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In this newsletter, you will find books releasing the weeks of April 29th and May 6th 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 a very special contest on ReadingGroupGuides.com for William Kent Krueger’s upcoming work of historical fiction, THIS TENDER LAND, which releases on September 3rd and will be a Bookreporter.com Bets On pick. We’re giving 10 book groups the chance to win up to 10 advance copies of the book, provided that they can give us their feedback on it by Friday, August 16th. Enter here by Wednesday, May 15th at noon ET.

Also, please click on the covers above for our reviews of three books that we featured in last week's Bookreporter.com Weekly Update newsletter: NANAVILLE: Adventures in Grandparenting, Anna Quindlen’s memoir that celebrates the joys of being a grandmother (the audiobook will be a Bets On pick in Friday's Bookreporter newsletter); THE MOTHER-IN-LAW by Sally Hepworth, a twisty novel about one woman’s complicated relationship with her mother-in-law that ultimately ends in death (this, too, will be a Bets On selection on Friday); and MIRACLE CREEK, Angie Kim’s much-buzzed-about debut novel about how far we’ll go to protect our families and our deepest secrets.

In this newsletter, you will find books releasing the weeks of April 22nd and April 29th 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 14th annual Mother's Day contest. From now through Wednesday, May 8th at noon ET, readers can enter to win one of our five prize packages, which includes 11 great fiction and nonfiction titles we think moms will love. Click here to read more about the books and enter the contest.

We also have two additional Bookreporter.com contests to tell you about.

Moving through three generations and back and forth in time, THE GUEST BOOK --- our latest Fiction Author Spotlight title and an upcoming Bookreporter.com Bets On pick --- is Sarah Blake's triumphant new novel that tells the story of a family and a country that buries its past in quiet, until the present calls forth a reckoning. We have 35 advance copies to give away to those who would like to read the book, which releases on May 7th, and share their comments on it. Enter here by Thursday, May 2nd at noon ET.

A young outcast braves the hardships of Kentucky’s Great Depression and brings truly magical objects to her people --- books --- in our latest Women's Fiction Author Spotlight title, THE BOOK WOMAN OF TROUBLESOME CREEK, Kim Michele Richardson's new novel inspired by the brave women of the Pack Horse Library Project. We have 50 copies to give away to those who would like to read the book, which releases on May 7th, and share their comments on it. Enter here by Thursday, May 2nd at noon ET.

In this newsletter, you will find books releasing the weeks of April 15th and April 22nd 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 Favorite Monthly Lists & Picks feature for April, which includes the Indie Next and LibraryReads lists, the Barnes & Noble Book Club selection, the Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club pick, and many more. With thanks to our reader, Tania, for this idea, we recently posted the Favorite Monthly Lists & Picks going back to 2014. 

We also encourage you to enter our Word of Mouth and Sounding Off on Audio contests for an opportunity to win some fabulous hardcovers and audiobooks. And please be sure to vote in our latest poll about April paperbacks you already have read or are planning to read.

Finally, we are spotlighting BLUFF, which is now in stores and marks Jane Stanton Hitchcock's return to the world of crime fiction following a nine-year hiatus.

In this newsletter, you will find books releasing the weeks of April 8th and April 15th 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 interview with Martha Hall Kelly, whose latest novel, LOST ROSES, is our current Women's Fiction Author Spotlight title. It was just announced that this much-anticipated prequel to LILAC GIRLS is this month's Barnes & Noble Book Club selection, and it also will be a Bookreporter.com Bets On pick. You can read our review of the book in the April 12th Bookreporter.com Weekly Update newsletter and Carol Fitzgerald's Bets On commentary in the April 19th edition.

Also, we are spotlighting our review of Lisa Scottoline's newly released domestic thriller, SOMEONE KNOWS, a deeply emotional examination of family, marriage and the true nature of justice.

And be sure to enter our "What's Your Book Group Reading This Month?" contest on ReadingGroupGuides.com. 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. Our current prize book is ALL WE EVER WANTED by Emily Giffin, which releases in paperback on April 23rd. In this riveting novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author, three very different people must choose between their families and their most deeply held values. Enter here by Wednesday, May 8th at noon ET.

In this newsletter, you will find books releasing the weeks of April 1st and April 8th 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 Sounding Off on Audio contest for April. This month's prizes are the audio versions of Sally Hepworth's THE MOTHER-IN-LAW, read by Barrie Kreinik, and D.J. Palmer's SAVING MEGHAN, read by Mary Stuart Masterson and Rebecca Soler. Submit your comments about the audiobooks you've listened to by Wednesday, May 1st at noon ET, and you'll be in the running to win both these audio titles.

Also, we've updated our Books on Screen feature for this month. April's roundup includes the feature films Avengers: Endgame, Pet Sematary and The Best of Enemies; the return of HBO's "Game of Thrones" for its eighth and final season, along with the season five release of "Bosch" on Amazon Prime, the Netflix premiere of "Quicksand," and the season finales of "The Magicians" on Syfy and "American Gods" on Starz; and the DVD releases of A Dog's Way Home, The Aspern Papers and Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase.