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March 3, 2020

In this newsletter, you will find books releasing the weeks of March 2nd and March 9th that we think will be of interest to Bookreporter.com readers, along with Bonus News, where we call out a contest, feature or review that we want to let you know about so you have it on your radar.

This week, we are calling attention to our Sounding Off on Audio contest for March. This month's prizes are the audio versions of Kate Elizabeth Russell's MY DARK VANESSA, read by Grace Gummer, and THE NIGHT WATCHMAN written and read by Louise Erdrich. Submit your comments about the audiobooks you've listened to by Wednesday, April 1st at noon ET, and you'll be in the running to win both these audio titles.

We also are spotlighting Carol Fitzgerald's latest Bookreporter.com Bets On selections: Alexis Schaitkin's debut novel, SAINT X, and Mary Kubica's new psychological thriller, THE OTHER MRS., the latter of which will be coming to Netflix as a feature film. Click on the titles or the covers above for her Bets On commentary. And in case you missed Carol's “Bookreporter Talks To” interview with Alexis, you can watch the video here and listen to the podcast here.

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Week of March 2, 2020

LILAC GIRLS, Martha Hall Kelly's runaway bestseller, introduced the real-life heroine Caroline Ferriday. LOST ROSES, set a generation earlier and also inspired by true events, features Caroline's mother, Eliza, and follows three equally indomitable women from St. Petersburg to Paris under the shadow of World War I. Other paperback releases for the week of March 2nd include Preston & Child's OLD BONES, which brings the true story of the ill-fated Donner Party to new life in a thrilling novel of archaeology, history, murder and suspense; MACHINES LIKE ME by Ian McEwan, a powerful portrayal of two lovers who will be tested beyond their understanding, set in an uncanny alternative 1982 London --- where Britain has lost the Falklands War, Margaret Thatcher battles Tony Benn for power, and Alan Turing achieves a breakthrough in artificial intelligence; and WOMEN TALKING, in which Miriam Toews envisions a small community of women, scarred by trauma but tentatively daring to imagine a new kind of future.

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Martin H. Fischer

You can't beat ideas --- political, social, economic or religious --- with implements.

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Martin H. Fischer

March 2020

March's Books on Screen roundup includes season one of "Little Fires Everywhere" on Hulu, the debut of the six-part series "The Plot Against America" and the season two premiere of "My Brilliant Friend" on HBO, and the season finales of NBC's “Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector” and USA Network's "Dare Me"; the feature films Bloodshot, The Hunt and Escape from Pretoria; and the DVD releases of Richard Jewell, Jumanji: The Next Level and The Song of Names.

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March 2, 2020 - April 1, 2020

Here are audiobook recommendations with your comments and a rating of 1 to 5 stars for the contest period of March 2nd - April 1st.

Dr. Seuss

Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope, and that enables you to laugh at life's realities.

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Tracy Chevalier

My father was often impatient during March, waiting for winter to end, the cold to ease, the sun to reappear. March was an unpredictable month, when it was never clear what might happen. Warm days raised hopes until ice and grey skies shut over the town again.

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Tracy Chevalier

Jarod Kintz

Every leap year I like to jump. It’s a good way to get my daily exercise in every four years.

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Jarod Kintz

February 28, 2020

I do love an extra day in February, which only happens every four years. I have a few friends who have birthdays on February 29th, so they celebrate once every four years, which is one way to stay young. Of course, this does mess up my February/March calendar system, where in a 28-day month all the dates for February and March fall on the same day of the week. Here is an article about the science behind Leap Day.

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February 28, 2020

Remembering Clive Cussler, the Grand Master of Adventure Fiction

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By Ray Palen
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It is hard to believe that within the span of just a few weeks, we have lost two pillars of the literary world: Mary Higgins Clark and now the great Clive Cussler.