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November 10, 2023

This is the time of year when we are reading books that are out now while also reading promotional materials from publishers about books releasing in the spring --- and even summer. There are times when I look up and think, What month are we in? Thus the title of this newsletter. My life is a mishmash of months and days.

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What to Give, What to Get 2023

We at Bookreporter.com know that readers crave ideas for gift-giving --- and getting --- at the holidays. With this in mind, we're offering a "What to Give, What to Get" Guide with "Reader Perfect" suggestions. We have book ideas for everyone on your holiday list. And while you're looking for gifts for others, may we suggest you jot down notes for books YOU want? Let the shopping begin!

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Holiday Cheer 2023

At Bookreporter.com, we've been celebrating the holiday season in style with our Holiday Cheer Contests and Feature. As our gift to you, we've been spotlighting a book and giving five lucky readers a chance to win it.

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Liza Mundy, author of The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA

Created in the aftermath of World War II, the Central Intelligence Agency relied on women even as it attempted to channel their talents and keep them down. They were unlikely spies, which is exactly what made them perfect for the role. Because women were seen as unimportant, pioneering female intelligence officers moved unnoticed around Bonn, Geneva and Moscow, stealing secrets from under the noses of their KGB adversaries. Back at headquarters, women built the CIA’s critical archives --- first by hand, then by computer. And they noticed things that the men at the top didn’t see. As the CIA faced an identity crisis after the Cold War, it was a close-knit network of female analysts who spotted the rising threat of al-Qaeda --- though their warnings were repeatedly brushed aside.

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Week of November 27, 2023

Paperback releases for the week of November 27th include HUNTING TIME by Jeffery Deaver, a riveting thriller that finds reward seeker Colter Shaw plunging into the woods and racing the clock in a case where nothing is quite what it seems; THE COUPLE AT THE TABLE, a twisty psychological suspense novel from Sophie Hannah in which honeymooners at a posh resort receive an ominous warning with deadly consequences; John Boyne's ALL THE BROKEN PLACES, a devastating, beautiful story about a woman who must confront the sins of her own terrible past, and a present in which it is never too late for bravery; MOONRISE OVER NEW JESSUP by Jamila Minnicks, a thought-provoking and enchanting debut about a Black woman doing whatever it takes to protect all she loves at the beginning of the civil rights movement in Alabama; and the paperback original THE FICTION WRITER, a page-turner from Jillian Cantor that follows a writer hired by a handsome billionaire to write about his family history with Daphne du Maurier, only to find herself drawn into a tangled web of obsession, marital secrets and stolen manuscripts.

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Week of November 20, 2023

Paperback releases for the week of November 20th include A QUIET LIFE, an enormously powerful and life-affirming novel from Ethan Joella about three individuals whose lives intersect in unforeseen ways; Harriet Tyce's IT ENDS AT MIDNIGHT, a chilling psychological thriller set in one of Edinburgh's poshest neighborhoods, where a lavish New Year's Eve party ends in a gruesome double murder; HOLLYWOOD: The Oral History by Jeanine Basinger and Sam Wasson, the real story of Hollywood as told by such luminaries as Steven Spielberg, Frank Capra, Katharine Hepburn, Meryl Streep, Harold Lloyd and nearly 400 others --- assembled from the American Film Institute’s treasure trove of interviews --- which reveals a fresh history of the American movie industry from its beginnings to today; and the paperback original THE WINTHROP AGREEMENT by Alice Sherman Simpson, a captivating historical novel set in Gilded Age New York City about an immigrant daughter’s ascent from a miserable tenement to the heights of haute couture, driven by an insatiable hunger for a place in society and secrets she must not betray.

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