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Booklist picks WEIRD GIRL & WHAT’S HIS NAME as their lead review of the day!

Weird Girl Book CoverCongrats to Three Rooms Press and to Meagan Brothers, author of WEIRD GIRL AND WHAT’S HIS NAME (Three Rooms Press Trade Paperback Original: October 13, 2015; $15.95). Not only did Booklist give her forthcoming YA novel a starred review, they also picked the book as their lead review of the day, today (August 13, 2015).

You may be a fan of Meagan Brothers already. Her previous book, Supergirl Mixtape, was an indy hit. Her new YA novel is a coming-of-age story for the twenty-first century. In the tiny podunk town of Hawthorne, North Carolina, high school geeks Lula and Rory share everything— a love of sci-fi and fantasy, a questioning of their sexuality, resentment toward the parents that abandoned them, an obsession with old X-Files episodes, and the feeling that they’ll never quite fit in. Lula and Rory have no secrets from each other; after all, she knows he’s gay, and he understands why she worships the mother that walked out on her.

But then Lula discovers that Rory—her Rory, who maybe she’s secretly had feelings for—has not only tried out for the football team, but has been having an affair with his middle-aged divorcee boss. With their friendship disrupted, Lula begins to question her very identity, and when she disappears in the middle of the night in a desperate search for her long-lost mother, Rory is left to survive on his own.
When Lula returns, neither she nor Rory are the same, and they are forced to make amends and move on from that summer, or risk repeating the mistakes of their parents’ generation.
Meagan Brother’s piercing prose speaks to anyone who has ever felt unwanted and alone, and who struggles to find their place in an isolating world.

Filed Under: Books, LGBT, Reviews & Features, Uncategorized, YA Tagged With: LGBT, Meagan Brothers, Three Rooms Press, Weird Girl & What's His Name, YA, Young adult

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Salvatore Basile’s book COOL hits Library Journal bestseller list at #7

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Cool: How Air Conditioning Changed Everything by Salvatore Basile A Library Journal bestselling book

We’ve been big “fans” of Salvatore Basile’s delightful social history on the birth of the air conditioner for some time now. Really! We rate it right up there with Devil in the White City, The Pencil by Henry Petroski, and Salt by Mark Kurlansky.

Well, it seems we’re not alone in our enthusiasm for this quirky book. Library Journal just released their 2015 bestseller list for engineering and technology titles, and COOL: How Air Conditioning Changed Everything is sitting pretty at #7. Congrats, Sal!

You can check out the entire list here: Library Journal 2015 Engineering & Technology Bestsellers

 

Filed Under: Books, Reviews & Features, Uncategorized Tagged With: air conditioning, bestseller, books, cool, engineering, Fordham University Press, Library Journal, nonfiction, Salvatore Basile, social history, technology

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CALLING ALL NEW ENGLAND WRITERS!

The New England Society is now accepting nominations for the New England Society Book Awards (2014). Submissions have already been received from Rizzoli, Random House, Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Da Capo Press, Yale University Press, Princeton Architectural Press and many others. Deadline is December 13, 2013. If you’ve published a book in 2013 with a New England theme and/or you reside in New England, you can find out more information about submitting your work here: http://www.nesnyc.org/book-award/overview

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Book Awards, Book Awards 2014, Literary Awards, NES, New England, New England Society, New England Society Book Awards

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Critical Mass by Sara Paretsky

Sara Paretsky’s 17th crime novel featuring female detective V.I. Warshawski will be published October 22 by Putnam.  CRITICAL MASS has already received a starred review in Publishers Weekly, and they featured a great Q&A with Sara.  This will be one book to watch this Fall!

To read the full Q&A visit http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/59017-bombs-away-pw-talks-with-sara-paretsky.html  and for more information on Sara visit http://www.saraparetsky.com/

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Crime fiction, Critical Mass, female detective, mystery, Over the River Public Relations, publishers weekly, Putnam, Sara Paretsky, thriller, V.I. Warshawski

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Introducing YA Author Elisa Freilich

I am thrilled to introduce to you a dynamic new author in the YA world:  Elisa Freilich.  Her debut novel, Silent Echo: A Siren’s Tale (Diversion Books eBook; September 10, 2013; $3.99) is an epic story filled with fantasy, romance and original music and the first book in an original trilogy inspired by The Odyssey.  For more information about the book and the author, visit www.elisafreilich.com.  You can pre-order the book now!

Writing Belle blogger posted a great interview with Elisa: http://www.writingbelle.com/

And SILENT ECHO has already received some great early buzz from other bloggers: “Silent Echo has become one of the best books I’ve read this 2013 and I even dare saying that is one of the best YA books.” http://livinginourownstory.blogspot.com.es/2013/08/silent-echo-sirens-tale.html

“Mesmerizing and beautiful, this book manages to exploit music in a dangerous and seductive way” http://girlinthewoodsreviews.blogspot.com/2013/08/review-silent-echo-sirens-tale-by-elisa.html

“Spellbinding, romantic, and thrilling, Elisa Freilich’s Silent Echo: A Siren’s Tale was a thoroughly enjoyable debut. I simply can’t wait to see what’s next for Portia, Max, and the rest of the gang!” http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/680528811

Once you’ve had a chance to read it, let us know what you think!

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Debut novelist, Diversion Books, Elisa Freilich, Silent Echo: A Siren's Tale, YA, Young adult

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