April 19, 2017
This Bookreporter.com Special Newsletter spotlightsa book that we know people will be talking about this spring. Read more about it, and enter our Spring Preview Contest by Thursday, April 20th at 11:59am ET for a chance to win one of five copies of BECOMING BONNIE by Jenni L. Walsh, which releases on May 9th. Please note that each contest is only open for 24 hours, so you will need to act quickly!
George Bernard Shaw
Life is a flame that is always burning itself out, but it catches fire again every time a child is born.
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April 18, 2017
In this newsletter, you will find books releasing the weeks of April 17th and April 24th 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 special contest for Nora Roberts' upcoming romantic suspense novel, COME SUNDOWN. Twenty-five readers will win an advance copy of the book, which releases on May 30th.
We also are spotlighting the recently released memoir, CORK DORK: A Wine-Fueled Adventure Among the Obsessive Sommeliers, Big Bottle Hunters, and Rogue Scientists Who Taught Me to Live for Taste. Professional journalist and amateur drinker Bianca Bosker didn’t know much about wine --- until she discovered an alternate universe where taste reigns supreme, a world of elite sommeliers who dedicate their lives to the pursuit of flavor. Click on the image above for more info on the book.
On Friday, June 2nd from 2:00pm to 3:50pm at BookExpo, ReadingGroupGuides.com will host its 6th Annual Book Group Speed Dating event. Representatives from more than a dozen publishers will be in attendance to share selections and book group news from their publishing houses in a speed-dating format designed to give booksellers, librarians, book group leaders and bloggers an inside look at what book groups will want to know for fall and winter. Galley giveaways and ideas for enhancing book group discussions will be part of this event. Advance signup is required; click here to fill out the form. Seating will be assigned. To attend this event, you must be registered to attend BookExpo on June 2nd and have a badge. If you are not, click here to register.
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Luc Argent is dying. He doesn’t necessarily want to die, but after years and years of medical care and no cure in sight, he’s ready to go. So when his sort-of best friend Evelyn shows up in town for the first time in three years, it complicates things. Evelyn doesn’t know anything about Luc’s health except that during their freshman year he was in the hospital for a bit. She’s in her own crisis with her family and Luc sees it. Read More
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Luc Argent has always been intimately acquainted with death. After a car crash got him a second chance at life via someone else’s transplanted heart, he tried to embrace it. But he always knew death could be right around the corner again. Sick of hospitals and tired of transplants, Luc is ready to let his failing heart give out, ready to give up. A road trip to Oregon --- where death with dignity is legal --- is his answer. But along for the ride is his best friend, Evelyn. And she’s not giving up so easily.
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Luc Argent has always been intimately acquainted with death. After a car crash got him a second chance at life via someone else’s transplanted heart, he tried to embrace it. But he always knew death could be right around the corner again. Sick of hospitals and tired of transplants, Luc is ready to let his failing heart give out, ready to give up. A road trip to Oregon --- where death with dignity is legal --- is his answer. But along for the ride is his best friend, Evelyn. And she’s not giving up so easily.
About the Book
According to Japanese legend, folding a thousand paper cranes will grant you healing.
Evelyn Abel will fold two thousand if it will bring Luc back to her.
Luc Argent has always been intimately acquainted with death. After a car crash got him a second chance at life --- via someone else’s transplanted heart --- he tried to embrace it. He truly did. But he always knew death could be right around the corner again.
And now it is.
Sick of hospitals and tired of transplants, Luc is ready to let his failing heart give out, ready to give up. A road trip to Oregon --- where death with dignity is legal --- is his answer. But along for the ride is his best friend, Evelyn.
And she’s not giving up so easily.
A thousand miles, a handful of roadside attractions and one life-altering kiss later, Evelyn’s fallen, and Luc’s heart is full. But is it enough to save him? Evelyn’s betting her heart, her life, that it can be.
Right down to the thousandth paper crane.
George Miller
The trouble with eating Italian food is that five or six days later you're hungry again.
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April 18, 2017
This Bookreporter.com Special Newsletter spotlightsa book that we know people will be talking about this spring. Read more about it, and enter our Spring Preview Contest by Wednesday, April 19th at 11:59am ET for a chance to win one of five copies of THE DISTANCE HOME by Orly Konig, which releases on May 2nd. Please note that each contest is only open for 24 hours, so you will need to act quickly!
