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Letty Cottin Pogrebin

Friends can be said to "fall in like" with as profound a thud as romantic partners fall in love.

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Letty Cottin Pogrebin

January 23, 2020

This Bookreporter.com Special Newsletter spotlights a book that we know people will be talking about this winter. Read more about it, and enter our Winter Reading Contest by Friday, January 24th at 11:59am ET for a chance to win one of five copies of INHERITANCE by Evelyn Toynton. Please note that each contest is only open for 24 hours, so you will need to act quickly!

Gene Perret

Two things I dislike about my granddaughter --- when she won’t take her afternoon nap, and when she won’t let me take mine.

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Gene Perret

Author Talk: Jane Thynne, author of The Words I Never Wrote

Jan 22, 2020

Jane Thynne’s latest novel, THE WORDS I NEVER WROTE, revolves around a chance discovery inside a vintage typewriter case, which reveals the gripping story of two sisters on opposite sides of World War II. In this interview, Thynne talks about her inspiration for the plot line and the research she conducted, her interest in family conflict as a major theme in the book, her fascination with prewar Europe and Nazi Germany, and why she incorporates real people into her fiction.

January 22, 2020

This Bookreporter.com Special Newsletter spotlights a book that we know people will be talking about this winter. Read more about it, and enter our Winter Reading Contest by Thursday, January 23rd at 11:59am ET for a chance to win one of five copies of LIFE IS A 4-LETTER WORD: Laughing and Learning Through 40 Life Lessons by Dr. David A. Levy, which is now available. Please note that each contest is only open for 24 hours, so you will need to act quickly!

Norman Cousins

Just as there is no loss of basic energy in the universe, so no thought or action is without its effects, present or ultimate, seen or unseen, felt or unfelt.

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Norman Cousins

January 21, 2020

In this newsletter, you will find books releasing the weeks of January 20th and January 27th 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 Favorite Monthly Lists & Picks feature for January, which includes the Indie Next and LibraryReads lists, the Oprah Book Club pick (just announced today), the Barnes & Noble Book Club selection (along with February's pick, which also was just announced today), the Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club pick, and many more.

We also are spotlighting Carol Fitzgerald's "Bookreporter Talks To" interview with Liz Moore, whose new novel, LONG BRIGHT RIVER, is a "Good Morning America" Book Club pick and Carol's first Bets On selection of the year. Carol talked to Liz about her inspiration for the book, the origin of the title, the opioid crisis and lots more. Click here to watch the interview and here to listen to the podcast.

January 21, 2020

This Bookreporter.com Special Newsletter spotlights a book that we know people will be talking about this winter. Read more about it, and enter our Winter Reading Contest by Wednesday, January 22nd at 11:59am ET for a chance to win one of five copies of A LONG PETAL OF THE SEA by Isabel Allende, which is now available. Please note that each contest is only open for 24 hours, so you will need to act quickly!

Edward Coke

Precaution is better than cure.

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Edward Coke

Martin Luther King, Jr.

A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

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Martin Luther King, Jr.