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- 25 June 2013
'Sisterland' by Curtis Sittenfeld
Sittenfeld returns with the story of twin sisters: Vi, a professed psychic, and Kate, a wife and mother in denial of her talents. When Vi predicts a devastating earthquake is around the corner, Kate must decide whether to support her sister and out herself for the potential good of the community, or continue to ignore her own instincts.
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Greta Wells experiences three alternate lives during a therapy session, all with different secrets and losses, pain and happiness. Which one will she ultimately choose?
- 9 July 2013
'Fin & Lady' by Cathleen Schine
Fin is 11 when his parents die in 1964, and he is sent to live with his older sister, Lady. But Lady is a free spirit, and Fin soon realizes he's as much her caregiver as she is his.
'Amy Falls Down' by Jincy Willett
A sequel of sorts to her last book The Writing Class, Amy Falls Down also stars bitter novelist Amy Gallup. When an interviewer arrives shortly after Amy takes a nasty bump on the head, the resulting article—where Amy's rambling quotes are dubbed pure genius—turns around her failing career.
- 16 July 2013
'The Never List' by Koethi Zan
Zan's story of a young woman marked by the consequences of her time spent as the prisoner of a sadistic kidnapper is drawing lots of buzz already.
- 13 August 2013
'The People in the Trees' by Hanya Yanagihara
This ambitious first novel, billed as an "anthropological adventure," was a decade in the making and is already being compared to Norman Rush and Ann Patchett.
- 19 August 2013
'Archangel' by Andrea Barrett
It's been too long since the National Book Award-winning author released a book. This time it's a collection of short stories about scientific firsts—subject matter that Barrett fans love to see her sink her teeth into.
- 20 August 2013
'The Girl You Left Behind' by Jojo Moyes
Author of Me Before You, Jojo Moyes is back with another heartbreaking story of love and loss. A spellbind love story of two women separated by a century but united in their determination to fight for what they love.
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Happy Birthday, Maud Hart Lovelace
She tried to act as though it were nothing to go to the library alone. But her happiness betrayed her. Her smile could not be restrained, and it spread from her tightly pressed mouth, to her round cheeks, almost to … Continue reading
Happy Birthday, Sue Grafton
Ideas are easy. It’s the execution of ideas that really separates the sheep from the goats. • Sue Grafton • (Check out Sue Grafton’s author page on BookPage.com.)
World Book Night: Spreading the love of reading
World Book Night is upon us, and there are celebrations scheduled across the country—and across the pond, in the UK and Ireland, where the idea was first conceived in 2011. Tonight, across the US, more than 25,000 bibliophile volunteers—hoping to … Continue reading
Happy Birthday, William Shakespeare
This above all; to thine own self be true. • William Shakespeare •
Happy Birthday, Vladimir Nabokov
A writer should have the precision of a poet and the imagination of a scientist. • Vladimir Nabokov •
Happy Poem in Your Pocket Day!
Today is Poem in Your Pocket Day! To participate, all you have to do is keep a copy of your favorite poem in your pocket (or carry it around in your purse or backpack or some other way) and pull … Continue reading
Happy Birthday, Nick Hornby
Reading begets reading. • Nick Hornby • (Check out Nick Hornby’s author page on BookPage.com.)
It’s National Library Week!
We love celebrating libraries every week at BookPage, but April 14-20 places national focus on one of our favorite times of year: National Library Week! This year, the theme of National Library Week is “Communities matter @ your library.” Libraries … Continue reading
Happy Birthday, Kingsley Amis
If you can’t annoy somebody, there’s little point in writing. • Kingsley Amis •
Happy Birthday, Henry James
Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language. • Henry James •
Happy Birthday, Beverly Cleary
One rainy Sunday when I was in the third grade, I picked up a book to look at the pictures and discovered that even though I did not want to, I was reading. I have been a reader ever since. … Continue reading
Happy Birthday, Mark Strand
There is no happiness like mine. I have been eating poetry. • Mark Strand • (Check out a review of Mark Strand’s Almost Invisible on BookPage.com.)
Happy Birthday, Anne Lamott
For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world after world, worlds that sing to you, … Continue reading
Happy Birthday, Charles Baudelaire
A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the way, a counselor, a multitude of counselors. • Charles Baudelaire •
