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Trailer Tuesday: ‘Before I Go to Sleep” by S.J. Watson

Posted on 23 August 2011 by Cat, Assistant Editor

It’s sinister, it’s dark — it’s everything we’d hope from a debut thriller. S.J. Watson has crafted “unquestionably a suspenseful and gripping psychological thriller” of Before I Go to Sleep (Harper). Its premise is familiar yet decidedly unique — an … Continue reading →

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7 questions with . . . Peter Spiegelman

Posted on 18 August 2011 by Cat, Assistant Editor

Peter Spiegelman’s fourth and newest thriller, Thick as Thieves, is one of our Whodunit picks for August, and reviewer Bruce Tierney called it “genre-defining” and “twisty as a corkscrew.” No surprise there, as Spiegelman’s book is not only the story … Continue reading →

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Trailer Tuesday: ‘The Night Train’ by Clyde Edgerton

Posted on 9 August 2011 by Cat, Assistant Editor

Clyde Edgerton, mixing his trademark dark humor with Southern charm, produced “magic from mayhem” in The Bible Salesman, and Edgerton fans will find that same humor in his next novel, The Night Train (Little, Brown). It takes place in small-town … Continue reading →

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Trailer Tuesday: ‘Bed’ by David Whitehouse

Posted on 2 August 2011 by Cat, Assistant Editor

Debut author David Whitehouse‘s Bed (Scribner) carries some serious weight — and not just because it tells the story of the bedridden fattest man in the world. It’s a mix of intense, eccentric characters and the “merry revelry in the … Continue reading →

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Trailer Tuesday: ‘Robopocalypse’ by Daniel H. Wilson

Posted on 26 July 2011 by Cat, Assistant Editor

We would expect a pretty cool trailer from Daniel H. Wilson’s Robopocalypse — it is, after all, in the works to become a Steven Spielberg film. The coolest part about this trailer, however, is that it was made by a … Continue reading →

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Trailer Tuesday: ‘Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead’ by Sara Gran

Posted on 19 July 2011 by Cat, Assistant Editor

Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead by Sara Gran is one of our top summer reads this July. It is the first in a brand new series, and Claire DeWitt has all the makings of a favorite detective. … Continue reading →

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Trailer Tuesday: ‘The Distant Hours’ by Kate Morton

Posted on 12 July 2011 by Cat, Assistant Editor

July’s Book Club column features three great books now in paperback, including Kate Morton’s The Distant Hours. It’s a WWII mystery that spans five decades, and our reviewer described it as “old-fashioned tale” that “tips [its] hat to previous novels … Continue reading →

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Trailer Tuesday: ‘To Be Sung Underwater’ by Tom McNeal

Posted on 28 June 2011 by Cat, Assistant Editor

Tom McNeal, author of Goodnight Nebraska, seems to have just the right touch to capture stories of reconciliation and gritty heartache. Goodnight Nebraska was described as “uncommonly human,” and it seems his next book, To Be Sung Underwater, is of … Continue reading →

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Trailer Tuesday: ‘Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children’ by Ransom Riggs

Posted on 21 June 2011 by Cat, Assistant Editor

Inspired by blogger/travel-writer-turned-novelist Ransom Riggs‘s collection of fantastical and grotesque vintage photographs, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children is already on the way to making it big. The movie rights were recently acquired by Fox after a rather heated auction, … Continue reading →

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Trailer Tuesday: ‘Man with a Pan’ by John Donohue

Posted on 14 June 2011 by Cat, Assistant Editor

Our Father’s Day Feature includes four books that would all be great gifts for dads, and Man with a Pan: Culinary Adventures for Fathers Who Cook for Their Families gives a huge pat on the back to dad-chefs and kings-of-the-grill. … Continue reading →

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Trailer Tuesday: ‘The Greater Journey’ by David McCullough

Posted on 24 May 2011 by Cat, Assistant Editor

One of my favorite books in high school was Daisy Miller — perhaps a strange choice for a 16-year-old girl — but there was something fascinating and tragic about the 19th-century ex-pats seeking solace in European society. While Winterbourne toured … Continue reading →

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More book trailer fun with Gary Shteyngart

Posted on 19 May 2011 by Abby, Fiction Editor

We are big fans of novelist Gary Shteyngart here at BookPage. Not only can Shteyngart write wildly inventive, insightful fiction—it turns out he can put together one heck of a book trailer, too. Last summer we blogged about his trailer … Continue reading →

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Trailer Tuesday: ‘Caleb’s Crossing’ by Geraldine Brooks

Posted on 17 May 2011 by Eliza, Associate Editor

Our interview with Geraldine Brooks about Caleb’s Crossing is BookPage’s May cover story. The novel is about a Wampanoag boy who graduated from Harvard in 1665—and the Puritan woman he befriends, and who longs for an education. In the interview, … Continue reading →

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Trailer Tuesday: ‘The Sisters Brothers’

Posted on 10 May 2011 by Eliza, Associate Editor

I’ll be honest with you. I never thought I liked Westerns . . . until I became obsessed with Charles Portis and True Grit. (See here and here.) So I was especially excited when I read the opening lines of … Continue reading →

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Trailer Tuesday: ‘The Restorer’ by Amanda Stevens

Posted on 26 April 2011 by Eliza, Associate Editor

Seems like recently I’ve read a lot of books that have significant scenes in cemeteries. Her Fearful Symmetry. The Hollow. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. If that’s your cup of tea—maybe you love creepy stories, ghosts and … Continue reading →

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