King Arthur's most trusted advisor is called upon to fetch the king's would-be bride, but somewhere along the way this escort-turned-detective will have to reveal whether a series of destabalizing virgin-murders are divine or mortal doing. THE BELOVED DEAD is the third title in Tony Hays' Authurian mystery series, all three of which have earned starred reviews from both Library Journal and Publishers Weekly!
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It's Valentine's Day. Maybe that makes you swoon. Maybe it makes you gag. Maybe you took the day off work to sit by the mailbox. Well, forget "real life"! Today is the perfect day for a little escapist fiction. I advocate that tonight, just for a little while, you crawl in between the covers of a splendid and strange romance. I sure will be.
I spent the morning browsing Macmillan's shelves for a romantic adventure unlike anything I've known. I narrowed my options down to two books that feature extraordinary love stories that I just don't think I'll ever experience:
Option 1, THE MISTS OF TIME by Susan Squires.
I couldn't resist this lone title listed under the category Romance > Time Travel. That's right. Tonight I may just be going back in time to the days of King Arthur for a chance encounter with the blush/flush/giggle-worthy knight, Gawain.
Option 2, HUNGRY FOR YOUR LOVE edited by Lori Perkins.
This collection of undead romance stories seduced me with its indiscriminate and trans-mortality courtships: zombies crush on humans, humans fall for zombies, and zombies yearn for one another. Obsessive desire! Undying love! Sleepless torments! This is passion at its best. [...]
Can you scan barcodes faster than a speeding bullet? Leap tall bookshelves in a single bound? Well you might just be...
A Librarian Superhero!
We love seeing contests that reward amazing librarians. The sponsor, Gale/Cengage Learning, even promises to put the winning librarian superheros on a lunchbox! Is there any higher honor?
If you, or a librarian you know, should be nominated for this award, head over to the Are You a Librarian Superhero Facebook page and leave a post with their name, the name of their library, and what makes them a superhero in 250 words or less. Go! Full rules here.
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Congrats to the winners of the Iris Johansen galley giveaway! All the lucky librarians have been contacted and their copies of EVE are in the mail.
What’s that? You didn’t know there was a galley giveaway?! Well, sign up for our mailing list, silly! Sheesh.
Also, don’t forget there’s still plenty of time to enter our I SHALL NOT HATE giveaway, details here.
Happy Wednesday, everyone!
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Every year the crime fiction connoisseurs over at Deadly Pleasures offer awards of excellence to exceptional novels and short stories in several categories. The 2011 Barry Award nominees have been posted!
THE LOCK ARTIST by Steve Hamilton and BURY YOUR DEAD by Louise Penny have been nominated for the Barry Award for Best Novel of 2011!
THE POACHER’S SON by Paul Doiron and THE HOLY THIEF by William Ryan have been nominated for Best First Novel!
BLOOD HARVEST by S. J. Bolton has been nominated for Best British Novel!
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If you see me out at a professional event, I'll be drinking white wine, or a gin and tonic, or maybe a really pale beer. Maybe. I do this for both our sakes because I'm one of those girls that spills. But last night I really should have forsaken this protective stance and ordered one of the never-clear, but ever-intriguing infused vodkas at the Russian Samovar. Cranberry, pepper, or even garlic vodka would have been the perfect companion for an evening of Soviet Union-themed literature at the FSG Reading series featuring David Bezmozgis reading from his debut novel, THE FREE WORLD. Scheduled for release in April, THE FREE WORLD is already delighting reviewers.
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After losing three daughters and a niece to an Israeli tank shell in 2009, Palestinian Doctor Izzeldin Abuelaish has no words of revenge, only words of peace for Israelis and Palestinians in his new book, I SHALL NOT HATE.
Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Elie Wiesel says, "This story is a necessary lesson against hatred and revenge."
Former President Jimmy Carter says, "In this book, Doctor Abuelaish has expressed a remarkable commitment to forgiveness and reconciliation that describes the foundation for a permanent peace in the Holy Land."
Also see articles and interviews in the New York Times, The Huffington Post, and Democracy Now!
We have 10 copies of I SHALL NOT HATE! If you would like a chance to get your hands on one, email your full mailing address to library at macmillanusa dot com (subject: I Shall Not Hate) by this Friday (2/11).*
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In addition to Talia, DrunkHulk, and yours truly, all you Tweeple out there should be following loversdiction. Once a day, author David Levithan posts a romantic entry in the same format of his unconventional narrative, THE LOVER'S DICTIONARY.
Go forth and follow!
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Earlier this week, award-winning book reviewer for Library Journal and Mystery Readers Journal, Lesa Holstine of Lesa's Book Critiques, hosted Brad Parks as a guest blogger.
His post begins, "Exactly twenty-six years and five months ago, at the end of a hot and dusty Connecticut summer, in a time of desperation the likes of which I can now barely describe, I committed a heinous crime. I stole from a public library..." keep reading!
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Thursday, March 3, noon - 1PM EST
Catch Talia announcing Macmillan's hottest mystery titles for Spring 2011! She'll be letting you in on Macmillan's upcoming whodunits, cozies, historicals, police procedurals, and detective tales.
This event is moderated by Wilda Williams, Editor and Mystery Book Reviewer at Library Journal. Talia's co-panelists include her hero/idol/demigod, Virginia Stanley of HarperCollins Publishers, as well as Kate Lyall and Edwin Buckhalter of Severn House Publishers.
Register for this free event here: www.LibraryJournal.com/MysterySpring2011
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