing, unforgettable story of what one woman will do to protect herself and her daughter; and A RIVER OF STARS, Vanessa Hua’s debut novel about a pregnant Chinese woman who makes her way to California and stakes a claim to the American dream.
August’s Target Book Club title is CONVERSATIONS WITH FRIENDS by Sally Rooney, and Pennie's Pick for Costco is FLY GIRLS: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History by Keith O'Brien.
Click here for the complete roundup.
August's New in Paperback Roundups
on Bookreporter.com
August's roundup of New in Paperback fiction titles includes Dean Koontz's THE CROOKED STAIRCASE, in which Jane Hawk (who captivated readers in THE SILENT CORNER and THE WHISPERING ROOM) faces the fight of her life, against the threat of a lifetime; A DISTANT VIEW OF EVERYTHING, the 11th installment in Alexander McCall Smith's series featuring Isabel Dalhousie, who is called upon to navigate complex social situations both at home and in her community; and EMMA IN THE NIGHT, Wendy Walker's second psychological thriller (following ALL IS NOT FORGOTTEN), which revolves around the mysterious disappearance of two sisters and the shocking return of one of them three years later.
Among our nonfiction highlights are MY OWN WORDS, a collection of writings and speeches from Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who discusses such wide-ranging topics as gender equality, the workways of the Supreme Court, being Jewish, law and lawyers in opera, and the value of looking beyond US shores when interpreting the US Constitution; MORNINGSTAR, a memoir about the magic and inspiration of books from beloved author Ann Hood; and Tom Rinaldi's THE RED BANDANNA, which recounts the incredible story of Welles Crowther, whose actions on 9/11 offer a lasting lesson on character, calling and courage.
Find out what's New in Paperback for the weeks of
August 6th, August 13th, August 20th and August 27th.
Recent Bookreporter.com Bets On Selections
A NOISE DOWNSTAIRS by Linwood Barclay (Psychological Thriller)
After reading A NOISE DOWNSTAIRS by Linwood Barclay, I daresay that you will not look at an Underwood typewriter the same way again. In it, Paul, a college professor, has been a witness to a terrible crime that has him suffering from PTSD. His wife brings home an Underwood typewriter as a present, hoping that seeing it will encourage him to share his thoughts on the tragedy that has befallen him and help him move on. Soon Paul starts hearing the typewriter typing downstairs during the night, and left for him are terse messages that only increase his angst.
- Click here to read more of Carol’s commentary.
- Click here to read a review on Bookreporter.com.
BELIEVE ME by JP Delaney (Psychological Thriller)
I loved JP Delaney’s THE GIRL BEFORE (I still want to see the house he wrote about there), so I looked forward to reading BELIEVE ME. Here, the protagonist is a young woman from the UK named Claire Wright, who is a struggling actor, living in New York without a green card. She freelances as a decoy for a group of lawyers; her role is to try to seduce husbands whose wives think they are cheating. Tables twist when one of the women who hired her is found dead, and it’s one brutal crime. Claire is enlisted to help find the murderer, but as she assumes this role, what is going on here? Who is really the suspect?
- Click here to read more of Carol’s commentary.
- Click here to read a review on Bookreporter.com.
THE BANKER’S WIFE by Cristina Alger (Thriller)
In THE BANKER'S WIFE by Cristina Alger, Annabel Werner is living in Geneva, Switzerland, with her husband, Matthew, who works in finance at Swiss United, an offshore bank. Her world is shattered when she learns that he has been killed in a private plane crash. As she grieves, she finds out there may be a much more sinister reason for this crash. Her skills in the art world have her looking very closely at clues and facts that are not adding up.
- Click here to read more of Carol’s commentary.
THE SUMMER WIVES by Beatriz Williams (Historical Fiction)
Beatriz Williams is an author who I have been following for a while. Her latest book, THE SUMMER WIVES, which I think is her best yet, is an atmospherically rich story full of detail and brilliantly drawn characters. Here she explores another branch of the Schuyler family. It opens in late spring 1969 on a small island off the coast of New England, and the setting alone makes it a lovely summer read. In it, Miranda Schuyler is an actress who has come back to town to hide out and lick her wounds after fleeing a troubled marriage in London and a career on the skids. She heads back to Greyfriars, the palatial Fisher home, on Winthrop Island.
- Click here to read more of Carol’s commentary.
- Click here to read a review on Bookreporter.com.
- Click here to read our interview with Beatriz Williams.
THE WIDOWER’S NOTEBOOK: A Memoir by Jonathan Santlofer (Memoir)
Years ago, I met Jonathan Santlofer at a thriller writer event; I was a fan of his work, and he was a lot of fun to talk to. He has a quick wit and is the kind of person who can turn a casual evening into an adventure, which happened with him more than once. His latest work, THE WIDOWER'S NOTEBOOK, is not a thriller, but rather a memoir in which he looks at his first two years as a widower. In doing so, he draws back the curtain on every emotion and the days when he felt void of emotion. Readers will see the cloudy haze of grief that envelops him and how he emerges from that fog.
- Click here to read more of Carol’s commentary.
- Click here to read a review on Bookreporter.com.
THE LIDO by Libby Page (Fiction)
THE LIDO by Libby Page is a complete joy of a book; just looking at its cover makes me smile. And I can think of so many friends who I’m sure will enjoy it. In it, 86-year-old Rosemary Peterson has been swimming at The Lido in her hometown of Brixton since 1937. She’s already watched so much of the town change, and not in a good way, like the day she realized that the local library was closing forever. So when she learns that The Lido will be closing as a new condominium complex is coming into town, and that location will be their state-of-the-art, residents-only gym, she decides there has been enough change in the places she loves.
- Click here to read more of Carol’s commentary.
- Click here to read a review on Bookreporter.com.
Bookreporter.com's Summer Reading
Contests and Feature
Summer is here! At Bookreporter.com, this means it's time for us to share some great summer book picks with our Summer Reading Contests and Feature. We are hosting a series of 24-hour contests for these titles on select days through August 24th. You will need to check the site to see the featured prize book and enter to win. We also are sending a special newsletter to announce each title, which you can sign up for here.
This year’s prize books include:
Click here to read all the contest details
and see the prize books being awarded in May, June, July and August.
Enter Our Ongoing Bookreporter.com Contests:
"Word of Mouth" and "Sounding Off on Audio"
We currently are featuring the following guides on ReadingGroupGuides.com:
THE BOOKSHOP OF YESTERDAYS by Amy Meyerson (Fiction)
A woman inherits a beloved bookstore and sets forth on a journey of self-discovery in this poignant debut about family, forgiveness and a love of reading.
A CASUALTY OF WAR: A Bess Crawford Mystery by Charles Todd (Historical Mystery)
From New York Times bestselling author Charles Todd comes a haunting tale that explores the impact of World War I on all who witnessed it --- officers, soldiers, doctors, and battlefield nurses like Bess Crawford.
THE DAISY CHILDREN by Sofia Grant (Fiction)
Inspired by true events, in Sofia Grant’s powerfully moving new novel, a young woman peels back the layers of her family’s history, discovering a tragedy in the past that explains so much of the present.
THE LAST THING I TOLD YOU by Emily Arsenault (Psychological Thriller)
From the acclaimed author of THE EVENING SPIDER and THE BROKEN TEAGLASS comes this psychological thriller about the murder of a psychologist in a quiet New England town and his former patient whose unreliable thread will keep readers guessing until the shocking end.
A LIGHT SO LOVELY: The Spiritual Legacy of Madeleine L'Engle, Author of A Wrinkle in Time by Sarah Arthur (Biography)
Madeleine L’Engle’s A WRINKLE IN TIME has captured the imagination of millions. A LIGHT SO LOVELY tells the story of the woman at the center of it all.
THE LOCKSMITH’S DAUGHTER by Karen Brooks (Historical Fiction)
From acclaimed author Karen Brooks comes this intriguing novel rich in historical detail and drama as it tells the unforgettable story of Queen Elizabeth's daring, ruthless spymaster and his female protégée.
NEED TO KNOW by Karen Cleveland (Thriller)
Vivian Miller. High-powered CIA analyst, happily married to a man she adores, mother of four beautiful children. Until the moment she makes a shocking discovery that makes her question everything she believes.
NO POPES IN HEAVEN by Hal Malchow (Political Thriller)
NO POPES IN HEAVEN is a political thriller with important insights into what has gone wrong in Washington.
SUNBURN by Laura Lippman (Psychological Thriller)
New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman returns with her take on a modern noir. In an unpromising town near the Maryland shore, two souls begin a cat-and-mouse game that will lead to betrayal and murder. One is playing a long game. But which one?
UNDER A DARK SKY by Lori Rader-Day (Psychological Thriller/Mystery)
From the critically acclaimed author of THE DAY I DIED comes a terrifying twist on a locked-room mystery that will keep readers guessing until the last page.
This Month's Poll:
How Many Book Groups Do You Belong To?
How many book groups are you a member of?
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Click here to vote in the poll by Monday, September 10th at noon ET.
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