Most Read Authors In The Past Two Year

These three lovely ladies have been the most read by me in the past two years.

I always enjoy their books.

I have met Pam Jenoff and Beatriz Willams.  I hope I get to meet Karen White some day.

Thanks for your FAB books, ladies.

Want to Play?

 SPELL JUNE IN BOOK TITLES

 

 

If you care to play, find books with the letters in June.

Here are the ones I chose.

J - Jamaica Inn

U - Under the Same Blue Sky

N - Next Year in Havana

E - Every Last Lie

https://silversolara.blogspot.com/2015/11/jamaica-inn-by-daphne-du-maurier.html

https://silversolara.blogspot.com/2015/05/under-same-blue-sky-by-pamela.html

https://silversolara.blogspot.com/2018/02/giveaway-and-review-of-next-year-in.html

https://silversolara.blogspot.com/2017/07/every-last-lie-by-mary-kubica.html

Giveaway and Spotlight of The Mermaid by Christina Henry

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All information in this post is courtesy of Roxanne Jones of Penguin Random House

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Celebrating The Release Of

 THE MERMAID
BY
CHRISTINA HENRY

On Sale JUNE 19, 2018

THE MERMAID is a magnetic re-imagining of classic mermaid lore, spliced with an embellished historical retelling of the legendary showman P.T. Barnum and his prized Fiji mermaid.

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About The Book:

Christina Henry, national bestselling author of Lost Boy and Alice, will once again mesmerize readers with her dark and enchanting storytelling in THE MERMAID (Berkley Trade Paperback Original; $16.00; On-sale June 19, 2018)—a magnetic reimagining of classic mermaid lore, spliced with an embellished historical retelling of the legendary showman P.T. Barnum and his prized Fiji mermaid.

Mermaid myths have long appeared in cultures across the world but Henry blends fantasy with history by introducing magic to the seedy underbelly of 1800s circus culture. While the real P.T. Barnum remains an infamous circus king whose Fiji mermaid proved to be yet another elaborate hoax, Henry conjures a world in which ruse is reality and the boundaries of what it means to be human are murky. More than just a fairytale, this brilliant use of storytelling to explore feminism through its heroine’s confrontation with societal restrictions is perceptive and profound.

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About the Author:

Christina Henry is the author of Lost Boy, Alice, Red Queen, and the national bestselling Black Wings series featuring Agent of Death Madeline Black and her popcorn-loving gargoyle, Beezle.

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Giveaway:

GIVEAWAY HAS ENDED.

OUR WINNER IS:  WENDY

CONGRATS!!

I am partnering with Penguin Random House for this giveaway.

USA ONLY

JUNE 14 - JUNE 21

ENTER HERE

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Want To Play!!

I thought this would be something fun to post on my blog and other sites I post on such as Instagram and Facebook.

If you want to play along, please comment with your answers.

I think we will have a lot of wonderful replies.

Thanks for playing.

My answers are:  

1.  Yes...I am a cover lover.

2.  Yes...I am a summer porch reader.  I love reading on my back porch.

3.  I am a chapter finisher.  :)  I can't just stop anywhere.  :)

4. No...I am not a proper bookmark user.  I use envelopes, kleenex, envelopes, coupons, etc.

5. Yes...I am playing along.

HAVE FUN!!

Giveaway and Spotlight of Little Big Love by Katy Regan

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All information in this post is courtesy of R. Ryanne Probst, Associate Publicist|Berkley Publishing Group, Penguin  Random House and Amazon.

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Celebrating The Release Of Katy Regan's debut novel:

LITTLE BIG LOVE

On Sale JUNE 12, 2018

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FACT: Families are messy.

The Hutchinsons are messier.

A smart, big-hearted story about a family torn apart and the young boy on a mission to unite them all.

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Praise for Little Big Love:

“Fans of Jane Green and Susan Wiggs will enjoy British journalist Regan’s modern family drama that explores the age-old question of ‘what if’ and the aftermath of one poor decision.”
—Library Journal, STARRED REVIEW

“A beautiful, wrenching, joyful story about family, loss, love…and one intrepid little boy. This book will steal your heart.”—New York Times bestselling author KRISTAN HIGGINS

“Regan writes with tremendous acuity and tenderness, with a story that you will not be able to stop reading.”—New York Times bestselling author JANE GREEN

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About The Book: 

Fact: What I wrote in my letter is still true: okay, my dad did abandon us, but how can he know he doesn’t want to be my dad if he’s never met me? And how could he and my mum stay in love if they never saw each other

Fact: It is up to me to reunite them—because who else is going to do it? 

Beloved U.K. author Katy Regan’s U.S. debut LITTLE BIG LOVE (Berkley Hardcover; June 12, 2018) is a make-you- laugh, make-you-cry story that’s perfect for fans of the TV show Parenthood and Nick Hornby’s About a Boy. Set in a small fishing town in northern England, Regan’s novel is told through the alternating perspectives of ten-year-old Zac, his mother Juliet, and grandfather Mick as it captures the story of one sweet and wise-beyond-his-years little boy and his pursuit of the perfect family.

Zac Hutchinson knows a lot about a lot. Who’s the fastest man on earth? Usain Bolt. How much of the Earth’s surface is covered in water? Seventy percent. What he doesn’t know is who his father is and why he left ten years ago. Enter Juliet Hutchinson, Zac’s mother and spiller of all family secrets, who, after a bad date and too much wine, lets the name of Zac’s father slip. Armed with nothing but a name and vision of happily ever after, Zac embarks on a mission to find his father and figure out what happened to make him leave.

LITTLE BIG LOVE explores the lengths people will go to protect their families and love in its many forms, including the deep bond between a single mother and her son. When Juliet’s husband left ten years ago, Zac became her entire world. And although the two of them don’t have much money, they’ve always had each other to get them through tough times—Juliet and Zac against the world. Always desperate for the other to find happiness, it’s this desperation that pushes them to try and “fix” each other—Juliet’s loneliness and Zac’s unhealthy relationship with food—and serves as a catalyst for Zac’s journey to find his father. 

Regan, a former journalist and editor at Marie Claire magazine, makes the family drama feel real and the characters on the page come alive. Informed by her own experiences as a single mother raising a young son, Regan convincingly portrays the highs and the lows of parenthood and brilliantly captures the voice of each character: from self-deprecating modern mom Juliet; to working class man’s man Mick; to fact collecting, cooking-obsessed, tender-hearted Zac. As their chapters unfold so too does a deep-buried family secret that Mick has held onto, the reason Zac’s father disappeared, and a tragedy at the center of the family’s decade long disconnect.

Like Be Frank with Me and Where’d You Go, Bernadette, LITTLE BIG LOVE has at its center a warm, witty and endearing child protagonist. Part family drama, part coming of age tale, and filled with heart and humor— we dare you not to fall head over heels for LITTLE BIG LOVE and the Hutchinson family.

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About the Author:

Katy Regan was brought up in a seaside town in Northern England.

She studied at the University of Leeds before moving to London, where she worked as a journalist and as a commissioning editor at Marie Claire magazine.

Katy has written four books published in the UK, and Little Big Love is her US debut.

Visit her online at:

Facebook.com/KatyReganAuthor

@KatyReganWrites

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Giveaway:

Contest has ended.

The winner is Robyn from New Jersey.

CONGRATS!!

I am partnering with Penguin Random House for this giveaway.

USA ONLY

June 10 - June 17

Enter here.
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The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton

LOVE this video about The Clockmaker's Daughter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2JWcbwB9T8&feature=youtu.be

The Fallen Architect by Charles Belfoure and Woman 99 by Greer Macallister

I am looking forward to reading these two books from Sourcebooks. 

I always enjoy Charles Belfoure's books.  

Links to two of his books I reviewed are below.

THE PARIS ARCHITECT 

HOUSE OF THIEVES 

I haven't read any of Greer Macallister's books, but this book sounds very good.  Ms. Macallister wrote THE MAGICIAN'S LIE.