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In this newsletter, you will find books releasing the weeks of April 27th and May 4th 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 15th annual Mother's Day contest. From now through Monday, May 11th at noon ET, readers can enter to win one of our five prize packages, which includes seven great fiction and nonfiction titles we think moms will love. Click here to read more about the books and enter the contest.

Also, please click on the covers above for our reviews of three books that we featured in last Friday's Weekly Update newsletter: IF IT BLEEDS, Stephen King's latest collection of four new and compelling novellas, each pulling you into intriguing and frightening places; WALK THE WIRE, a continuation of David Baldacci's Memory Man series, which finds Amos Decker --- the FBI consultant with a perfect memory --- and his colleague, Alex Jamison, returning to solve a gruesome murder in a booming North Dakota oil town; and THE BOOK OF LONGINGS, Sue Monk Kidd's much-talked-about fourth work of fiction that imagines the story of a young woman named Ana, who is expected to marry an older widower --- but an encounter with 18-year-old Jesus changes everything.

In this newsletter, you will find books releasing the weeks of April 20th and April 27th 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 copies of CIRCE by Madeline Miller, which is now available in paperback. The deadline for your entries is Wednesday, May 6th at noon ET.

We also encourage you to enter our Word of Mouth and Sounding Off on Audio contests for an opportunity to win some fabulous books and audio titles. And please be sure to vote in our latest poll: During quarantine, besides reading, what activities do you enjoy doing indoors?

In this newsletter, you will find books releasing the weeks of April 13th and April 20th 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 Indie Next, LibraryReads, Oprah's Book Club, the Barnes & Noble Book Club, the Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club, the Jenna Bush Hager "Read with Jenna" Today Show Book Club, the "Good Morning America" Book Club, and more.

We also are featuring THE ENGINEER'S WIFE by Tracey Enerson Wood in our New Release Spotlight, and THE GIRLS AT 17 SWANN STREET by Yara Zgheib (a Bookreporter.com Bets On pick) in our Paperback Spotlight. Click on the images above for about the book descriptions, excerpts and author information for these titles.

In this newsletter, you will find books releasing the weeks of April 6th and April 13th 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 Julia Spencer-Fleming's HID FROM OUR EYES: A Clare Fergusson/Russ Van Alstyne Mystery, read by Suzanne Toren, and D.J. Palmer's THE NEW HUSBAND, read by January LaVoy and Rebecca Soler. Submit your comments about the audiobooks you've listened to by Friday, May 1st at noon ET, and you'll be in the running to win both these audio titles.

Also, we have updated our Books on Screen feature. Although all movies releasing in theaters this month have been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, there are plenty of book-to-screen adaptations on television that you can enjoy from the comfort of your own home. April's roundup includes the season one finale of Hulu's "Little Fires Everywhere"; season six of "Bosch" on Amazon Prime; the conclusion of HBO's "The Plot Against America," along with the continuation of season two of "My Brilliant Friend"; and the series premieres of "Normal People" on Hulu, "Defending Jacob" on Apple TV+ and "Belgravia" on EPIX. Among this month's DVD releases are Little Women, Just Mercy, The Turning, The Rhythm Section and Escape from Pretoria.