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A Good American by Alex George

February 2012

I am often asked, “What have you read recently that you loved?” Last fall, after I finished A GOOD AMERICAN by Alex George, it was the book that I found myself talking about the most. As I read it months in advance of publication, I kept having to add a coda of “but it’s not in stores until February 2012.” Over the holiday, I asked the publisher for some extra advance reading copies and wrapped them up for family members and close friends --- and their responses upon reading it mirrored mine. They loved it.

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History of a Pleasure Seeker by Richard Mason

February 2012

HISTORY OF A PLEASURE SEEKER by Richard Mason is set in Amsterdam at the turn of the 20th century at the height of Europe’s Belle Époque. The book isa fast-paced story that is full of great atmospheric detail. From the rich descriptions, I immediately felt like I was inside one of the homes on the Gilded Curve with the main character Piet Barol, an attractive, cunning and scheming young man.

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February 17, 2012 - March 9, 2012

Here are reading recommendations with your comments and a rating of 1 to 5 stars for the contest period of February 17 - March 9.

James Patterson, author of Private Games

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—Romantic Times

Which of the Oscar nominees for "Best Picture" have you seen? (Please select as many as apply.)

February 17, 2012, 294 voters

Eowyn Ivey, author of The Snow Child

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Sophie Kinsella, author of I've Got Your Number

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Anne Rice, author of The Wolf Gift

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The House I Loved
by Tatiana de Rosnay - Fiction, Historical Fiction

The Paris of the 1860s is a time of change for Rose Bazelet. A widow living in a neighborhood marked for improvement by the Emperor Napoleon, she takes a stand and vows never to leave her family home. She spends her days reliving memories of her husband and family in the house she has come to love as much as the people who inhabited it.