December 16, 2022
Once I finish this newsletter opener, my last official editorial task of the year will be done. Whew! There’s still a lot to do on the business side, but this is the 49th time that I have greeted you in 2022, and the last for the year, which has been a terrific one. We hosted 11 “Bookaccino Live” preview events and seven “Bookaccino Live” Book Group programs, in addition to our reviewer event last week, and conducted 33 author interviews. I’m already making a list of people to interview next year, and I have a pile of books lined up for holiday reading.
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We wrap up this year’s Holiday Author Blog series with Pam Jenoff, the bestselling author of numerous works of historical fiction. Her latest, CODE NAME SAPPHIRE, releases on February 7th and revolves around a woman who must rescue her cousin's family from a train bound for Auschwitz. For Pam, the holidays have always been about giving and receiving books. Her children are avid readers, so books are a very important part of their lives, especially during this time of year. Read on to find out which titles and genres appeal to them the most --- and what’s on Pam’s holiday reading wish list.
LUCK OF THE DRAW is the compelling memoir of Frank Murphy, an American hero who flew during World War II and cheated death for months in a German POW camp after being shot out of his B-17 Flying Fortress. Originally published in 2001, the book will be rereleased on February 28th with new forewords by his granddaughter, CNN entertainment reporter Chloe Melas, and his daughter, Elizabeth Murphy. Frank’s incredible, inspiring story also will be featured in the upcoming Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks series, “Masters of the Air,” on Apple TV+. In this holiday blog post, Chloe reminisces about the magical Christmases she spent with her grandparents and the greatest gift they gave her.
Bookreporter.com's Holiday Cheer 2022 Wrap-up
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This Bookreporter.com SPECIAL Holiday Cheer Wrap-up newsletter brings you a look at all of the titles that were included in our Holiday Cheer feature. We shared eight books with you this holiday season, and we thank our publisher sponsors who made this possible.
Jonathan Kellerman is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than 40 crime novels, including the Alex Delaware series --- the latest installment of which, UNNATURAL HISTORY, releases on February 7th. Back in 1992, shortly before the holiday season, the sixth entry in the series, PRIVATE EYES, was published. The book was panned twice by the same Chicago newspaper, but an encounter with a legendary author and their subsequent correspondence made Jonathan forget all about those negative reviews --- because her review was the one that counted.
