Archives - On Sale This Week

In this newsletter, you will find books releasing the weeks of December 21st, December 28th and January 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 Reviewer Picks for 2020, where our reviewers reveal their favorite books of the year, and various "Best Of" lists that we've compiled from around the web. Let us know how many print books and e-books you've read, and how many audiobooks you've listened to, in 2020 in our latest poll.

Also, be sure to check out our Holiday Author Blogs, which have returned for a 13th consecutive year. Six authors shared with us some wonderful memories of giving or receiving books during the holidays. This year's contributors are Janet Skeslien Charles (THE PARIS LIBRARY), Patricia Engel (INFINITE COUNTRY), John Hart (THE UNWILLING), Deborah Goodrich Royce (FINDING MRS. FORD), Liese O'Halloran Schwarz (WHAT COULD BE SAVED), and Sharon Virts (MASQUE OF HONOR: A Historical Novel of the American South).

And please keep in mind our very special End-of-the-Year Contest featuring Carol’s Bookreporter.com Bets On picks from 2020. One Grand Prize winner will be awarded all 42 books, while 14 other winners will receive a selection of three of these titles. The deadline for your entries is Monday, January 4th at noon ET.

We have a video and podcast where Carol talks about each of the Bets On books we're giving away in the contest. We’ve cued where you can find each title --- and we also have links to the author interviews for the books mentioned where those are available. As we recorded this wrap-up, Carol realized that we interviewed 36 of the authors!

In this newsletter, you will find books releasing the weeks of December 14th and December 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 Favorite Monthly Lists & Picks feature for December, which includes Indie Next, LibraryReads, 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.

Also, we are sharing Carol's latest "Bookreporter Talks To" interview with Sue Miller, whose new book, MONOGAMY, is a Bookreporter.com Bets On pick. Set in a New England town, this is the story of Graham, a gregarious bookseller, and Annie, a shy photographer, who have been married for nearly 30 years. By all appearances, they are a golden couple. But when Graham suddenly dies, Annie is lost. What is the point of going on, she wonders, without him? Then, while she is still mourning Graham intensely, she discovers a ruinous secret, one that will spiral her into darkness and force her to question if she ever truly knew the man who loved her. In the interview, Sue talked about her path to writing the novel, which took six years, and how photography became a part of it, as well as her narration of the audiobook. Click here to watch the video and here to listen to the podcast.

In this newsletter, you will find books releasing the weeks of December 7th and December 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 End-of-the-Year contest featuring Carol Fitzgerald’s Bookreporter.com Bets On picks from 2020. One Grand Prize winner will be awarded all 42 books, while 14 other readers will receive a selection of three of these titles. The deadline for your entries is Monday, January 4th at noon ET.

Also, we are sharing Carol's latest "Bookreporter Talks To" interview with Elizabeth Berg, whose new book, I’LL BE SEEING YOU, is a beautiful memoir about her parents in their final years. When Elizabeth's father was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, her parents had to leave their home and move into a facility that could offer them help. It was then up to Elizabeth and her siblings to care for them in ways they never could have expected. Carol talked to Elizabeth about why she decided to write a memoir and how writing it was so different from the many novels and short stories she has penned throughout her prolific career. She also explained her care in delving into the difficult topics in her family's relationships during this time, and the effect it had on her and her siblings. Click here to watch the video and here to listen to the podcast.

Finally, we are spotlighting COURTING MISFORTUNE, the first book in Regina Jennings' new historical romance series, The Joplin Chronicles, which is now available. Assigned to find the kidnapped daughter of a mob boss, Pinkerton operative Calista York is sent to a rowdy mining town in Missouri. But she faces the obstacle of missionary Matthew Cook. He is as determined to stop a local baby raffle as he is the reckless Miss York, whose bad judgment consistently seems to be putting her in harm's way.

In this newsletter, you will find books releasing the weeks of November 30th and December 7th 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 very special contest on ReadingGroupGuides.com, where we are giving readers the opportunity to share their favorite book that they read with their group this year and their favorite book that they read outside their group. One Grand Prize winner will receive six outstanding book group titles releasing next year: THE CHILDREN'S BLIZZARD by Melanie Benjamin, ETERNAL by Lisa Scottoline, THE FOUR WINDS by Kristin Hannah, THE PUSH by Ashley Audrain, THE ROSE CODE by Kate Quinn, and WHAT COULD BE SAVED by Liese O'Halloran Schwarz. Be sure to enter by Wednesday, January 6th at noon ET.

Also, we are sharing Carol's latest "Bookreporter Talks To" interview with Jacqueline Winspear. The title of her new book, THIS TIME NEXT YEAR WE’LL BE LAUGHING (a Bookreporter.com Bets On pick), coincidentally could be our mantra.

After 16 novels, Winspear has taken the bold step of turning to memoir, revealing the hardships and joys of her family history. Both shockingly frank and deftly restrained, her story tackles the difficult, poignant and fascinating family accounts of three generations --- her grandparents, her parents, and she and her brother. Her childhood was spent picking hops and fruit on farms in rural Kent, capturing her ties to the land and her dream of being a writer at its very inception.

Winspear talked about this eye-opening and heartfelt portrayal of a post-War England that we rarely see and how she pulled together these memories. She also discussed the experience of narrating the audiobook. Click here to watch the video and here to listen to the podcast.