Books Are My People Weekly Newsletter
out today, paperback releases and more!
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BONUS VIDEO APRIL PREVIEW:
When I was making my April Book Preview Video for paying subscribers last week, I forgot to mention a few books that were hiding in a stack in my bedroom. So, here is a video of two bonus April books!
A Kind of Madness by Uche Okonkwo
NEW PODCAST EPISODE:
New Books Are My People podcast out yesterday with The Sicilian Inheritance author, Jo Piazza. Listen here.
GREAT GIFTS FOR BOOKISH CREATIVES:
I’ve launched a new Spring Line of homemade journals from upcycled book covers. All journals are 25% off through April 10th. (That’s tomorrow!) Free shipping over $35 in the U.S. Click on the photos and videos to see what is inside each individual journal. I put a lot of love into each and every one! Click here to peruse the collection!
GOING LIVE: I will be live with Amy from The Perks of Being a Book Lover podcast on my Instagram account on Wednesday, April 10th at 9 am PT. We’ll each be recommending our favorite read from March. Come say hi and share your favorite March read with us!
GIVEAWAY:I’m still giving away a copy of Monsters We Have Made by Lindsay Starck to two lucky winners! Click here to learn how to enter this giveaway on my Instagram. This giveaway will close on April 17th. Open to U.S. Mailing addresses only. Thank you to Vintage Books for sponsoring this giveaway.
A poignant and evocative novel that explores the bounds of familial love, the high stakes of parenthood, and the tenuous divide between fiction and reality.
Our next Read With Me selection for May will be:
Read more about how you can join in the fun in a previous newsletter.
Let Me Help You Discover Books You Might Not Otherwise Read!
Out Today:
*There’s Going to be Trouble by Jen Silverman
A woman is pulled into a love affair with a radical activist, unknowingly echoing her family's dangerous past and risking the foundations of her future in this electrifying novel.
key words: interwoven stories, father-daughter relationship, politics, Harvard, generational secrets
The Age of Magical Overthinking by Amanda Montell
"Magical thinking" can be broadly defined as the belief that one's internal thoughts can affect unrelated events in the external world: Think of the conviction that one can manifest their way out of poverty, stave off cancer with positive vibes, thwart the apocalypse by learning to can their own peaches, or transform an unhealthy relationship to a glorious one with loyalty alone.
key words: linguist, irrationality, personal memoir
*A Better World by Sarah Langan
A cunning, outside-the-box satirical thriller about a family's odyssey into an exclusive enclave for the wealthy that might not be as ideal as it seems.
key words: privileged, suspense, thriller
The Sleepwalkers by Scarlett Thomas
Patricia Highsmith meets White Lotus in this surprising and suspenseful modern gothic story following a couple running from both secretive pasts and very present dangers while honeymooning on a Greek island.
key words: literary, romance, suspense, thriller
The House of Being by Natasha Trethewey
In a shotgun house in Gulfport, Mississippi, at the crossroads of Highway 49, the legendary highway of the Blues, and Jefferson Street, Natasha Trethewey learned to read and write. Before the land was a crossroads, however, it was a pasture: a farming settlement where, after the Civil War, a group of formerly enslaved women, men, and children made a new home. An exquisite meditation on the geographies we inherit and the metaphors we inhabit.
key words: memoir, The South, geography, books and reading
The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians by James Patterson and Matt Eversmann
Step inside The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians and enter a world where you can feed your curiosities, discover new voices, find whatever you want or require. This place has the magic of rainbows and unicorns, but it's also a business. The book business. Meet the smart and talented people who live between the pages--and who can't wait to help you find your next favorite book.
key words: books, booksellers, bookstores
Paperback Releases
*For You and Only You by Caroline Kepnes
The fourth book in the You series that follows bookish serial killer, Joe, to England.
Low Country by J. Nicole Jones
Jones finds herself face to face with an explosive possibility concerning her long-abused grandmother that she can neither speak nor shake. And through the lens of her own family's catastrophes and triumphs, Jones pays homage to the landscapes and legends of her childhood home, a region haunted by its history.
What are you excited to read?
Online Writing, Reading and Art Events This Week (three things I love!)
Reading Events:
Tuesday, April 9th at 5 pm PT The Human Condition, a Pen Parentis event Reading
Thursday, April 11th at 3 pm Historical Fiction Panel
Writing Events:
Friday, April 12th at 12 pm How to Craft A Book Proposal
Art Events:
Tuesday, April 9th at 10 am PT paint things in jars with
Click here to sign up for this two-hour workshop. (I will be there!)
Thursday, April 11th at 10 am PT Guoache Still Life Workshop with
Click here to sign up for this two-hour workshop. I will be there!
Thursday, April 11th at 1 pm PT live Session with
and I will be there! Sign up here.
Thursday, April 11th at 4 pm PT Art Hang Party with
. This week’s theme is Landscapes, my favorite! If I am not heading out to see the Jimmy Buffett concert with Sir Paul McCartney and friends, I will be there! Click here to join.I hope you all have a wonderfully bookish week! Any new releases out today that you’re excited to share? Leave me a comment!
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Thank you so much for the shout out!! I appreciate it!
The workshops are now over but will soon be available in my on demand store
Oh gosh, GO TO THE CONCERT! LOL! ART HANG PARTY! will be there the next day haha! (Thanks for the highlight!)