“I absolutely loved this beautiful, haunting story of a woman who learns to come to terms with a dark, deep family secret. This is the kind of book that hooks you right in, brings tears to your eyes, and ends on a note of shining hope. Lauren Mahdian will feel like your sister, your […]
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Hot off the press and the ALA conference, our newly updated One Book, One Community catalog highlights the Random House, Inc. titles we think are the best bets for your community programs! For help planning your One Book, One Community program contact us at library@randomhouse.com. We can answer questions about author availability, quantity discounts, and […]
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We kept Karin Slaughter busy last month at PLA, attending the Booklist mystery booth party and the AAP’s Best in Mystery Authors Revealed program. Karin is a huge supporter and advocate for libraries. Her website has a page devoted to libraries and she creates discussion guides for each of her books. Make sure you’re on the […]
Dear Oh-So-Helpful Librarians! First of all, thank you so much for all of your great suggestions. I’d never heard of many of the books and they certainly gave me food for thought. I’m sure you have all been unable to sleep and on the edge of your seats waiting to find out which book I […]
Do you Read it Forward? If not, you should. Read it Forward is the monthly book group focused e-newsletter produced by our friends up in the Crown Publishing Group. In this month’s newsletter is a wonderfully original feature on the “editor-model hybrid.” Yes, you read right. And I thought meeting authors and going to ALA […]
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I’ve begun to notice a pattern in my reading. This happens a lot. I’ll jump from historical fiction to literary coming-of-age stories to popular best sellers and back, gobbling them all up along the way. It seems there is an abundance of Appalachian fiction these days and it would appear that I am slightly addicted to […]
Happy New Year! I’d like to share our latest and greatest resource for the book clubs @ your library – the Random House Library Book Club brochure! You’ll find top picks from our Spring 2010 releases, along with sample discussion questions, links for more resources, and readers advisory hints. It’s available online as well as in print. They […]
My absolute favorite thing about working in publishing is meeting the authors. And yesterday, we got to meet Kris Radish! She was just as fabulous as I had imagined and sent us away with goodies to raffle off to libraries! Share with us your favorite novel from Radish and we’ll pick one lucky librarian to […]
