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Andy Rooney

It's ridiculous for a country to get all worked up about a game --- except the Super Bowl, of course. Now that's important.

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Andy Rooney

Oliver Wendell Holmes

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged, it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and the time in which it is used.

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Oliver Wendell Holmes

February 3, 2017

What a jam-packed week this was after a super busy conference at the American Booksellers Association’s Winter Institute!

I try to meet as many authors as possible at these events --- those who have books that I know will be getting all the buzz in the months ahead, as well as those who are debut writers. While it was impossible to interact with all 100+ authors, I treasured the conversations that I did have. As you know, I am wild about QUICKSAND by Malin Persson Giolito; she was in from Sweden where QUICKSAND was named the Best Crime Novel of the Year in 2016, which is Sweden’s official suspense literature award given by the Swedish Crime Writers’ Academy. Given the storied history of Swedish crime fiction, this was worth noting. I loved meeting her. The book will be out here on March 7th, and we are going to be running a contest for it in two weeks!

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Timothy B. Tyson, author of The Blood of Emmett Till

In 1955, a 14-year-old black boy named Emmett Till was murdered by a group of white men. He had gone into a small country store a few days earlier and made flirtatious remarks to a white woman, 21-year-old Carolyn Bryant; Bryant’s husband and brother-in-law were two of Till’s attackers. THE BLOOD OF EMMETT TILL revises the history of the Till case, not only changing the specifics that we thought we knew, but showing how the murder ignited the modern civil rights movement.

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Sarah Pinborough, author of Behind Her Eyes

On a rare night out, single mom Louise meets a man in a bar and sparks fly. When she arrives at work on Monday, she meets her new boss, David --- the man from the bar. David is married and says the kiss was a terrible mistake, but he still can’t keep his eyes off her. And then Louise bumps into Adele, who’s new to town and in need of a friend. But she also just happens to be married to David. David and Adele look like the picture-perfect husband and wife. But then why is David so controlling? And why is Adele so scared of him?

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Paul Auster, author of 4 3 2 1

Nearly two weeks early, Archibald Isaac Ferguson is born. From that single beginning, Ferguson’s life will take four simultaneous and independent fictional paths. Four identical Fergusons made of the same DNA, four boys who are the same boy, go on to lead four parallel and entirely different lives. Family fortunes diverge. Athletic skills and sex lives and friendships and intellectual passions contrast. Each Ferguson falls under the spell of the magnificent Amy Schneiderman, yet each Amy and each Ferguson have a relationship like no other.

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Lisa Gardner, author of Right Behind You

Eight years ago, Sharlah May Nash’s older brother beat their drunken father to death with a baseball bat in order to save both of their lives. Now 13 years old, Sharlah has finally moved on. About to be adopted by retired FBI profiler Pierce Quincy and his partner, Rainie Conner, Sharlah loves one thing best about her new family: They are all experts on monsters. Then the call comes in. A double murder at a local gas station, followed by reports of an armed suspect shooting his way through the wilds of Oregon.

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February 3, 2017

ALA Midwinter --- Guest Post by Teen Board Member Grace P.

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Every year, librarians, authors, publishing professionals, educators and students convene at ALA Midwinter, a conference held by the American Library Association. The ALA is the oldest and largest library association in the world, and their mission to enhance learning and ensure access to books and information for readers of all ages is one they take very seriously. This year, Teen Board member Grace P. had the opportunity to attend and participate in a teen feedback panel. Along the way she picked up dozens of books and had some great interactions with popular YA authors. Although her TBR pile is now nearing a record high, she took some time to answer questions for us about her awesome experience. Read on to learn more!  

The Girl Before by JP Delaney

February 2017

As soon as you read the title, THE GIRL BEFORE, you know that something happened “before.” Then you open the first page and read, “1. Please make a list of every possession you consider essential to your life.” From there, JP Delaney had drawn me into the story, both to see why this question mattered and to learn what happened then, as well as now. It was a brisk read that flips back and forth between “Then: Emma” and “Now: Jane,” with me turning pages rapidly to follow their stories.

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THE GIRL BEFORE / Interview with JP Delaney

Links to http://www.bookreporter.com/authors/jp-delaney/news/interview-012617.