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December 2020

December's Books on Screen roundup includes the films News of the World, Wonder Woman 1984, The Midnight Sky and Nomadland; the series premieres of "The Stand" on CBS All Access, "The Hardy Boys" on Hulu, and "Bridgerton" on Netflix; the conclusion of HBO Max's "The Flight Attendant"; the season two finale of "His Dark Materials" on HBO; and the DVD releases of The War with Grandpa, Waiting for the Barbarians and Jiu Jitsu.

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December 1, 2020

In this newsletter, you will find books releasing the weeks of November 30th and December 7th 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 very special contest on ReadingGroupGuides.com, where we are giving readers the opportunity to share their favorite book that they read with their group this year and their favorite book that they read outside their group. One Grand Prize winner will receive six outstanding book group titles releasing next year: THE CHILDREN'S BLIZZARD by Melanie Benjamin, ETERNAL by Lisa Scottoline, THE FOUR WINDS by Kristin Hannah, THE PUSH by Ashley Audrain, THE ROSE CODE by Kate Quinn, and WHAT COULD BE SAVED by Liese O'Halloran Schwarz. Be sure to enter by Wednesday, January 6th at noon ET.

Also, we are sharing Carol's latest "Bookreporter Talks To" interview with Jacqueline Winspear. The title of her new book, THIS TIME NEXT YEAR WE’LL BE LAUGHING (a Bookreporter.com Bets On pick), coincidentally could be our mantra.

After 16 novels, Winspear has taken the bold step of turning to memoir, revealing the hardships and joys of her family history. Both shockingly frank and deftly restrained, her story tackles the difficult, poignant and fascinating family accounts of three generations --- her grandparents, her parents, and she and her brother. Her childhood was spent picking hops and fruit on farms in rural Kent, capturing her ties to the land and her dream of being a writer at its very inception.

Winspear talked about this eye-opening and heartfelt portrayal of a post-War England that we rarely see and how she pulled together these memories. She also discussed the experience of narrating the audiobook. Click here to watch the video and here to listen to the podcast.

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Jeanine Cummins Event

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December 1, 2020

This Bookreporter.com Special Newsletter spotlights a book that we know people will be talking about this holiday season. Read more about it, and enter our Holiday Cheer Contest by Wednesday, December 2nd at noon ET for a chance to win one of five copies of ON OCEAN BOULEVARD by Mary Alice Monroe. Please note that each contest is only open for 24 hours, so you will need to act quickly!

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An Ivy Hill Christmas

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Jim Rohn

Only by giving are you able to receive more than you already have.

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Jim Rohn

November 30, 2020

This Bookreporter.com Special Newsletter spotlights a book that we know people will be talking about this holiday season. Read more about it, and enter our Holiday Cheer Contest by Tuesday, December 1st at noon ET for a chance to win one of five copies of A DOG'S PERFECT CHRISTMAS by W. Bruce Cameron, which is now available. Please note that each contest is only open for 24 hours, so you will need to act quickly!

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David Brinkley

The one function TV news performs very well is that when there is no news we give it to you with the same emphasis as if there were.

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David Brinkley

Week of December 28, 2020

Paperback releases for the week of December 28th include SHADOWS IN DEATH, the 51st installment in J. D. Robb’s In Death series featuring Lt. Eve Dallas, who is about to walk into the shadows of her husband’s dangerous past; THE WARSAW PROTOCOL, the 15th entry in Steve Berry's series featuring former Justice Department agent Cotton Malone, who must determine why the seven precious relics of the Arma Christi --- the weapons of Christ --- are disappearing from sanctuaries across the globe; THE BLACK SWAN OF PARIS by Karen Robards, an exquisite WWII novel that illuminates the strength of three women in occupied Paris and showcases the extraordinary lengths one goes to save their family from a German prison; and LINCOLN ON THE VERGE, in which Ted Widmer draws on new research to reveal President-Elect Abraham Lincoln as a work in progress, showing him on the verge of greatness, foiling an assassination attempt and forging an unbreakable bond with the American people.

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Weeks of December 14 and 21, 2020

Paperback releases for the weeks of December 14th and 21st include BOMBSHELL by Stuart Woods and Parnell Hall, which finds Teddy Fay back in Hollywood and caught in two tricky situations, which means he will need to leverage every bit of his undercover skills and fearless daring to stay one step ahead of his foes...or he will find himself one foot in the grave; A SMALL TOWN, a shocking and twisty thriller from Thomas Perry about an ingenuous jailbreak and the manhunt it unleashes; WE, THE SURVIVORS by Tash Aw, a compelling depiction of a man’s act of violence, set against the backdrop of an Asia in flux; and REVOLUTION, the fourth volume of Peter Ackroyd's enthralling History of England, beginning in 1688 with a revolution and ending in 1815 with a famous victory.

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