Book Trailer Fridays – Adrienne McDonnell & The Doctor and the Diva
Best Kept Secret by Amy Hatvany
I had the pleasure of reading BEST KEPT SECRET by Amy Hatvany as an ARC last year and loved it so much that I wrote a blurb for it:"Haunting, hopeful, and beautifully written. I couldn't put this book down, and I can't stop thinking about it." Here's a description of the book:Cadence didn’t sit down one night and decide that downing two bottles of wine was a brilliant idea.Her drinking snuck up on her - as a way to sleep, to help her relax after a long day, to relieve some of the stress of the painful divorce that’s left her struggling to make ends meet with her five-year old son, Charlie. It … [Read more...]
Book Trailer Fridays – Rebecca Rasmussen and The Bird Sisters
Rebecca Rasmussen's debut novel The Bird Sisters is on my must read list.Here's a description:When a bird flies into a window in Spring Green, Wisconsin, sisters Milly and Twiss get a visit. Twiss listens to the birds’ heartbeats, assessing what she can fix and what she can’t, while Milly listens to the heartaches of the people who’ve brought them. The two sisters have spent their lives nursing people and birds back to health.But back in the summer of 1947, they knew nothing about trying to mend what had been accidentally broken. Milly was known as a great beauty with emerald eyes and Twiss … [Read more...]
Book Trailer Fridays – C.W. Gortner and The Tudor Secret
I'm completely fascinated with historical novelists, the depth of research they do, and the way they deftly mix fact and fiction, giving new life and personality to characters from our past.C.W. Gortner is the author of The Confessions of Catherine de Medici, and The Last Queen. His latest novel, The Tudor Secret, came out in February to rave reviews.Here's a description:Summer, 1553: Brendan Prescott, an orphan reared in the household of the powerful Dudley family, is brought to court, where he finds himself sent on an illicit mission to King Edward VI’s brilliant, enigmatic sister, Princess … [Read more...]
Book Trailer Fridays – Evan Dawson and Summer in a Glass
Evan Dawson's debut book, Summer in a Glass, hits shelves on April 5th. Evan, a Rochester news anchor, and managing editor of the New York Cork Report, spent two years interviewing Finger Lakes wine makers to uncover the stories of family, dreams and hope behind some of the great Finger Lakes wineries. Here's the description:How did a brilliant German winemaker end up in a small region in upstate New York after leaving his family in the middle of a harvest night? How did a Danish-born winemaker lose his family’s wine estate in southern France, only to see his career revived in the Finger … [Read more...]
Book Trailer Fridays – Christina Meldrum and Amaryllis in Blueberry
My Fridays have tended toward hectic lately, so I haven't put up any trailers in several weeks, but now Book Trailer Fridays is back, starting with Amaryllis in Blueberry by Christina Meldrum! Here's a description of the book:Meet the Slepys: Dick, the stern doctor, the naive husband, a man devoted to both facts and faith; Seena, the storyteller, the restless wife, a mother of four, a lover of myth. And their children, the Marys: Mary Grace, the devastating beauty; Mary Tessa, the insistent inquisitor; Mary Catherine, the saintly, lost soul; and finally, Amaryllis, Seena's unspoken favorite, … [Read more...]
A smattering of links
Lately, at the end of the day, I feel like I've run out of words. I spend my days either writing or thinking about writing while I do other things, and then my brain is just plain done, and all I can manage is an hour or so of Top Gear before I fall asleep. Everything else just kind of bounces around in my head. It's not an unpleasant thing at all, but it means I owe some friends a phone call or an e-mail, and it also means that there are some things I've been meaning to share that I haven't gotten around to yet, so here goes.It's pretty sunny in Rochester today, but we've got lots of rain … [Read more...]
Happy Valentine’s Day & Giveaway Winners!
Happy Valentine's Day! I've managed to keep my absurdly ridiculous sweet tooth in check and make it through this holiday season without eating any conversation hearts (oh, I do love conversation hearts) so I'm calling it a win. Now I just have to survive the season of Easter Candy (ie. yellow chick Peeps in the microwave) and I'm good until October. So anyway, where ever you are, I hope you had a great Valentine's Day and either managed to avoid eating too much candy or had a good day because you ate way too much candy. It all depends on what your goals are. Right?The winners of a copy … [Read more...]
Book Trailer Fridays – Kate Ledger & Remedies
I had the chance to tell you a bit about Kate Ledger's The Dogs' Book of Romance the other day when I announced the Valentine's Giveaway (have you entered yet? Go enter!). But I didn't get to talk much about Remedies, Kate's debut novel, so I figured this would be the perfect Book Trailer Friday pick! REMEDIES is a Self magazine book pick, an Indie Next List Notable Book, an Ingram Premier Pick, a "Community Read" selection of the Twin Cities Jewish Book Fair, and earned a starred review from Publisher's Weekly, who said: "Ledger's accomplished debut offers a compelling view of married life … [Read more...]
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