Oh what a lovely day for a #BookBday! EDGAR AND LUCY by Victor Lodato A March 2017 Indie Next pick with two starred reviews! In this second novel from the author of the award-winning MATHILDA SAVITCH, a mother has a complicated love for her unusual child and vice versa, and their drive to create family wherever […]
Tag: humor
Booklist’s Top Diverse Books of 2017
Booklist recently unveiled their Top 10 Diverse Books reading lists of 2017*, including these two Macmillan titles: Top 10 Diverse Nonfiction (full list) I’M JUDGING YOU: The Do-Better Manual by Luvvie Ajayi Ajayi, aka popular blogger Awesomely Luvvie, has crafted an astute and humorous handbook about how to navigate social media and its impact on […]
2017 Audie Awards Finalists (& Winners!)
Have you heard the great news? Macmillan Audio has 10 finalists in the 2017 Audie Awards! UPDATE 6/2/17: Congratulations to our 2017 Audie Award winners I’M JUDGING YOU written/read by Luvvie Ajayi (Humor) & DIRTY by Kylie Scott, read by Andi Arndt (Romance)! *** BOYS IN THE TREES written/read by Carly Simon is a finalist for Audiobook […]
2016 Goodreads Choice Awards
Goodreads launched their annual Choice Awards last week and Macmillan has a whopping 42 nominees in the running! Click here to vote for your favorites and we’ll keep you updated as the tournament progresses. Congrats to our 2016 Winners: TRULY MADLY GUILTY by Liane Moriarty (Best Fiction) and LEONARD by William Shatner (Best History & […]
Friday Reads: Graphic Novels
TGIF! We’ve got four great graphic novels to kick off your weekend: SHIRLEY JACKSON’S “THE LOTTERY”: The Authorized Graphic Adaptation by Miles Hyman Available simultaneously in trade paperback Two starred reviews! Published in time for Jackson’s centennial, this graphic adaptation masterfully reimagines her iconic story with a striking visual narrative created by her grandson, Miles […]
WE GON’ BE…JUDGING YOU?!
Ok, ok, we will not be judging you, but Luvvie Ajayi might! And Jeff Chang explains why WE ‘GON BE ALRIGHT in our #FridayReads picks: I’M JUDGING YOU by Luvvie Ajayi “Ajayi, known in the social-media sphere as Awesomely Luvvie after her blog, which attracts 500,000 readers a month, has crafted a smart, vividly humorous […]
SAD ANIMAL FACTS Makes Us Happy
Brooke Barker’s SAD ANIMAL FACTS is a hilarious hand-illustrated collection of the Animal Kingdom’s more unfortunate truths and we’re laughing so hard we’re crying! Why? Little gems like this and an amazing book trailer: Fact: Harp seal pups are abandoned on beaches at birth and only 3 out of 10 survive. Seal Pup: “I’m not […]
Pages on Politics
With the Republican and Democratic National Conventions happening this month, the 2016 presidential race shows no signs of slowing until November. Whether you lean left or right, there’s a book about politics for every reader: OUR REVOLUTION: A Future to Believe In by Bernie Sanders The book by the U.S. Senator and former Democratic presidential […]
For Your Consideration: October 2016 LibraryReads Titles
Download, read, and nominate your favorite titles for the October 2016* LibraryReads list! *Nominations are due August 20! Click here for the full list of 2016 deadlines. ALL THE LITTLE LIARS by Charlaine Harris #1 New York Times bestseller Charlaine Harris returns to her Aurora Teagarden mystery series with a fabulous new book (the first […]
For Your Consideration: September 2016 LibraryReads Titles
Download, read, and nominate your favorite titles for the September 2016* LibraryReads list! *Nominations are due July 20! Click here for the full list of 2016 deadlines. HERE I AM by Jonathan Safran Foer THREE starred reviews! Foer’s “intensely imagined and richly rewarding”* new novel focuses on the unraveling of a Jewish-American family in Washington […]