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05/10/2019

10 of the Best Young Adult Books of May 2019

10 of the Best Young Adult Books of May 2019

Elizabeth Acevedo, Stephanie Garber, Maurene Goo and more released our favorite Young Adult novels this month.

05/02/2019

Lunchbreak: Drunken Chicken Tortilla Soup – from the new cookbook – Quick Prep Cooking with Your Instant Pot

Watch Stefanie Bundalo, author of Quick Prep Cooking with Your Instant Pot, cook Drunken Chicken Tortilla Soup on WGN TV in Chicago!

Stefanie Bundalo, author of Quick Prep Cooking with Your Instant Pot Recipe: Drunken Chicken Tortilla Soup I love a good Mexican beer with a little wedge of lime nestled down in it. There is nothing better than kicking back on a hot summer day with a Mexican beer and lime. When winter rolls around a...

04/29/2019

The Fascist, the Flat, and the High Heel

Interesting take by Catherine Nicols on Summer Claire's #HighHeel for Jezebel!!

In one of the many brisk, readable chapters of Summer Brennan’s new book High Heel, she points out that a high heel shoe is a symbol of femininity—if the door of a public restroom has a picture of a high heel shoe on it, it would signify that it’s a women’s room. When people use the phrase ....

04/26/2019

10 Parenting Cartoon Books That Make The Perfect Baby Shower Gift

Looking for a last minute baby shower gift? Check out Line Severinsen's I'M SO PREGNANT in HuffPost's 10 Parenting Cartoon Books That Make the Perfect Baby Shower Gift!! #Imsopregnant #babyshower

Prepping for a child's arrival never looked so good.

04/22/2019

Happy Earth Day! Carl Safina's new book for young readers, BEYOND WORDS: What Elephants and Whales Think and Feel, is out tomorrow. 🐋🐘🌍
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#earthday2019 #earthday #sustainablereading #carlsafina #beyondwords #pubday #happypubday #bookstagram #environmentalbooks #booksofinstagram #igreads #elephantsandwhales #roaringbrookpress Macmillan Publishers

04/18/2019

Books to Help Confront Climate Change || Climate Change Books

Ella Frances Sanders EATING THE SUN, featured in Read It Forward as a book to help confront climate change!

#EatingTheSun

If your Earth Day routine involves thinking more about the connections between humans and the world around us, these climate change books offer plenty to ponder.

04/16/2019

“Sanders beautifully personifies the universe with lyrical prose and whimsical color illustrations...poetic yet scientifically illuminating.” — Publishers Weekly Ella Sanders' Eating The Sun hits shelves today!

04/11/2019

“This winning historical novel offers an enjoyable portrait session of an ambitious woman whose struggles are as relevant today as they were centuries ago.” — @pwpics .
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Mary Sharratts ECSTASY is now out in paperback!

04/10/2019

A poem a day keeps the doctor away!

#nationalpoetrymonth #poetry #michaelosiadhail #fivequintets #poetic #poem #poemoftheday #igpoem #instagrampoet #poetrymonth #poetrymonth2019

04/10/2019

2019 Thriller Awards – International Thriller Writers

THE LIES THE TELL has been nominated for a 2019 ITW Thriller Award in the YA Novel category by the International Thriller Writers Organization. Congrats Gillian French!!!

Lou Berney — NOVEMBER ROAD (William Morrow) Julia Heaberlin — PAPER GHOSTS (Ballantine Books) Jennifer Hillier — JAR OF HEARTS (Minotaur Books) Karin Slaughter — PIECES OF HER (William Morrow) Paul Tremblay — THE CABIN AT THE END OF THE WORLD (William Morrow)

04/09/2019

💛💛A FATHER’S LOVE by Hannah Holt is out today! @kirkus_reviews calls it “a sweet bedtime book about fathers and how their love is everywhere” 💛💛
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04/05/2019

Grievous

Friday afternoon is the perfect time to treat yourself to this excerpt from Heather Cross's forthcoming novel GRIEVOUS.

"beautifully written, a tour de force of psychological insight into its richly realized characters, and an extraordinary exercise in mood, tone, and characterization. It is not to be missed." —Michael Cart, Booklist (STARRED review)

"Cross is a good writer who draws on a Kipling-esque nostalgia in her entertainingly peculiar picture of the public school as crucible for young male Brits." —Kirkus Reviews (STARRED review)

Read an excerpt from H. S. Cross' new book Grievous.

04/05/2019

15 Book Adaptations to Stream for Free with Your Library Card

Stream Emily M. Danforth's The Miseducation of Cameron Post with your library card! #weekendplans

Netflix for libraries does indeed exist, and you can stream so many amazing book adaptations right now with your library card!

04/01/2019

NowThis

NowThis

This man lost his Sikh father in a racist terror attack in 2012 — but he and a former white supremacist found common ground after hate and formed an inspiring friendship

04/01/2019

It’s April 1st! And that means #nationalpoetrymonth has officially begun. We’re reading Linda Pastan’s “April” from her book TRAVELING LIGHT to celebrate...what are your poetry plans this month?
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03/29/2019

The Gift of Our Wounds: How a Sikh and a former white supremacist became unlikely friends

Pardeep Singh Kaleka and Arno Arr Michaelis IV featured in Calgary Journal talking about #THEGIFTOFOURWOUNDS

Reporting on the People, Issues, and Events that Shape our City - Calgary Journal Community Newspaper

03/21/2019

Sex, power, oppression: why women wear high heels

"And so, again and again I have found that the question of high heels – to wear them or not to wear them, what they mean or don’t mean, signify or don’t signify, ask for or don’t ask for – has been an unlikely but fertile locus of feminist debate."

Summer Brennan's HIGH HEEL hits shelves today!

Our relationship with heels is a long and complicated source of feminist debate. Despite it all, as Summer Brennan writes, women still love them

03/15/2019

Debut Authors Making A Splash In March 2019 | The Nerd Daily

Bonnie MacDougal Kistler Featured in The Nerd Daily!!

Looking to discover some new debut authors whose books have been released in March 2019? We've compiled a list of March debut authors!

03/14/2019

On High Heels and Lotus Feet | Summer Brennan | Granta Magazine

Summer Brennan's HIGH HEEL hits shelves March 21st!

Summer Brennan on high heels, foot-binding, and our ongoing performances of gender.

03/12/2019

Happy pub day @bonmot101 !! House on Fire, which hits book stores today, explores what happens when crisis and tragedy hit a blended family.
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#pubday #mustread #mustreadbooks #bonniekistler #suspensenovel #igreads #newbook #newbookalert #bookstagram #instabookclub #amreading #bookish #houseonfire

03/12/2019

WE ARE SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!! Sarai Walker - Dietland

03/06/2019

Spring 2019’s Must-Read Nonfiction | Bookish

Ella Frances Sanders book Eating the Sun was recently reviewed by Bookish in their Spring 2019 Must-Read Nonfiction list. They refer to her book as "highly informative", "strikingly beautiful", and they promise that it'll leave its readers "utterly captivated." We highly suggest checking out this list and Sanders Book!

Whether you’re in the mood for true crime or a memoir, there’s a book here to suit every reader. Read on for a look at spring 2019’s must-read nonfiction!

03/06/2019

SPIEGEL-Bestseller: LITERATUR SPIEGEL Paperback-Bestsellerliste - SPIEGEL ONLINE - Kultur

We're delighted to share that C.W. Gortner is on Spiegel's bestseller list in Germany for his book Marlene! Check out the list for yourself here Christopher W. Gortner

Deutschlands führende Nachrichtenseite. Alles Wichtige aus Politik, Wirtschaft, Sport, Kultur, Wissenschaft, Technik und mehr.

03/05/2019

Happy Pub Day to Philip Margolin’s The Perfect Alibi!! The second book in the Robin Lockwood series, this legal thriller is fast-paced and a must read for fans of mystery and suspense @minotaur_books @stmartinspress .
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#theperfectalibi #phillipmargolin #pubday #happypubday #marchreads #mystery #suspense #legalthriller #robinlockwood #bookshelves #bookstagram #bookworm #read #reading

03/01/2019

Children's Book Review: Around the Passover Table by Tracy Newman, illus. by Adriana Santos. Albert Whitman, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8075-0446-8

"...The overall arc of the ritual service and dinner is conveyed in succinct rhymes (“Dip karpas, swish, swish/ Take turns, pass the dish”). Santos emphasizes the sense of a shared experience by including the entire table in most of the cartooned compositions, keeping the visuals fresh by slightly shifting perspectives." --Publishers Weekly

Happy Pub Day to Tracy Newman's Around the Passover Table!!

#pubday #AroundthePassoverTable Albert Whitman & Company Tracy Porosoff #amreading #kidlit #bookish #marchreads #bookworm #picturebooks

As a group gathers for Passover, Newman and Santos walk readers through a joyful evening. After everyone admires “fresh springtime flowers and once-a-year dishes,” the seder gets underway. There are r

02/26/2019

There’s a new king of the forest, a fearful bunny! Check out Richard Morris’s new picture book, Fear the Bunny, a play on William Blake’s “Tyger” , illustrated by Priscilla Burris.
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#richardmorris #fearthebunny #priscillaburris #atheneumbooks #newbook #newbookalert #kidlit #kidsbooks #kidsbookstagram #childrensbooks #picturebooks #picturebook #storytime

02/19/2019

Lifestyle Book Review: Quick Prep Cooking with Your Instant Pot: 75 Big-Flavor Dishes That Require Minimal Work by Stefanie Bundalo. Page Street, $21.99 (178p) ISBN 978-1-62414-754-8

"Bundalo’s friendly tone and introduction to each recipe helps readers manage expectations, not just in terms of time and techniques required (often minimal), but what they can expect the finished dish to look and taste like. This is a solid reference for owners of the popular kitchen appliance" --Publishers Weekly on Stefanie Bundalo, Quick Prep Cooking with Your Instant Pot Page Street Publishing Co.

Read the full Publishers Weekly review: https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-62414-754-8

The latest entry in the growing Instant Pot canon comes from recipe developer and Sarcastic Cooking food blogger Bundalo, who offers 75 options for time-pressed home cooks. Virtually all the

02/18/2019

Ellis Avery Tribute Fund — Home Home

"When you write things I’ve never read before, things I’ve never even imagined, you make my mind a little bit larger. And in so doing, you make the world a little bit larger. And that is the world where I want to live, one whose possibilities have been enlarged through the exercise of the imagination, through an awareness of causality and complexity, and through the practices of constructive critique, empathy, honesty, and courage."

We are heartbroken to share that our dear Ellis Avery, 46, has passed away. The only writer ever to have received the American Library Association Stonewall Award for Fiction twice, Ellis Avery was the author of two award-winning novels, The Last Nude (Riverhead 2012) and The Teahouse Fire (Riverhead 2006), as well as two memoirs, The Smoke Week (Gival Press 2003) and The Family Tooth (17 Reasons 2015), and a poetry collection, Broken Rooms (Crumpled Press 2014). Her novels have received Lambda, Ohioana, and Golden Crown awards, and her work has been translated into seven languages.

A brilliant and towering talent, both on the page and in person, she will be greatly missed.

If you'd like to make a donation in Ellis's honor, please give to the Leiomyosarcoma Direct Research Foundation.

https://lmsdr.org/ellis-avery-tribute-fund-2/

02/14/2019

“To call someone your orange half is to refer to them as your soul mate or the love of your life”

Happy Valentine’s Day from JVNLA!! Quote and illustration by Ella Frances Sanders
#happyvalentinesday #valentinesday #valentines #jvnla #ellafrancessanders #author #illustrator #bookstagram #bookworm

02/13/2019

#BigFootandLittleFoot Book 3: #TheSquatchicorns out March 19! Ellen Potter

02/05/2019

Freedom comes at a price, but this queen is determined to find a way to save her country without losing herself. Happy Pub day to Lady Smoke by @lauraksebastian .

02/01/2019

Today #GloriaGoldreich's novel #AfterMelanie is out in the UK! After Melanie tells of the heart wrenching impact of a child's death on a fragile marriage.

#newbook #pubday #bookrelease #cjsansom #tombland #shardlake #norfolk #læsehest #crimestory #16century #detective #books #murdermystery #history #love #hate #reading #bookworm #booklovers

01/29/2019

Happy US #bookbirthday to TOMBLAND by CJ Sansom! #Tombland is the 7th book in the #Shardlake series. Pick up your copy today!

#newbook #pubday #bookrelease #cjsansom #tombland #shardlake #norfolk #læsehest #crimestory #16century #detective #books #murdermystery #history #love #hate #reading #bookworm #booklovers

01/14/2019

SMALL WORLD Unboxing!

SMALL WORLD Unboxing!

In which Ishta receives her author copies of SMALL WORLD and is verklempt.

01/10/2019

The Most Anticipated Crime Books of 2019: Part 1 - 110 Crime Novels, Mysteries, and Thrillers for the Year Ahead

"Kistler has a clear mastery of the legal drama but also a deft touch with complicated family dynamics and the tightening noose of a trauma that refuses all efforts at a cut-and-dry solution."

Check out Bonnie MacDougal Kistler's HOUSE ON FIRE is in CrimeReads "Most Anticipated Crime Books of 2019!" Atria

To say there’s a lot to be excited about in the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers is an understatement. There have never been so many dynamic books for suspense lovers, so many genuinely…

12/20/2018

Happy Holidays from JVNLA!!!
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12/11/2018

Books make the best gifts! Grab your copy of the latest installment in the Kate Clifford series, A MURDERED PEACE by Candace Robb, available today!!! Candace Robb Pegasus Books
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12/10/2018

We couldn’t agree more! #Repost @pernillesripp
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Just added this incredible, lyrical, heart tugging picture book to my best of 2019 list - not out until summer but it will be in my lock Caldecott for next year #pernillerecommends Ishta Mercurio Abrams Kids
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12/05/2018

Women Land Artists Get Their Day in the Museum

"Her glorious, stele-like sculptures, painstakingly hand-sanded and covered in bright bands of paint, were a merging of painting and sculpture, form and meaning....Judd described [Anne] Truitt’s early work as “appearing serious without being so” — code for something, I’m sure — but Truitt had an ally in the critic Clement Greenberg, who saw her sculptures as an essential link between Abstract Expressionism and Minimalism." T: The New York Times Style Magazine

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/21/t-magazine/female-land-artists.html

Decades after the movement flourished, its female practitioners are at long last being recognized.

12/04/2018

Cover Collection Special: SMALL WORLD Cover Reveal! | mysite-1

Check out this gorgeous cover for Ishta Mercurio's SMALL WORLD! Add it to your story collection this July, or preorder it now! Abrams Kids

https://www.ishtamercurio.com/single-post/2018/11/27/Cover-Collection-Special-SMALL-WORLD-Cover-Reveal

You guize! I FINALLY GET TO TALK ABOUT MY BOOK'S COVER! I first saw this back in August, and I have been waiting to show you all ever since. I am in love with J...

12/03/2018

“The season’s most playful (and best titled) entry...[Ratay] vividly captures that relatively brief — but iconic — time before cheap air travel and Wi-Fi. With an eye for detail and a penchant for research that leads him down charming rabbit holes...Ratay succeeds in eliciting genuine emotion even as his comic voice steers the narrative clear of cheap sentimentality. This high-spirited romp down the byways of America is part social history, part memoir and a loving salute to that brief time when the wood-paneled family station wagon was king of the open road.” —New York Times Book Review Richard Ratay, King of the Road Trip Scribner Books
Read the full review: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/books/review/holiday-travel.html
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11/30/2018

Bonnie Kistler

You have one week to enter the Goodreads giveaway for a copy of HOUSE ON FIRE by Bonnie MacDougal Kistler!!! Don't miss this gripping read!!! Atria Books

My publisher is giving away another 50 copies of House on Fire!

https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/286924-house-on-fire