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Some of us here at Team FridayReads are book polygamists (those who read more than one book at once), so our FridayReads won’t fit in one tweet! Here’s what we’re reading around these parts: Bethanne, Our Fearless Leader: Wild Thing by John Bazell (Reagan Arthur Books, February 2012) and Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (Crown, 2011) Rebecca, The Runner of Giveaways And Doer of Many Things: Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson, aka The Bloggess (Amy Einhorn … [Read More...]
Welcome to New This Week! Team FridayReads will be using this space to let you know about some of the books coming out this week. We’ll also be using it to showcase some bookish articles and links we’ve stumbled across throughout the week. Money Well Spent? by Michael Grabell (January 31, PublicAffairs) "Stepping outside the political fray, ProPublica's Michael Grabell offers a perceptive, balanced, and dramatic story of what happened to the tax payers' money [re: the Stimulus Act], … [Read More...]
This week's FridayReads giveaway is Mo Hayder's thriller, Gone, which is out in paperback from Grove/Atlantic in February! Gone is a 2012 Edgar Award Nominee for Best Novel! It is "is a riveting tale that pits detective Jack Caffery and police diver Flea Marley against a carjacker who is making every parent’s worst nightmare come true." Check out the book's page on the Grove/Atlantic website. To be eligible for the giveaway, just participate in this week's FridayReads by telling us … [Read More...]
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Some of us here at Team FridayReads are book polygamists (those who read more than one book at once). This means our #fridayreads won’t fit in one Tweet! Here’s what we’re reading around these parts: Bethanne, Our Fearless Leader: is starting a galley of TRUE BELIEVERS by Kurt Andersen. Rebecca, Runner of Giveaways and Doer…
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We’ve been hosting Twitter Book Tours for about a year now, introducing you to authors both beloved (Harold McGee) and lesser known (Jason Zinoman). However, regardless of the author’s profile, these events are all about positioning books rather than providing any kind of endorsement. We’re not reviewing books, or even recommending them. Our job is…
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Welcome to New This Week! Team FridayReads will be using this space to let you know about some of the books coming out this week. We’ll also be using it to showcase some bookish articles and links we’ve stumbled across throughout the week. A Counterfeiter’s Paradise: The Wicked Lives and Surprising Adventures of Three Early…
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This week’s FridayReads giveaway comes from Grove/Atlantic: WHY BE HAPPY WHEN YOU CAN BE NORMAL by Jeanette Winterson (heeellloo delicious title!). “Raw . . . A highly unusual, scrupulously honest, and endearing memoir.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) Check out the book’s website! To enter the giveaway, tell us what you’re reading on Friday! You can tell…
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Some of us here at Team FridayReads are book polygamists (those who read more than one book at once). This means our #fridayreads won’t fit in one Tweet! Here’s what we’re reading around these parts: Bethanne, Our Fearless Leader: THE SUBMISSION by Amy Waldman and starting the new John Irving, IN ONE PERSON. Rebecca, Runner…
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This week’s FridayReads giveaway comes from Mysterious Press: Poison Flower by Thomas Perry (heeellloo crime thriller lovers!). “Perry’s heroine, Jane Whitefield, continues to be one of the most original and intriguing characters in contemporary crime fiction…Perry plunges us into his patented nerve-wracking, extended chase scenes before the novel’s harrowing climax.” —Booklist (starred review) Check out the…
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Some of us here at Team FridayReads are book polygamists (those who read more than one book at once). This means our #fridayreads won’t fit in one Tweet! Here’s what we’re reading around these parts: Bethanne, Our Fearless Leader: Hit Lit: Cracking the Code of the 20th Century’s Biggest Bestsellers by James W. Hall (Random House, April…
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Here at FridayReads, our goal is to spread a love of books and to get (and keep) people reading. Sometimes this means that we learn about titles that are coming your way outside of the mainstream publishing world. This week’s FridayReads giveaway is Mary Pauline Lowry’s The Earthquake Machine - our first self-published giveaway here at…
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Welcome to New This Week! Team FridayReads will be using this space to let you know about some of the books coming out this week. We’ll also be using it to showcase some bookish articles and links we’ve stumbled across throughout the week. Parents Need to Eat Too by Debbie Koenig (William Morrow Paperbacks, February 21,…
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Some of us here at Team FridayReads are book polygamists (those who read more than one book at once). This means our #fridayreads won’t fit in one Tweet! Here’s what we’re reading around these parts: Bethanne, Our Fearless Leader: Still: Notes on a Mid-Faith Crisis by Lauren F. Winner (HarperOne, January 2012) and Defending Jacob by William Landay…
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