When I first learned about Ru Freeman’s debut novel A Disobedient Girl on the TLC website, I knew immediately I wanted to read it. I love literary fiction set in foreign countries, and the author’s background as a political activist and journalist interested me. I was not disappointed. A Disobedient Girl is an amazing work [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Book Tour’
Guest Post: Author Lisa Tucker
Recently I was delighted to accept Lisa Tucker’s latest novel The Promised World for a TLC Book Tour (read my review). Described by Booklist as a “natural born storyteller,” Lisa is also the author of The Song Reader, Shout Down the Moon, Once Upon a Day, and The Cure for Modern Life. Her books have [...]
Guest Post: Miriam Gershow
Miriam Gershow is the author of The Local News (read my review; read an excerpt) which was published through Spiegel and Grau in February 2009. This would make a great book for discussion (get book group discussion questions). To read more about Miriam Gershow and her work, please visit the author’s website. I asked Miriam [...]
TLC Book Tour – Cathy Holton
Cathy Holton is the author of two previous novels: Revenge of the Kudzu Debutantes AND Secret Lives of the Kudzu Debutantes. Holton’s third novel, Beach Trip, was released in May through Ballantine Books. I thoroughly enjoyed this Southern women’s novel set in the Outer Banks of North Carolina (read my review). To read more about [...]
Last Night In Montreal – Book Review
He was hunting just then, hot on the trail of something obscure, tracking a rare butterfly-like quotation as it fluttered through thickets of dense tropical paragraphs. The chase seemed to require the utmost concentration; still, he couldn’t help but think later on that if he’d only glanced up from the work, he might’ve seen something: [...]
Author Judith Ryan Hendricks: TLC Book Tour
The Laws of Harmony by Judith Ryan Hendricks Harper Paperbacks; 1 edition – February 10, 2009 ISBN-13: 978-0061687365 496 pages I recently read The Laws of Harmony – the latest novel by Judi Ryan Hendricks – and loved it (read my review). Hendricks has a way of drawing her reader into the story, of making [...]
The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire – Book Review
But Carlotta, though her bedside lamp glows, sleeps; down the hall, Maximilian sleeps; around the corner, Pepa, serene princess, sleeps; and, most sweetly of all, an angel on pillows of gossamer, the tiny Agustin sleeps with his thumb in his mouth, never dreaming that his home is being abandoned, his father’s and mother’s clothes, shoes, [...]
Guest Post: Catherine Brady
It was with great pleasure that I sat down and read Catherine Brady’s newest collection of short stories (read my review). I am a lover of short stories, but I know that many readers are not…and it made me wonder, is there a way to approach this narrative form to improve one’s enjoyment of it? [...]
Book Give Away: Galway Bay, by Mary Pat Kelly
Contest open March 17 – March 24, 2009 Book Description (from the Hachette website): Here at last is one Irish family’s epic journey, capturing the tragedy and triumph of the Irish-American experience. In a rousing tale that echoes the myths and legends of Ireland herself, young Honora Keeley and Michael Kelly wed and start a [...]
Blog Talk Radio – Mary Pat Kelly
Hachette is hosting a live interview with the author of Galway Bay tomorrow: Time: March 17, 2009 from 11am to 12pm Location: (646) 378-0039 and http://www.blogtalkradio.com/stations/HachetteBookGroup/grandcentralpub/2009/03/17/Live-St-Patricks-Day-Interview-with-Mary-Pat-Kelly-author-of-GALWAY-BAY Organized By: Miriam Parker Event Description: Join us on St. Patrick’s Day and Blog Tour Day to chat with GALWAY BAY author Mary Pat Kelly. She is the author [...]
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