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Temperatures started to dip this week. I had a rude awakening as I left a sliding door open one night, and in the morning I could feel the chill filling the room. Last weekend, I sped read some books to prep for an interview session that I did for a trade show on Wednesday night. I found myself chasing the sun, which clearly was lowering in the sky. There are sooooooo many great books out right now. It’s an abundance of riches!
I am reading SMILE: The Story of a Face by Sarah Ruhl, which is one of our Fall Preview featured titles. I heard Sarah speak at a publisher preview event and was so impressed with her story. Shortly after giving birth to her twins, she found herself struck with Bell’s palsy. The question: Would this be temporary or permanent? We are going to be interviewing Sarah in two weeks.
Next I am planning to read BOURDAIN: The Definitive Oral Biography by Laurie Woolever. I loved Anthony Bourdain’s traveler spirit. He embraced the places he walked into with zest and zeal. I am looking forward to reading more about a traveler whose adventures ended way too soon.
I spent most of this week at the New Voices New Rooms virtual conference that was run by two of the independent bookseller organizations (NAIBA and SIBA). I found myself attending multiple preview sessions and scrawling lots of notes about books I want to read and authors I want to interview. Now I must get all those notes translated into plans for the upcoming months!
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Back in June 2018, I interviewed Stephanie Land at BookExpo. Her book, MAID: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive, was a BookExpo Buzz title. It came out the following January, and I picked it as a Bookreporter.com Bets On selection. It hit the New York Times bestseller list, and it was one of those books whose message stayed with me. On Wednesday night, I had the opportunity to screen the first episode of the Netflix adaptation of MAID, which drops today.
It's a powerful episode that sets up Stephanie and her story quickly. Readers of the book will see that the storytelling juxtaposes the narrative to better tell a story on the screen, which is something I find so interesting about adaptations. After the episode concluded, there was a discussion with Stephanie that also featured Margaret Qualley, who plays her in the series (now named Alex); John Wells, an executive producer and one of the directors of the series; and Molly Smith Metzler, the screenwriter. It was moderated by Jessica Radloff, the West Coast editor of Glamour magazine.
It was interesting to hear Margaret explain how she prepped herself for the role, including the challenges of working with a young child (named Maddy for the series). She also talked about working with her mother, Andie MacDowell, who plays Alex’s mother. Molly spoke about wanting to write so the heart of the book was part of the program. I cannot wait to see the next nine episodes. Above is the trailer, as well as a screenshot from the round table discussion. I am so happy for Stephanie and am looking forward to interviewing her in two weeks.
My latest “Bookreporter Talks To” interview is with Lisa Jewell, whose new psychological thriller, THE NIGHT SHE DISAPPEARED, released last month and will be a Bets On pick. As the book opens, a young suburban couple has been missing for a year. A mystery writer moves in near the estate where the disappearance took place, and on a walk one day, she comes across a note that reads "DIG HERE." From that one clue, the unsolved case gets reopened.
Lisa talks to me about her inspiration, where her writing of the novel started, and how she unfolded the story from there. She also shares how her looming deadline during the pandemic upended her writing routine and previews her next book, which will be a sequel. Click here to watch the video and here to listen to the podcast. My Bets On commentary will appear in next week’s newsletter.
One of this year’s most talked-about releases is CLOUD CUCKOO LAND, the latest novel from Anthony Doerr, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE. Longlisted for the National Book Award, it follows five characters whose stories, despite spanning nearly six centuries, are bound together by their mutual love for a single book.
According to our reviewer Harvey Freedenberg, “What’s most compelling about CLOUD CUCKOO LAND is Doerr’s ability to convey each of his characters’ passions in unique but deeply meaningful ways, posing provocative questions about how the actions of discrete individuals can resonate through history…. Whether in the form of ink on a printed page, pixels on a screen, or in some medium we have yet to imagine, the task of preserving books is among the most noble in humanity’s history. Anthony Doerr has paid that task a worthy homage.”
Word of Mouth Reminder
CLOUD CUCKOO LAND is one of our current Word of Mouth prizes; the other is THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY by Amor Towles, which we plan to review next week. Submit your comments about the books you’ve read, and you’ll have an opportunity to win both these titles. Please do so by Friday, October 8th at noon ET.
Other books we’re reviewing this week include:
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THE WISH: Nicholas Sparks’ latest novel is about the enduring legacy of first love, and the decisions that haunt us forever.
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DAUGHTER OF THE MORNING STAR: In Craig Johnson’s 17th Walt Longmire mystery, the good sheriff is involved in a one-on-one battle with the deadliest adversary he has ever faced in both this world and the next.
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ROBERT E. LEE: A Life: Award-winning historian Allen C. Guelzo's definitive biography of Robert E. Lee is an intimate look at the Confederate general in all his complexity --- his hypocrisy and courage, his inner turmoil and outward calm, his disloyalty and his honor.
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THREE GIRLS FROM BRONZEVILLE: Dawn Turner’s memoir revolves around her, her sister Kim, and her best friend Debra --- three Black girls from the storied Bronzeville section of Chicago. Here she offers a penetrating exploration of race, opportunity, friendship, sisterhood and the powerful forces at work that allow some to flourish...and others to falter.
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BROTHERS ON THREE: Journalist Abe Streep has penned a story of coming of age on a reservation in the American West and a high school basketball team uniting a community.
Fall Preview Update
Our Fall Preview contests return next week. We will be giving away THE BOOK OF MAGIC by Alice Hoffman, THE REDEMPTION OF BOBBY LOVE by Bobby and Cheryl Love with Lori L. Tharps, and TRUE CRIME STORY by Joseph Knox. The first contest of the week will be up on Monday, October 4th at noon ET.
October’s Books on Screen Feature
We’ve updated our Books on Screen feature for this month. Along with the aforementioned “Maid” on Netflix, October's roundup includes the series premieres of "Dopesick" on Hulu and "I Know What You Did Last Summer" on Amazon Prime Video; the season three release of "You" on Netflix; the films Dune, Fever Dream and There’s Someone Inside Your House; the continuation of "Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol," "The Morning Show" and "American Rust"; and the DVD releases of The Suicide Squad, Naked Singularity and Old.
Oprah has selected BEWILDERMENT, which we reviewed last week, as her latest book club pick. At the heart of Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Powers’ new novel, which already has been nominated for the Booker Prize and the National Book Award, lies the question: How can we tell our children the truth about this beautiful, imperiled planet? Oprah says, “Richard Powers is one of our country’s greatest living writers. He composes some of the most beautiful sentences I’ve ever read. I’m in awe of his talent.” Oprah’s interview with Powers will air Friday, October 22nd on Apple TV+.
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Reader Mail: Ann wrote, "Thank you for including the lovely photo and the words about Leila Meacham's passing. We shall miss her greatly. She fought her battle with pancreatic cancer so hard and with a deep faith. She is an inspiration to us all. I am hoping the novel she was working on, APRIL STORM, and had completed (except for her usual careful reviewing) might still be published. She was a very dear friend, and I shall miss her."
One of my least favorite days of the year will happen this weekend as we prepare to close the pool. I have been so busy this past week that I never even had time to haul out my wetsuit for a few more laps. I feel we went from broiling heat and humidity right into the chill of fall. I want to yell, “Not fair.” But the weather has been stellar. Instead I will console myself with fall planting and garden cleanup. And I think it’s time to start thinking about some fall recipes!
Greg is off on a quick trip to Michigan this weekend to photograph a lighthouse that is only open once to the public every three years: Little Traverse Lighthouse in Harbor Springs. He has his mother’s idea of “seize the opportunity”!
Mercury is retrograde, and I have been feeling it all week! So many little things have gone awry. I kept shaking my head and muttering, “Ah, Mercury!”
Read on, and have a great week.
Carol Fitzgerald (Carol@bookreporter.com)
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Featured Review: CLOUD CUCKOO LAND
by Anthony Doerr
CLOUD CUCKOO LAND by Anthony Doerr (Fiction)
Audiobook available, read by Marin Ireland and Simon Jones
Set in Constantinople in the 15th century, in a small town in present-day Idaho, and on an interstellar ship decades from now, Anthony Doerr’s third novel is a triumph of imagination and compassion, a soaring story about children on the cusp of adulthood in worlds in peril, who find resilience, hope --- and a book. In CLOUD CUCKOO LAND, Doerr has created a magnificent tapestry of times and places that reflects our vast interconnectedness --- with other species, with each other, with those who lived before us, and with those who will be here after we’re gone. Reviewed by Harvey Freedenberg.
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Featured Review: THE WISH by Nicholas Sparks
THE WISH by Nicholas Sparks (Romance)
Audiobook available, read by Mela Lee and Will Collyer
1996 was the year that changed everything for Maggie Dawes. Sent away at 16 to live with an aunt she barely knew in Ocracoke, a remote village on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, she could think only of the friends and family she left behind…until she met Bryce Trickett, a teenager who introduced her to photography. By 2019, Maggie is a renowned travel photographer. But this year she is unexpectedly grounded over Christmas, struggling to come to terms with a sobering medical diagnosis. Increasingly dependent on a young assistant, she finds herself becoming close to him and tells him the story of another Christmas, decades earlier --- and the love that set her on a course she never could have imagined. Reviewed by Pamela Kramer.
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Featured Review:
DAUGHTER OF THE MORNING STAR
by Craig Johnson
DAUGHTER OF THE MORNING STAR: A Longmire Mystery by Craig Johnson (Mystery)
Audiobook available, read by George Guidall
When Lolo Long's niece Jaya begins receiving death threats, Tribal Police Chief Long calls on Absaroka County Sheriff Walt Longmire along with Henry Standing Bear as lethal backup. Jaya "Longshot" Long is the phenom of the Lame Deer Lady Stars High School basketball team and is following in the steps of her older sister, who disappeared a year previously, a victim of the scourge of missing Native Woman in Indian Country. Lolo hopes that having Longmire involved might draw some public attention to the girl's plight, but with this maneuver she also inadvertently places the good sheriff in a one-on-one with the deadliest adversary he has ever faced in both this world and the next. Reviewed by Roz Shea.
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Featured Review: ROBERT E. LEE by Allen C. Guelzo
ROBERT E. LEE: A Life by Allen C. Guelzo (Biography)
Audiobook available, read by Jason Culp
Robert E. Lee is one of the most confounding figures in American history. Lee betrayed his nation in order to defend his home state and uphold the slave system he claimed to oppose. He was a traitor to the country he swore to serve as an Army officer, and yet he was admired even by his enemies for his composure and leadership. He considered slavery immoral, but benefited from inherited slaves and fought to defend the institution. And behind his genteel demeanor and perfectionism lurked the insecurities of a man haunted by the legacy of a father who stained the family name by declaring bankruptcy and who disappeared when Lee was just six years old. Award-winning historian Allen Guelzo captures Robert E. Lee in all his complexity. Reviewed by Barbara Bamberger Scott.
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Featured Review:
THREE GIRLS FROM BRONZEVILLE
by Dawn Turner
THREE GIRLS FROM BRONZEVILLE: A Uniquely American Memoir of Race, Fate, and Sisterhood by Dawn Turner (Memoir)
Audiobook available, read by Janina Edwards
Siblings Dawn and Kim, and their best friend Debra, were three Black girls who bonded as they roamed the concrete landscape of Bronzeville, a historic neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side, the destination of hundreds of thousands of Black folks who fled the ravages of the Jim Crow South. These third-generation daughters of the Great Migration come of age in the 1970s, and for a brief, wondrous moment, they are all giggles and dreams and promises of “friends forever.” But then fate intervenes, sending them careening in wildly different directions. Dawn struggles to make sense of the shocking turns that consume her sister and her best friend, all the while asking herself a simple but profound question: Why? Reviewed by Rebecca Munro.
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Featured Review: BROTHERS ON THREE by Abe Streep
BROTHERS ON THREE: A True Story of Family, Resistance, and Hope on a Reservation in Montana by Abe Streep (Biography)
Audiobook available, read by Shaun Taylor-Corbett
March 11, 2017, was a night to remember. In front of the hopeful eyes of thousands of friends, family members and fans, the Arlee Warriors would finally bring the high school basketball state championship title home to the Flathead Indian Reservation. The game would become the stuff of legend, with the boys revered as local heroes. The team’s place in Montana history was now cemented, but for starters Will Mesteth, Jr. and Phillip Malatare, life would keep moving on --- senior year was only just beginning. In BROTHERS ON THREE, we follow Phil and Will, along with their teammates, coaches and families, as they balance the pressures of adolescence, shoulder the dreams of their community, and chart their own individual courses for the future. Reviewed by Eileen Zimmerman Nicol.
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Bookreporter.com's 11th Annual
Fall Preview Contests and Feature
Fall is known as the biggest season of the year for books. The titles that release during this latter part of the year often become holiday gifts, and many are blockbusters. To celebrate the arrival of fall, we are spotlighting a number of outstanding books that we know people will be talking about in the days and months to come.
We are hosting a series of 24-hour contests for these titles on select days in September and October, so you will have to check the site each day to see the featured prize book and enter to win. We also are sending a special newsletter to announce the day's title, which you can sign up for here.
Our next prize book will be announced on Monday, October 4th at noon ET.
This year's featured titles include:
Click here to read all the contest details
and learn more about our featured titles.
October’s Books on Screen Feature
A DARKER REALITY: An Elena Standish Novel by Anne Perry (Historical Mystery)
Audiobook available, read by Susan Lyons
On her first trip to Washington, D.C., Elena Standish finally gets to visit her American mother’s wealthy parents and their magnificent home. Elena’s grandparents are marking a milestone anniversary by throwing an elaborate party with the influential friends of her grandfather, a prominent political industrialist. But the festivities come to a sudden and tragic end when one of the guests, Lila Worth, is run over by a car in the driveway outside. Soon an arrest is made in Lila’s murder, and to Elena’s horror, the accused is none other than her own grandfather, who claims his political enemies are trying to frame him. Who are these enemies, and how can Elena defend this man she barely knows? Reviewed by Ray Palen.
FRIENDS LIKE THESE by Kimberly McCreight (Psychological Thriller)
Audiobook available; read by Carlotta Brentan, Ewan Chung, Susan Dalian, Lauren Fortgang, James Fouhey, Stacey Glemboski, Joe Knezevich and Alex McKenna
Everyone has those friends. Doesn’t matter how long it’s been, or how badly they’ve occasionally behaved, or how late it is when that call finally comes --- you show up. No questions asked. Honestly, that’s how the five of us ended up here in the Catskills. We did have the best of intentions. Especially after what happened to Alice all those years ago, we can’t bear to think of losing anyone else. In fact, we’ll do anything to make sure that doesn’t happen. We’ll go so much farther than we ever thought we would. In the end, maybe that’s what caught up with us. That, and the fact that we’re such a complicated group --- so much history and so many big personalities. Secrets, too, that can slip out at the most inopportune moments. Reviewed by Ray Palen.
THE MISSING HOURS by Julia Dahl (Thriller)
Audiobook available, read by Taylor Meskimen
From a distance, Claudia Castro has it all: a famous family, a trust fund, thousands of Instagram followers, and a spot in NYU’s freshman class. But look closer, and things are messier: her parents are separating, she’s just been humiliated by a sleazy documentary, and her sister is about to have a baby with a man she barely knows. Claudia starts the school year resolved to find a path toward something positive, maybe even meaningful --- and then one drunken night everything changes. She cuts herself off from her family, seeking solace in a new friendship. But when the rest of school comes back from spring break, Claudia is missing. Suddenly, the whole city is trying to piece together the hours of that terrible night. Reviewed by Ray Palen.
FAULT LINES by Emily Itami (Fiction)
Audiobook available, read by Lydia Wilson
Mizuki is a Japanese housewife. She has a hardworking husband, two adorable children and a beautiful Tokyo apartment. It’s everything a woman could want, yet sometimes she wonders whether she would rather throw herself off the high-rise balcony than spend another evening not talking to her husband and hanging up laundry. Then, one rainy night, she meets Kiyoshi, a successful restaurateur. In him, she rediscovers freedom, friendship and the neon, electric pulse of the city she has always loved. But the further she falls into their relationship, the clearer it becomes that she is living two lives --- and in the end, we can choose only one. Reviewed by Rebecca Munro.
WE KNOW YOU REMEMBER by Tove Alsterdal (Mystery)
Audiobook available, read by Hillary Huber
It’s been more than 20 years since Olof Hagström left home. Returning to his family’s house, he knows instantly that something is amiss. The front door key, hidden under a familiar stone, is still there. Inside, there’s a panicked dog, a terrible stench and water pooling on the floor: the father Olaf has not seen or spoken to in decades is dead in the bathroom shower. For police detective Eira Sjödin, the investigation of this suspicious death resurrects long-forgotten nightmares. She was only nine when Olof Hagström, then 14, was found guilty of raping and murdering a local girl. The case left a mark on the town’s collective memory and tinged Eira’s childhood with fear. Too young to be sentenced, Olof was sent to a youth home and exiled from his family. He was never seen in the town again. Until now. Reviewed by Jack Kramer.
WINDSWEPT: Walking the Paths of Trailblazing Women by Annabel Abbs (History/Travel Memoir)
Audiobook available, read by Fenella Fudge
Annabel Abbs’ WINDSWEPT is a beautifully written meditation on connecting with the outdoors through the simple act of walking. In captivating and elegant prose, Abbs follows in the footsteps of women who boldly reclaimed wild landscapes for themselves, including Georgia O’Keeffe in the empty plains of Texas and New Mexico, Nan Shepherd in the mountains of Scotland, Gwen John following the French River Garonne, Daphne du Maurier along the River Rhône, and Simone de Beauvoir --- who walked as much as 25 miles a day in a dress and espadrilles --- through the mountains and forests of France. Reviewed by Pauline Finch.
THE LAST HOUSE ON NEEDLESS STREET by Catriona Ward (Psychological Thriller/Horror)
Audiobook available, read by Christopher Ragland
In a boarded-up house on a dead-end street at the edge of the wild Washington woods lives a family of three. A teenage girl who isn’t allowed outside, not after last time. A man who drinks alone in front of his TV, trying to ignore the gaps in his memory. And a house cat who loves napping and reading the Bible. An unspeakable secret binds them together, but when a new neighbor moves in next door, what is buried out among the birch trees may come back to haunt them all. Reviewed by Christine M. Irvin.
THE YARDS by A. F. Carter (Mystery)
Audiobook available, read by Amy McFadden and Cody Roberts
A single mother, Git O’Rourke works hard to support her daughter Charlie, but still finds time to cut loose every once in a while and find a companion for the night. Which is exactly how she ends up in a hotel room with a strange man passed out on heroin, and how she comes to possess the bag of money and guns that he left open as he got his fix. When the dead body is discovered at the Skyview Motor Court, officer Delia Mariola recognizes the victim as the perpetrator in an earlier crime --- a domestic violence call. She knows he’s connected to the local mob, but the crime scene doesn’t exactly resemble their typical hit. Instead, all signs point to a pick-up gone wrong. Which means that all signs point to Git. Reviewed by Kate Ayers.
Next Week’s Notables:
Noteworthy Books Releasing on October 5th
Below are some notable titles releasing on October 5th that we would like to make you aware of. We will have more on many of these books in the weeks to come. For a list of additional hardcovers and paperbacks available the week of October 4th, see our “On Sale This Week” newsletter here.
2 SISTERS DETECTIVE AGENCY by James Patterson and Candice Fox (Thriller)
From the world's #1 bestselling author comes a thrilling new stand-alone novel where a detective duo of sisters finds themselves in the crosshairs of a dangerous and lawless group.
1979: An Allie Burns Novel by Val McDermid (Thriller)
Val McDermid returns to the past with the story of Allie Burns, an investigative journalist whose stories lead her into a world of corruption, terror and murder.
APRIL IN SPAIN by John Banville (Mystery)
Booker Prize winner John Banville returns with a dark and evocative new mystery set on the Spanish coast.
THE BUTLER by Danielle Steel (Fiction)
Two different worlds and two very different lives collide in Paris in this captivating novel by Danielle Steel.
A CARNIVAL OF SNACKERY: Diaries (2003-2020) by David Sedaris (Humor/Essays)
There’s no right way to keep a diary, but if there’s an entertaining way, David Sedaris seems to have mastered it.
CROSSROADS by Jonathan Franzen (Fiction)
Jonathan Franzen’s gift for wedding depth and vividness of character with breadth of social vision has never been more dazzlingly evident than in CROSSROADS.
FOUL PLAY: A Stone Barrington Novel by Stuart Woods (Thriller/Adventure)
In the latest action-packed thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Stuart Woods, Stone Barrington faces down a persistent rival.
THE JEALOUSY MAN AND OTHER STORIES written by Jo Nesbø, translated by Robert Ferguson (Mystery & Thriller/Short Stories)
Experience Jo Nesbø as never before in this dark and thrilling short story collection that takes us on a journey of twisted minds and vengeful hearts.
LAST GIRL GHOSTED by Lisa Unger (Psychological Thriller)
Secrets, obsession and vengeance converge in this riveting thriller about an online dating match turned deadly cat-and-mouse game.
THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY by Amor Towles (Historical Fiction)
The bestselling author of A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW and RULES OF CIVILITY and master of absorbing, sophisticated fiction returns with a stylish and propulsive novel set in 1950s America.
SMILE: The Story of a Face by Sarah Ruhl (Memoir)
SMILE is the extraordinary story of one woman’s 10-year medical and metaphysical odyssey that brought her physical, creative, emotional and spiritual healing.
THE TAKING OF JEMIMA BOONE: Colonial Settlers, Tribal Nations, and the Kidnap That Shaped America by Matthew Pearl (History)
In his first work of narrative nonfiction, Matthew Pearl, the bestselling author of the acclaimed novel THE DANTE CLUB, explores the little-known true story of the kidnapping of legendary pioneer Daniel Boone’s daughter and the dramatic aftermath that rippled across the nation.
TASTE: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci (Memoir)
From award-winning actor and food obsessive Stanley Tucci comes an intimate and charming memoir of life in and out of the kitchen.
THREE SISTERS by Heather Morris (Historical Fiction)
From Heather Morris, the New York Times bestselling author of THE TATTOOIST OF AUSCHWITZ and CILKA'S JOURNEY, comes a story of family, courage and resilience, inspired by a true story.
WE ARE NOT LIKE THEM by Christine Pride and Jo Piazza (Fiction)
Told from alternating perspectives, WE ARE NOT LIKE THEM is an evocative and riveting novel about the lifelong bond between two women, one Black and one white, whose friendship is indelibly altered by a tragic event.
Click here to see the latest "On Sale This Week" newsletter.
From left to right: Lisa Unger, Amor Towles, Heather Morris
Upcoming Virtual Book and Author Events
As so many book and author events are happening online these days, we are highlighting a number of them that you may be interested in attending. Click on the links below for more info and to register.
Saturday, October 2nd at 1pm ET: The Poisoned Pen Bookstore: To celebrate the 32nd birthday of The Poisoned Pen Bookstore, bestselling authors Jayne Ann Krentz and J.T. Ellison will chat with Barbara Peters about the history of the bookstore.
Monday, October 4th at 8pm ET: Murder By The Book: Lisa Unger will talk about her new psychological thriller, LAST GIRL GHOSTED, which is about an online dating match turned deadly cat-and-mouse game. She will be in conversation with Mystery & Thriller Maven’s Sara DiVello.
Monday, October 4th at 8pm ET: Valley Bookseller: Heather Morris, the New York Times bestselling author of THE TATTOOIST OF AUSCHWITZ and CILKA'S JOURNEY, will discuss her new book, THREE SISTERS. She will be in conversation with Lisa Scottoline, the Edgar Award-winning author of 33 novels, including her latest work, ETERNAL.
Tuesday, October 5th at 3pm ET: The Poisoned Pen Bookstore: Val McDermid will discuss her new novel, 1979, the first in a brand-new series featuring Allie Burns, an investigative journalist whose stories lead her into a world of corruption, terror and murder.
Tuesday, October 5th at 4pm ET: A Mighty Blaze: Lisa Unger will be in conversation with fellow bestselling author Hank Phillippi Ryan about her latest novel, LAST GIRL GHOSTED.
Tuesday, October 5th at 6:30pm ET: The United Theatre and Savoy Bookshop & Café: Join The United Theatre and Savoy Bookshop & Café in welcoming award-winning playwright, author, essayist and professor Sarah Ruhl, who will talk about her memoir, SMILE: The Story of a Face.
Tuesday, October 5th at 10pm ET: Bookshop Santa Cruz: Bookshop Santa Cruz is thrilled to host local and award-winning author Jonathan Franzen for the launch event of his new book, CROSSROADS.
Wednesday, October 6th at 4pm ET: Warwick's: Warwick's, in partnership with Penguin Random House, will host Richard Osman as he discusses his new book, THE MAN WHO DIED TWICE, with Jeffery Deaver.
Wednesday, October 6th at 7pm ET: "Friends and Fiction": The "Friends and Fiction" authors --- Mary Kay Andrews, Kristin Harmel, Kristy Woodson Harvey, Patti Callahan Henry and Mary Alice Monroe --- will talk to Kwame Alexander, a poet, educator, publisher and New York Times bestselling author of 35 books.
Wednesday, October 6th at 8pm ET: Parnassus Books: Parnassus Books is proud to present Amor Towles discussing his new book, THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY, with Ann Patchett.
Thursday, October 7th at 8pm ET: The Poisoned Pen Bookstore: Alice Hoffman will talk about her latest novel, THE BOOK OF MAGIC, the conclusion to her Practical Magic series.
Thursday, October 7th at 9pm ET: Warwick's: Warwick's will host Amor Towles as he discusses his new book, THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY, with John Grisham.
"Bookreporter Talks To" Videos & Podcasts
“Bookreporter Talks To” is a video and podcast series that delivers a long-form, in-depth author interview every week. For years, Carol has moderated book festivals and author events around the country. But we know that readers often do not live where they can attend an author event. Our goal is to bring these author interviews to readers, wherever they may be. Watch on video, or listen as a podcast. (The podcasts include audio excerpts.)
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Stephanie Land (MAID: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive)
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Sarah Ruhl (SMILE: The Story of a Face)
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Lisa Unger (LAST GIRL GHOSTED)
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You're Reading --- and You Can Win Two Books!
Tell us about the books you’ve finished reading with your comments and a rating of 1 to 5 stars. During the contest period from September 24th to October 8th at noon ET, three lucky readers each will be randomly chosen to win a copy of CLOUD CUCKOO LAND by Anthony Doerr and THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY by Amor Towles.
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