Eleanor Brown is the author of the New York Times bestseller, “The Weird Sisters,” which tackles the complicated terrain of sisters. Brown’s novel has been called “Genuinely funny … buoyant” by The New York Times, “delightful,” by People magazine, and “a page-turner from the start”… Continue Reading
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Sarah Pekkanen: Recommended Reads of 2011
Sarah Pekkanen is the author of two novels. “Skipping a Beat” was included in O, the Oprah Magazine‘s list of “Top 10 Titles to Pick Up Now,” and her first novel, “The Opposite of Me,” was called “engaging, fresh,” by People magazine. Her third novel, “These Girls,” will be released in… Continue Reading
Caroline Leavitt: Recommended Reads of 2011
Caroline Leavitt is the author of nine novels, most recently “Pictures of You,” a New York Times bestseller, a Costco “Pennie’s Pick,” and a San Francisco Chronicle Editor’s Choice “Lit Pick. Her novels have been optioned for film, translated into multiple languages, and condensed in… Continue Reading
Announcing A New Blog Feature: Recommended Reads
So how do you decide what you’re reading next? If you’re like some of us, you may make decisions based on book reviews or book blogs or the Shelf Awareness e-newsletter. Or maybe, like many others, you base your selections on recommendations… Continue Reading
GBF Announces Partnership with Politics & Prose
In a past life, I was a publicist for a publisher. One of my main jobs was arranging author tours, and whenever we started planning a tour, one of the first bookstores authors would suggest as a potential tour stop… Continue Reading