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Shelter Me by Juliette Fay

December 2008

After the sudden death of her husband, Janie LaMarche’s life sweeps her up and unwillingly marches her on with a role as a solo parent to her two small children. As she stumbles through each day overwhelmed and dazed in a haze of grief and overwhelming sadness, she finds a cast of unlikely characters who help her unravel her feelings --- and set a new course. These include a contractor who shows up ready to build the porch her husband had commissioned without her knowledge and the parish priest who is unflinchingly nice even when Janie is acerbic and biting, as well as strong-willed Aunt Jude and a cousin named Cormac, who delivers bakery creations from his shop to match every mood. Along with these well-drawn characters, strong emotion and wry humor ensure that SHELTER ME is a story to savor and love.
 

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Jennifer Kaufman, author of A Version of the Truth

In Literacy and Longing in L.A., hailed as “the most delightful read of the year” by Liz Smith in the New York Post, authors Jennifer Kaufman and Karen Mack captivated readers with a brilliantly imagined first novel. Now Kaufman and Mack return, introducing a character with a unique voice you’ll never forget: Cassie Shaw, an irrepressible young woman who reinvents herself --- with unexpected consequences --- in a funny, wise, and utterly original novel about friendship, love, wildlife, and other forces of nature.

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Ron Leshem, author of Beaufort

By turns subversive and darkly comic, brutal and tender, Ron Leshe's debut novel is an international literary sensation, winner of Israel's top award for literature and the basis for a prizewinning film. Charged with brilliance and daring, hypnotic in its intensity, BEAUFORT is at once a searing coming-of-age story and a novel for our times --- one of the most powerful, visceral portraits of the horror, camaraderie, and absurdity of war in modern fiction.

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Late December 2007

And just like that, 2008 is pushing 2007 out the door! This month on Kidsreads.com, we’re taking a look back at some of the noteworthy books that have been published this year, along with the author interviews that were posted in 2007. If you have procrastinated about holiday gifts and need some last-minute ideas (or if you know somebody who needs an idea for what to get YOU), then check out our What to Give/What to Get Holiday Guide.

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Late December 2007

And just like that, 2008 is pushing 2007 out the door! This month on Kidsreads.com, we’re taking a look back at some of the noteworthy books that have been published this year, along with the author interviews that were posted in 2007. If you have procrastinated about holiday gifts and need some last-minute ideas for a child in your life, then check out our What to Give/What to Get Holiday Guide.

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December 2007

And just like that, 2008 is pushing 2007 out the door! This month on Teenreads.com, we’re taking a look back at some of the noteworthy books that have been published this year, along with the author interviews we posted in 2007. If you have procrastinated about holiday gifts and need some last-minute ideas (or if you know somebody who needs an idea for what to get YOU), then check out our What to Give/What to Get Guide.

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December 2007

I love the holidays. Yes, the pace becomes a tad crazy, and I have been known to call this time the Holidaze, but I still love it. One of my favorite things is reflecting on holidays past and creating new traditions around our house. Last year, for the first time, we spent Christmas on the Outer Banks with my parents instead of traveling there after Christmas Day. On Christmas Eve we went to an inter-faith service at a small chapel in Corolla, and the memory of that evening stayed with me throughout the year.

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December 14, 2007

Ho Ho Ho, oh no. Remember the extra week that I had for Christmas prep? Well, somehow I squandered that away and now am looking at my "to do" lists until "the big day" and crossing off sleep as an option. Things left to do include designing and producing the family holiday card, buying and wrapping gifts, baking brownies and packing for our trip.

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Do "Best of the Year" book lists influence your reading choices?

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Interview: Steve Berry, author of The Venetian Betrayal

Dec 14, 2007

December 14, 2007

Steve Berry's latest installment in the Cotton Malone series, THE VENETIAN BETRAYAL, finds the former U.S. Justice Department agent turned rare-book dealer in search of one of history's greatest unsolved mysteries: the location of Alexander the Great's final resting place.