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Gabrielle Zevin, author of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

On a bitter cold day, in the December of his junior year at Harvard, Sam Masur exits a subway car and sees, amid the hordes of people waiting on the platform, Sadie Green. He calls her name. For a moment, she pretends she hasn’t heard him, but then she turns, and a game begins: a legendary collaboration that will launch them to stardom. These friends, intimates since childhood, borrow money and beg favors --- and before even graduating college, they have created their first blockbuster, Ichigo. Overnight, the world is theirs. Not even 25 years old, Sam and Sadie are brilliant, successful and rich, but these qualities won’t protect them from their own creative ambitions or the betrayals of their hearts.

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May 10, 2023

This Bookreporter.com Special Newsletter spotlights a book that we think is a great summer reading selection. Read more about it, and enter our Summer Reading Contest by Thursday, May 11th at noon ET for a chance to win one of five copies of THE HOUSE ON PRYTANIA: A Royal Street Novel by Karen White, which is now available. Please note that each contest is only open for 24 hours, so you will need to act quickly!

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May 10, 2023

An Unspoken Culture of Reading

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By Brendan Slocumb
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Brendan Slocumb is a musician, music educator, guest conductor, and the celebrated author of the book club favorite THE VIOLIN CONSPIRACY. His latest novel, SYMPHONY OF SECRETS, is another love letter to music wrapped around a compelling mystery that echoes through generations. In his blog post, Brendan recalls growing up immersed in a culture of reading, even though he didn’t realize it at the time. As he says, “Reading was never a punishment; it was just something we did. I had no clue that my mom was quietly giving us the incredible gift of how words could entertain and create new worlds.”

Brendan Slocumb

Brendan Nicholaus Slocumb was raised in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and holds a degree in music education (with concentrations in violin and viola) from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. For more than 20 years, he has been a public and private school music educator and has performed with orchestras throughout Northern Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C. He is the author of THE VIOLIN CONSPIRACY and SYMPHONY OF SECRETS.

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Win 12 Copies of TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW by Gabrielle Zevin for Your Group

Each month, we ask book groups to share the titles they are reading that month and rate them. From all entries, three winners will be selected, and each will win 12 copies of that month’s prize book for their group. Note: To be eligible to win, let us know the title of the book that YOUR book group is CURRENTLY reading, NOT the title we are giving away.

Our latest prize book is TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW by Gabrielle Zevin --- an instant New York Times bestseller, a Fallon Book Club selection, and the winner of both the Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction and the Book of the Month Club’s Book of the Year. This novel steeped in nostalgia and innovation follows three friends as they come of age in the world of video games, creating stories and worlds that enhance, redefine and preserve their rich bonds while attempting to defy the limits of mortality. To enter, please fill out the form below by Wednesday, June 14th at noon ET.
 

May 9, 2023

In this newsletter, you will find books releasing the weeks of May 8th and May 15th that we think will be of interest to Bookreporter.com readers, along with Bonus News, where we call out a contest, feature or review that we want to let you know about so you have it on your radar.

This week, we are calling attention to our Summer Reading Contests and Feature, a series of 24-hour giveaways that are taking place on select days through mid-August. Enter for your chance to win titles that we think will be great summer book picks. The first contest is now up, and two more will follow at noon ET on Wednesday and Thursday!

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May 9, 2023

This Bookreporter.com Special Newsletter spotlights a book that we think is a great summer reading selection. Read more about it, and enter our Summer Reading Contest by Wednesday, May 10th at noon ET for a chance to win one of five copies of PIECES OF BLUE by Holly Goldberg Sloan, which is now available. Please note that each contest is only open for 24 hours, so you will need to act quickly!

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May 9, 2023

On the Wings of a Story

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By Joanne Leedom-Ackerman
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Joanne Leedom-Ackerman is a novelist and journalist whose fiction includes her recent thriller, BURNING DISTANCE, and the upcoming THE FAR SIDE OF THE DESERT. Her younger son is author Elliot Ackerman, whose latest novel is HALCYON. Her older son, Nate, is a mathematician. As a child, Joanne would get lost in the pages of books that her mother read to her or encouraged her to read. This allowed her to travel all over the world and experience the sights and sounds of each destination she visited, all from the comfort of her own home. Joanne followed in her mother’s footsteps by making sure that Elliot and Nate were exposed to the joys and wonders of reading books and creating stories at a young age.

Joanne Leedom-Ackerman

Joanne Leedom-Ackerman is a novelist, short story writer and journalist whose works of fiction include THE DARK PATH TO THE RIVER and NO MARBLE ANGELS. Her recent nonfiction book, PEN JOURNEYS: Memoir of Literature on the Line, drew inspiration from her job as a vice president of the worldwide writers and human rights organization PEN International. She is also on the boards of the American Writers Museum, the International Center for Journalists, Words Without Borders and Refugees International. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Texas Institute of Letters.

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