Welcome to the 6th and final installment of "From the Publishers: Hot Fall Book Club Titles"! In case you haven't read the earlier segments, the publishers got together for a chat at last month's BookExpo America and presented their company's hot fall book club picks. And I'm running through them here so that you'll have lots to consider in the upcoming months. The last editor to speak was Jane von Mehren, Senior VP/Publisher Trade Paperbacks from Random House. Here's what she presented:
In case you didn't already know, today --- June 21st --- marks the first official day of summer! So as our nights shorten and our days lengthen, our time to spend reading at the beach, the porch, the couch and anywhere in between increases, and the new releases keep coming at full force to help you fill in those extra hours.
Howard Slaughter fondly remembers the Saturday morning trips to the local library where his daughter, Karin, would get lost in aisles for hours at a time. That was his first inkling that his daughter was on the path to writing, and years later he offered his blessing when Karin said she was going to pursue writing full time. Howard Slaughter’s intuition served him well as Karin Slaughter is now the author of several bestsellers.
Did you think we were done at Part 4? Nope. I was just giving you a chance to relax and absort it all! I still more great book club books coming your way. Well okay, it's not actually me. We're still going through the great books presented by the publishers at BEA! Next up in our series is Karen Torres, VP Trade Sales Marketing Director and Field Sales Director for Hachette. She presented the following:
How many books are on your nightstand right now?
June 18, 2010, 484 voters
June 18, 2010
This week I traveled back in time to 1970. This adventure kicked off last Saturday night at my grammar school reunion, where I caught up with people who I had last seen that year. It was a wonderful night of reminiscing eight years of my life. I recognized two people out of the 20 who were there (our class had 104 students in it; the days when 35 kids in a class was no big deal) --- and that is only because their photos were on Facebook. As people chatted, we all remembered different things about those years, and the collective memories were such fun.
What are you currently reading? And what’s up next?
June 18, 2010
In today's edition of the If You Ask Me... Q&A, we're spotlighting 16-year-old Katie from Helena, MT and 15-year-old Amanda from South Lyon MI. Read their thoughts below on their favorite series (Harry Potter, Hunger Games and Mortal Instruments), memorable quotes, and literary characters they'd love to meet.
