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Have you marked your calendars for Friday, July 30? That evening, beginning at 8:30 pm EST, Heather at Capricious Reader and I will host a “viewalong” of this 1962 classic film (Sigh. Gregory Peck. Sigh.). We’ll be live-tweeting our reactions to the movie, and hope you’ll join us! Follow Heather with @capriciousReadr, and I’m @tooFondOfBooks; [...] Yes, it’s true! HarperCollins is sponsoring a very generous giveaway of this Pulitzer Prize winning novel. July 11 marks the 50th anniversary of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. Join in the discussion with your thoughts as you read (or re-read) this classic. For details, visit our Giveaways page — click here. Brief Interviews with Hideous Men by David Foster Wallace Back-of-the-box blurb: David Foster Wallace made an art of taking readers into places no other writer even gets near. In this exuberantly acclaimed collection he combined hilarity and an escalating disquiet in stories that [...] Give + Take is a delightful novel with an unusual distribution channel. Concord Free Press gave away all 1500 copies of its print run, and now it’s time for me to pass my copy along. Click here to enter to win Give + Take. This is a book I’ve been eagerly anticipating! Elizabeth Kostova, author of The Historian is back with The Swan Thieves, here’s the synopsis: Psychiatrist Andrew Marlowe has a perfectly ordered life–solitary, perhaps, but full of devotion to his profession and the painting hobby he loves. This order is destroyed when renowned painter Robert Oliver attacks a [...] Scroll up to the next post for my review of Lisa See’s Shanghai Girls. This is a solid piece of historical fiction – it’s told in the first person, in the present tense, so it’s a very up-close-and-personal account of Pearl Louie’s experience as an immigrant, as well as detailing the hierarchy of various family relationships. Thanks to [...] How clever is this?! Robin from In My Book contacted me with a sample of her wonderful greeting card bookmarks, and has offered one to each of THREE winners! Here’s a description of the product, straight from the In My Book website. It describes me to a “T” – a thrifty recycler/reuser who loves books and [...] Thanks to the generosity of Sleeping Bear Press, I’m able to offer copies of America’s White Table to three readers of She is Too Fond of Books. This moving and poignant picture book (appropriate for ages 4 and up) tells the significance of the “white table” or “remembrance table” originally set to honor Prisoners of War [...] I’m thrilled that HarperCollins has offered copies of Jess Walter’s The Financial Lives of the Poets to THREE readers of She is Too Fond of Books! Jess Walter is the author of four previous novels: The Zero, a finalist for the National Book Award; Citizen Vince, a winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel; Land [...] |
 
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