FANTASTIC NEWS! Jenny Lawson’s FURIOUSLY HAPPY is the #7 pick on the September 2015 LibraryReads list! A hysterical, ridiculous book about crippling depression and anxiety? That sounds like a terrible idea. But terrible ideas are what Jenny Lawson does best! As Jenny says: “Furiously happy is about taking those moments when things are fine and […]
Tag: memoir
B&N Fall 2015 Discover Picks
Barnes & Noble’s Fall 2015 Discover Great New Writers program features 4 Macmillan titles! BLACK MAN IN A WHITE COAT by Damon Tweedy A BEA 2015 Editor’s Buzz Panel Selection! Memoir at its finest: beautifully composed, firmly anchored to a larger world, engaging, accessible, and profound. “Tweedy, an African American psychiatrist at Duke University, expertly weaves […]
Teen Talk Tuesday (7/21/15)
YA librarians, rejoice! We’ve got new Teen reads for you, just in time for today’s Early Word YA Galley Chat! Join us and @earlyword at 5pm EST (hashtag: #ewgcya) to tell us what’s on your TBR pile…and your mind. ABOUT A GIRL by Sarah McCarry Two stars for the third and final book in the […]
For Your Consideration: October 2015 LibraryReads Titles
Download, read, and nominate your favorite titles now for the October 2015 LibraryReads list! Nominations are due August 20! Click here for the full list of 2015 deadlines. DEATH WEARS A MASK by Ashley Weaver Amory Ames and her rakish husband Milo, first introduced in MURDER AT THE BRIGHTWELL (An October 2014 LibraryReads pick), take […]
For Your Consideration: September 2015 LibraryReads Titles
Download, read, and nominate your favorite titles now for the September 2015* LibraryReads list! Nominations are due July 20! Click here for the full list of 2015 deadlines. BLACK MAN IN A WHITE COAT by Damon Tweedy A BEA 2015 Editor’s Buzz & “Shout ‘n Share” selection! “An arresting memoir that personalizes the enduring racial […]
Librarians “Shout ‘n Share” Their Favorite BEA 2015 Picks!
Last Friday we rounded out a terrific BEA 2015 with the annual Shout ‘n Share panel. Here’s what your librarian pals found on the show floor to rave about: Columbus Metropolitan Library’s Robin Nesbitt kicked it off with some genre love, highlighting THE TRAITOR BARU CORMORANT by Seth Dickinson (“It’s like THE HUNDRED THOUSAND KINGDOMS […]
For Your Consideration: July 2015 LibraryReads Titles
Download, read, and nominate your favorite titles now for the July 2015 LibraryReads list! Nominations are due May 20! Click here for the full list of 2015 deadlines. SIGNAL by Patrick Lee “Two books into this series, and it’s clear that Lee has hit the jackpot. Expect the horde of out-of-breath readers gasping to keep […]
BEA Buzz Books
Happy Friday, friends! We’re thrilled to share these three titles chosen for BEA Buzz panels: HOME IS BURNING by Dan Marshall On Sale: October 20, 2015 A BEA Editor’s Buzz Panel Selection Dave Eggers meets David Sedaris in this uproariously funny, unflinchingly honest, and tender memoir from Marshall, who as a recent college graduate, had […]
FURIOUSLY HAPPY Cover Reveal
If you don’t know Jenny Lawson, better known as “The Bloggess,” you should. She’s hilarious, whip-smart, and incredibly honest. Especially about her own experience with severe depression and a host of other conditions, which she discusses in her funny (yes, we promise!) forthcoming memoir, FURIOUSLY HAPPY. Today Jenny revealed the cover on her blog in […]
Happy #BookBday (3/31/15 Edition)
Today we wish Happy #BookBday to two new books destined for the bestseller list: THE PATRIOT THREAT by Steve Berry Minotaur’s first novel from renowned New York Times bestseller Berry continues the riveting, history-based Cotton Malone series with a dangerous question: What if the federal income tax is illegal? The Associated Press calls THE PATRIOT […]