In this newsletter, you will find books releasing the weeks of May 7th and May 14th that we think will be of interest to Bookreporter.com readers, along with Bonus News, where we call out a contest, feature or review that we want to let you know about so you have it on your radar.
This week, we are calling attention to our "What's Your Book Group Reading This Month?" contest on ReadingGroupGuides.com, where three book groups will win 12 paperback copies of COCOA BEACH by Beatriz Williams. The deadline for your entries is Wednesday, June 6th at noon ET.
Please keep in mind that you only have until next Monday, May 14th at noon ET to enter our Mother's Day contest. Five readers each will win a prize package that includes 15 great fiction and nonfiction titles we think moms will love.
Our Mother's Day Author Blogs are back for a ninth year! Once again, we are sharing pieces from authors who reminisce about reading books with their moms, or with their own children, and talk about how their moms influenced them to become readers and writers. This year’s contributors are Janelle Brown, Julie Clark, Abby Fabiaschi, Lisa Genova, Karen White, Lisa Wingate and Brianna Wolfson. We are featuring one blog post a day leading up to Mother’s Day weekend. You may want to consider “binge reading” all seven pieces on Mother’s Day!
Finally, we'd like to tell you about a fun survey we're doing with our readers based on “The Great American Read,” a new series premiering on PBS on Tuesday, May 22nd at 8pm ET focusing on the 100 best-loved novels in America. The series will showcase and explore these books, explaining why and how they have touched so many people. We’re curious as to how many of these titles our Bookreporter.com readers have read. So take a look at the list here and check off the ones you have read by May 22nd at noon ET. We’ll share the top picks with you in the May 25th Bookreporter.com Weekly Update newsletter.