Weekly Reading Round-Up
Do you ever have those weeks when you pick up books and put them down again? I’m sure they’re very good books, and books I might like at another time, but they just weren’t holding my attention– so I gave up on them and picked up Joan Aiken Hodge’s Marry In Haste. I wasn’t sure…
Read MoreEvents, Events, Events
Even though I’m technically not on tour right now, I’ll be popping up around town to talk books and sign things. You can find me: — on May 31 at 10:30, at Book Expo America, signing ARCs of The Glass Ocean with the lovely Beatriz Williams. (Open to Book Expo attendees.) — on June 6,…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
First: how is it Friday already? Don’t get me wrong; I’m not complaining. But it feels more like Tuesday, somehow. This week is a bit of a blur. Which may be why I can’t quite remember what I read this week. I know there were books… but I have no idea what they were. The…
Read MoreGive THE ENGLISH WIFE for Mother's Day
Admittedly, the mother in The English Wife falls under the category of “thank you for not being like this….” So what better way to show your appreciation for your own mother on Mother’s Day? I’ll be signing books for Books & Greetings in New Jersey this Saturday, so if you’d like to order a personalized…
Read MoreNew Jersey, Saturday 5/5– with refreshments!
Come celebrate the fifth of May with books and Starbucks, thanks to Closter Public Library and their brand new author series! I’ll be speaking about The English Wife— and whatever else you like! If you’ve been stuck for a Mother’s Day gift, the folks from Books & Greetings will have copies of The English Wife…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
I’ve been chasing down details for the Barbados Book this week, so there hasn’t been time for much leisure reading, alas. But I did make it to Jamie Brenner’s reading for her latest, The Husband Hour, and have been reading it in snippets when I can. It’s women’s fiction set in a beachtown on the…
Read MoreTHE GLASS OCEAN Cover Re-Reveal!
So remember that cover we revealed for The Glass Ocean? That goes into the folder of forgotten covers. We now have a new, even snazzier cover to share with you! Voila! Team W is ridiculously in love with this cover and we hope you will be, too. The Glass Ocean will be sailing your way…
Read MoreThe 2018 Pinkorama Winner is….
Well, really, I think we’re all winners of the Pinkorama, for getting to enjoy such clever and well-crafted scenes! This has been a banner year for the Pinkorama and I’m so grateful to all the entrants for bringing theses scenes so brilliantly to peep. By popular vote, the winner of the 2018 Pinkorama is… The…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
Get grounded at DFW for fourteen hours due to tornadoes? More time for books! This week, I read my through a bunch of books I’ve been meaning to read for ages, including: — J. Courtney Sullivan’s Saints for All Occasions, a look at an Irish family in Boston over the course of two generations, and…
Read MoreThe 2018 Pinkorama Round-Up
So many thanks to all of this year’s Pinkorama participants! Last year’s Pinkoramae set a high bar, but these have exceeded all expectations. We have Gilded Age peeps and Regency peeps and peep videos and a killer Jacobite cat. Who could ask for anything more? It’s impossible to choose just one favorite out of so…
Read More