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Category Archives: Trailer Tuesday
Trailer Tuesday: How Did You Get This Number
Sloane Crosley‘s first book, a collection of essays titled I Was Told There’d Be Cake, because a surprise hit and a New York Times bestseller. How Did You Get This Number, Crosley’s sophomore effort, “is decidedly more grown-up,” writes Katie … Continue reading
Trailer Tuesday: Blood Oath
When Trisha sent me the link to this trailer, she joked that “we’re draining the blood from the vamp craze.” (Amish vampires, anyone?) Still, seems like the trend isn’t going anywhere, and Blood Oath author Christopher Farnsworth got a major … Continue reading
Trailer Tuesday: Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man
Memoirs about addiction—whether to alcohol, shopping or anything else—will likely never go out of style. Case in point? Bill Clegg’s Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man, published yesterday, sold to Little Brown for a reported $350,000 and is … Continue reading
Trailer Tuesday: Everything Lovely, Effortless, Safe
Everything Lovely, Effortless, Safe, a debut novel about a pastor’s wife-turned-aspiring Hollywood actress, is filled with such precision and grace that author Jenny Hollowell seems like a veteran, according to BookPage reviewer Kari Edgens. The novel comes out a week … Continue reading
Trailer Tuesday:
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest
Just out of curiosity, how many Book Case readers took off work today to read The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest? (Or maybe you’re reading under your desk right now—or, most likely, watching the clock tick down until you … Continue reading
Trailer Tuesday: 2010 Moby Awards
Since today’s Trailer Tuesday, it seems like a perfect time to write about the 2010 Moby Awards, which on Thursday will recognize the best and worst book trailers produced between April ’09 and April ’10. A panel of judges will … Continue reading
Trailer Tuesday: Girl in Translation
Jean Kwok‘s novel Girl in Translation came out a couple weeks ago, and we highlighted it in our spring debuts blog post, as well as in the May edition of BookPage. In her review, Becky Ohlsen described it as “no … Continue reading
Trailer Tuesday: Tess Gerritsen’s ‘Ice Cold’
Ice Cold is Tess Gerritsen‘s eighth book in the Rizzoli & Isles crime series, and if the trailer is any indication, this book will be creepy, adrenaline-pumping and a page-turner. The novel follows Boston ME Maura Isles to the seemingly … Continue reading
Trailer Tuesday: Neil Gaiman reads ‘Instructions’
Those of you who read Kate’s interview with Neil Gaiman in honor of National Library Week will be happy to hear that we have some more information from the prolific author: background on his latest project, Instructions, a picture book … Continue reading
Trailer Tuesday: baseball and inspiration
For today’s highlight of book trailers, I’ve decided to focus on nonfiction—Jason Turbow’s hilarious must-read for baseball fans: The Baseball Codes: Beanballs, Sign Stealing, and Bench-Clearing Brawls: The Unwritten Rules of America’s Pastime (love that complete title) and First Brother-in-Law … Continue reading
Trailer Tuesday: Unbound
Dean King is known for his impeccably researched nonfiction books, such as 2004′s Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival. His latest work, Unbound, tackles the “Long March,” the Red Army’s 4,000-mile walk in 1934. King focuses on … Continue reading
Trailer Tuesday: Historical fiction all around
We’re running a roundup of historical fiction titles in the April edition of BookPage. The plots move from Renaissance Italy to 16th-century England, and feature “struggling artists and merciless monarchs, dysfunctional families and doubt-wracked lovers,” writes contributor Julie Hale. Two … Continue reading
Trailer Tuesday: 31 Bond Street
A historical murder mystery. . . a widow (framed?) put under house arrest. . . political scandal. . . a looming Civil War. . . sexual intrigue. . . Does that sound like your cup of tea? If so, 31 … Continue reading
Trailer Tuesday: Dawn of the Dreadfuls & The House of Tomorrow
Dawn of the Dreadfuls, the prequel to Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, the best-selling mashup from Quirk Books, hit shelves today. Author Steve Hockensmith has written a hilarious behind-the-book essay for BookPage, in which he confesses to his life-long dream … Continue reading
Trailer Tuesday: The Girl Who Chased the Moon
Once rare, book trailers are now popping up for all but the most obscure titles. It’s a wild world out there, so every Tuesday we’ll post one—or two—that we consider notable for your entertainment. This week’s trailer is for The … Continue reading
