In this newsletter, you will find books releasing the weeks of January 14th and January 21st 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 Winter Reading Contests and Feature, which we have brought back for a fifth year. On select days between now and Friday, February 15th at noon ET, we are hosting a series of 24-hour contests spotlighting a book releasing this winter (or a book publishing in the spring that we would like to bring to your attention now) and giving five lucky readers a chance to win it.
We also have three contests to tell you about on ReadingGroupGuides.com.
We are celebrating the January 22nd release of MAID: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive (an upcoming Bookreporter.com Bets On pick) with a special contest that will give five groups the chance to win 12 copies of Stephanie Land's eye-opening memoir, plus the opportunity to chat with the author. Ten additional readers will be awarded a copy of the book, which exposes the reality of pursuing the American dream from below the poverty line. The deadline for your entries is Wednesday, February 6th at noon ET.
January's "What's Your Book Group Reading This Month?" contest book is THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT by Chris Bohjalian, which is now available in paperback. In this spellbinding psychological thriller, a flight attendant wakes up in the wrong hotel, in the wrong bed, with a dead man --- and no idea what happened. In a book group? Then tell us what your group is currently reading to be eligible to win. Three winners will be selected, and each will be awarded 12 copies of the book for their group. Be sure to enter by Wednesday, February 6th at noon ET.
Finally, we are asking book groups to help us compile ReadingGroupGuides.com's "Best Books of the Year" list for 2018. Click here to share both your favorite book that you read with your group last year and your favorite book that you read outside your group by Thursday, January 31st at noon ET, and you will be eligible to win six titles releasing this year that are perfect for book group discussions: THE AGE OF LIGHT by Whitney Scharer, THE GIRLS AT 17 SWANN STREET by Yara Zgheib, THE HUNTRESS by Kate Quinn, THE ISLAND OF SEA WOMEN by Lisa See, LOST ROSES by Martha Hall Kelly, and THE ONLY WOMAN IN THE ROOM by Marie Benedict.