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Out Today: The Guts by Roddy Doyle
Title: The Guts Author: Roddy Doyle Publisher: Penguin Group Viking Pub Date: 23 January 2014 Summary: Jimmy Rabbitte of The Commitments returns in the triumphant new novel from the Booker Prize–winning author The distinct wit and lively, authentic dialogue that are the hallmarks of Roddy Doyle’s fiction are on a full display as he reintroduces Jimmy […]
Out Today: Dead Brilliant by Christopher Ward
Title: Dead Brilliant Author: Christopher Ward Publisher: Dundurn Pub Date: 4 January 2014 Summary: It’s all slipping away from Roc Molotov — his band, his girlfriend, and worst of all, his ability to play the game demanded by the star-making machinery of the music business. When the best record he’s ever made is about to pass […]
Out Today: The Wedding Planners of Butternut Creek – A Novel
Title: The Wedding Planners of Butternut Creek Author: Jane Myers Perrine Publisher: FaithWords Pub Date: 5 November 2013 Summary: The Widows are very disappointed in Pastor Adam. Not only has he not set a date for his nuptials, he hasn’t even proposed. The Widows’ skills know no bounds, but even they find it difficult to […]
Out Today: My Basmati Bat Mitzvah by Paula L. Freedman
Title: My Basmati Bat Mitzvah Author: Paula L. Freedman Publisher: Amulet Books Pub Date: 1 October 2013 Summary: During the fall leading up to her bat mitzvah, Tara (Hindi for “star”) Feinstein has a lot more than her Torah portion on her mind. Between Hebrew school and study sessions with the rabbi, there doesn’t seem […]
Out Today: Happy Utopia Day, Joe McCarthy by J.T Lundy
Title: Happy Utopia Day, Joe McCarthy Author: J.T Lundy Publisher: Greenleaf Book Group Pub Date: 01 October 2013 Summary: Chris Thompson thought his youthful dreams of being a secret agent had long ago been put to rest. He has a wife and child, a stable job with the US Customs Department, and—aside from a minor […]
Guest Post: Suzy Duffy; Me, Popsy & Kim Kardashian
Your characters are women most of us would love to hate. They are beautiful, rich and seem to have it all… however, you do the impossible. You make us love them, root for them and by the end of the book we become them. Do you feel you are helping to break a stereotype that […]
Blog Tour: Newton Neighbors by Suzy Duffy
Blog Tour – Newton Neighbors by Suzy Duffy Crystal Lake—in the suburbs of Newton—is one of the most desirable places to live in Boston, and Newton Neighbors is a romantic comedy about its colorful residents just trying to “live the dream.” Things, however, rarely go as planned. The story starts with two fire trucks and […]
Out Today: Newton Neighbors by Suzy Duffy
Title: Newton Neighbors Author: Suzy Duffy Publisher: The Writer’s Coffee Shop Publishing House Pub Date: 26 September 2013 Summary: Crystal Lake—in the suburbs of Newton—is one of the most desirable places to live in Boston, and Newton Neighbors is a romantic comedy about its colorful residents just trying to “live the dream.” Things, however, rarely […]
Out Today: Who Asked You? by Terry McMillan
Title: Who Asked You? Author: Terry McMillan Publisher: Penguin Group Viking Pub Date: 17 September 2013 Summary: Family ties are tested and transformed in the new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author of Waiting to Exhale and How Stella Got Her Groove Back With her wise, wry, and poignant novels of families and […]
Out Today: Has Anyone Seen My Fanny? by GlockMoose
In Has Anyone Seen My Fanny? the authors, in the roles of their alter egos Glockneeb and Moose, are the main characters in a zany storyline in which they compete for the limelight writing alternating chapters. After receiving a letter from his sweetheart Fanny Tushbottom raising concern that she is missing. Glockneeb reluctantly seeks help finding her by reconnecting […]
Out Today: Texts from Bennett by Mac Lethal
Title: Texts from Bennett Author: Mac Lethal Publisher: Gallery Books Pub Date: 3 September 2013 Summary: Hardworking Kansas City rapper Mac Lethal has a problem, and its name is Bennett. His wannabe gangsta cousin is seventeen, uses drugs and foul language, claims to be 13 percent black, and swears he speaks “da female language.” (Strangely […]
Out Today: Color Me Bad by Sharon Sala
Title: Color Me Bad Author: Sharon Sala Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark Pub Date: 03 September 2013 Summary: An original short story by New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Sharon Sala links to her full-length contemporary women’s fiction novel, The Curl Up and Dye. The novella centers around the four women who run the Curl […]
INTERVIEW: Miranda’s Rights author, Linsey Lanier
Linsey Lanier is the author of a dozen novels and several short stories, including the best selling Miranda’s Rights Mystery series. In her novels she writes romantic suspense, mystery, and thrillers. In her short stories, humorous romantic fantasy—all with a dash of sass. She is also a long time member of Romance Writers of America. […]
Out Today: Oh Great, Now I Can See Dead People by Deborah Durbin
Title: Oh Great, Now I Can See Dead People: Sam’s back and now she can see dead people! Author: Deborah Durbin Publisher: Soul Rocks Pub Date: 30 August 2013 Summary: Sam’s back and now she can see dead people! Following on from, Oh Great, Now I Can Hear Dead People, this fun tale follows Sam’s […]