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James Russell Lowell

Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character.

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James Russell Lowell

January 14, 2020

In this newsletter, you will find books releasing the weeks of January 13th and January 20th 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 Winter Reading Contests and Feature, which we have brought back for a sixth year. On select days in January and February, we are hosting a series of 24-hour contests spotlighting a book releasing this winter (or a recently published title that we would like to get into your hands now) and giving five lucky readers a chance to win it.

We also encourage you to enter our Word of Mouth and Sounding Off on Audio contests for an opportunity to win some fabulous hardcovers and audiobooks. And please be sure to vote in our latest poll about your reading goals for 2020.

Finally, we are giving you a preview of Gena Showalter’s upcoming paranormal romance, THE DARKEST KING, which releases on February 25th and is the latest entry in her Lords of the Underworld series. To become a king of the underworld at long last, William must resist an irresistible beauty --- or a curse will ensure his end.

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Moss Hart

There is something maddening about mediocrity that calls forth the worst in those who are forced to deal with it.

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Moss Hart, ACT ONE

Peter De Vries

My father hated radio and could not wait for television to be invented so he could hate that too.

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Peter De Vries

Shiloh Morrison

The only way you may correct the bad things in your past is to add better things to your future.

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Shiloh Morrison

Mehmet Murat ildan

When the wisdom speaks, be silent. Do not waste your candle when the sun is there.

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Mehmet Murat ildan

January 10, 2020

Well, after a couple of weeks of holiday festivities where I knew my days of the week by the time of day that I went to yoga class, we are back to our usual routine. I feel like this week has been at least two weeks long as it’s been so very busy. But with all good things! We are off to a rip-roaring start to the year.

Last weekend, before I headed back to the office, I completely organized my “work” bookshelves at the house. All the books that I had hoped to read in 2019, but did not have time to get to, were moved to a hallway bookshelf; there are three shelves of these gems that I will get to at some point. Upcoming galleys were organized by month and tagged on their spines, and are neatly shelved on five shelves. The rest of the shelves are old favorites that I love, or older books that I would love to have a chance to read.

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J.T. Ellison, author of Good Girls Lie

The boarding school of choice for daughters of the rich and influential, The Goode School accepts only the best and the brightest. Its elite status, long-held traditions and honor code are ideal for preparing exceptional young women for brilliant futures at Ivy League universities and beyond. But a stranger has come to Goode, and this ivy has turned poisonous. In a world where appearances are everything, as long as students pretend to follow the rules, no one questions the cruelties of the secret societies or the dubious behavior of the privileged young women who expect to get away with murder. But when a popular student is found dead, the truth cannot be ignored.

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Marie Benedict, author of Lady Clementine

In 1909, Clementine steps off a train with her new husband, Winston. An angry woman emerges from the crowd to attack, shoving him in the direction of an oncoming train. Just before he stumbles, Clementine grabs him by his suit jacket. This will not be the last time Clementine Churchill will save her husband. LADY CLEMENTINE is the ferocious story of the ambitious woman beside Winston Churchill, the story of a partner who did not flinch through the sweeping darkness of war, and who would not surrender either to expectations or to enemies.

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Kiley Reid, author of Such a Fun Age

Alix Chamberlain is shocked when her babysitter, Emira Tucker, is confronted while watching the Chamberlains' toddler one night, walking the aisles of their local high-end supermarket. The store's security guard, seeing a young black woman out late with a white child, accuses Emira of kidnapping two-year-old Briar. A small crowd gathers, and a bystander films everything. At 25, Emira is about to lose her health insurance and has no idea what to do with her life. When the video of Emira unearths someone from Alix's past, both women find themselves on a crash course that will upend everything they think they know about themselves, and each other.

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