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April 1, 2022 - April 15, 2022

Here are reading recommendations with your comments and a rating of 1 to 5 stars for the contest period of April 1 - April 15.

Mark Twain

The first of April is the day we remember what we are the other 364 days of the year.

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Mark Twain

Hannah Green

Health is not simply the absence of sickness.

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Hannah Green

Author Talk: Karen White, author of The Shop on Royal Street

Mar 31, 2022

THE SHOP ON ROYAL STREET is the opening installment in a spin-off series of Karen White’s New York Times bestselling Tradd Street novels. It stars Nola Trenholm, who is hopeful for a fresh start in New Orleans. But she must deal with ghosts from her past, as well as new ones. In this interview, White talks about why she decided to tell this story from Nola’s point of view, her “research” trip to the Big Easy (it was a tough job, but someone had to do it!), and some aspects of the new series that she thinks Tradd Street fans will love --- including several cameo appearances and the surprising reappearance of a character brought back into Nola’s life due to reader demand.

April 2022

April's Books on Screen roundup includes the season two premiere of "The Flight Attendant" on HBO Max; the season finales of "My Brilliant Friend" on HBO, "Pachinko" on Apple TV+ and "Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber" on Showtime; the series premieres of FX on Hulu's "Under the Banner of Heaven," Netflix's "Anatomy of a Scandal," HBO Max's "Tokyo Vice" and Showtime's "The Man Who Fell to Earth"; the films All the Old Knives and Curious Caterer: Dying for Chocolate; and the DVD releases of Spider-Man: No Way Home, Death on the Nile, The Tiger Rising, The Meaning of Hitler, Last Looks and The King's Daughter.

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Stephenie Meyer

Just because we've been dealt a certain hand, it doesn't mean that we can't choose to rise above --- to conquer the boundaries of a destiny that none of us wanted. To try to retain whatever essential humanity we can.

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Stephenie Meyer, TWILIGHT

March 29, 2022

In this newsletter, you will find books releasing the weeks of March 28th and April 4th 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 the release of Lisa Scottoline's new thriller, WHAT HAPPENED TO THE BENNETTS, which is now available and will be a Bookreporter.com Bets On pick. Here's the intriguing premise: Your family has been attacked, never again to be the same. Now you have to choose between law…and justice. Lisa has a number of virtual events scheduled to celebrate its publication, which you can check out here. Scroll further down the newsletter for more info about the book and TWO chances for you to win a copy.

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March 29, 2022

This Bookreporter.com Special Newsletter spotlights a book that we know people will be talking about this spring. Read more about it, and enter our Spring Preview Contest by Wednesday, March 30th at noon ET for a chance to win one of five copies of WHAT HAPPENED TO THE BENNETTS by Lisa Scottoline, which is now available and will be a Bookreporter.com Bets On pick. Please note that each contest is only open for 24 hours, so you will need to act quickly!

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Oprah Winfrey

As you become more clear about who you really are, you'll be better able to decide what is best for you --- the first time around.

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Oprah Winfrey

Lisa Scottoline, author of What Happened to the Bennetts

Jason Bennett is driving his family home after his daughter’s field hockey game when a pickup truck begins tailgating them. Suddenly two men jump from the pickup and pull guns on Jason, demanding the car. A horrific flash of violence changes his life forever. Later that awful night, Jason and his family receive a visit from the FBI. The carjackers were members of a dangerous drug-trafficking organization, and now Jason and his family are in their crosshairs. The agents advise them to enter the witness protection program, and they have no choice but to agree. The Bennetts begin to fall apart at the seams. Then Jason learns a shocking truth and realizes that he has to take matters into his own hands.

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