Last Chance to join Book Club Night Out! (10/17, NYC)
We’re down to the last few open spaces for Book Club Girl’s Book Club Night Out, a night of books, drinks, and fun with Beatriz Williams, Karen White, and me! The evening includes a Q&A, food and booze, and goody bags with advance copies of both Beatriz’s and my summer 2019 books, The Golden Hour…
Read MoreMonday Give Away Winner
The winner of this week’s Monday Give Away, an ARC of Susan Elia MacNeal’s The Prisoner in the Castle, is… Susan Collins! Congrats, Susan! If you let me know where to send it, I’ll pop your book in the mail to you. Stay tuned for another give away coming up next Monday– and Tuesday If…
Read MoreMonday Give Away: THE PRISONER IN THE CASTLE
Happy October! Who wants to go to a secluded Scottish castle– in which someone may be a murderer? For today’s Monday Give Away, I have… an ARC of Susan Elia MacNeal’s latest in her acclaimed Maggie Hope series, The Prisoner in the Castle. Here’s the official blurb: A series of baffling murders among a group…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
This week, when I haven’t been immersing myself in another century for the next book, I’ve been making my way through Robert Galbraith’s latest Cormoran Strike mystery, Lethal White. (Am I the only one who thinks of poisoned flat whites when she sees that title? No? Just me?) This one picks up where Career of…
Read MoreMonday Give Away Winner
The winner of the ARC of The Darkling Bride, chosen by random number generator, is… Jamie! (Of Comment #18.) Congrats, Jamie! If you email me at willig@post.harvard.edu, and let me know where to send it, I’ll pop your book in the mail to you. Stay tuned for another give away next Monday!
Read MoreOctober Appearances: NYC and Harrison, NY
I’ll be out and about this October, talking books with some of my favorite people! October 17th: Book Club Night Out in NYC If you’re in the New York area, come join me, Beatriz Williams, and Karen White for an extra special Book Club Night Out hosted by Book Club Girl and Harper Collins. Book…
Read MoreMonday Give Away: THE DARKLING BRIDE
Welcome to Monday Give Away! As the days grow shorter and the air crisp, what could be better than a strong cup of tea and a little gothic atmospehere? (Or a lot of Gothic atmosphere.) This week, I have for you… an ARC of Laura Andersen’s The Darkling Bride. Here’s the official blurb: Three generations…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
I can’t tell you about most of my reading this week, since it’s for the next Work-in-Progress, which is hush hush top secret…. But I did treat myself to the new Robert Galbraith, Lethal White, which I’ve just started. Somehow, there’s something about those Galbraith books that just says “September” to me. Maybe it’s because…
Read MoreMonday Give Away Returns!
While I was away on book tour, my newly walking toddler managed to dislodge several of the large, tottery piles of books that inexplicably sprout up all around the house. Lo and behold, what should I find? Lots of ARCs (advance review copies), for which I’ve long since acquired finished books. I’ll be sending those…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
Greetings from the last leg of book tour! Sending thoughts and good wishes to everyone in the path of Florence. I hope you’re tucked up well away from the storm with a pile of good books and that all your loved ones are safe. It’s been a week of planes, trains, and automobiles! (Not always…
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