The Gotta-Have-It Book of the Month: Last Night in Montreal by Emily St. John Mandel
The Tease:
She was easily distracted. She had a photographer’s fascination with quality of light. An upside-down CD reflecting rainbows on the bedroom ceiling, a glass of red wine catching the light of a candle, the Empire State Building piercing white against the sky at night. She loved details, and the world, and inevitably became lost in both.
Available: June 2, 2009
The Gotta-Have-It Book of the Month: Busy Woman Seeks Wife by Annie Sanders
The Tease:
‘So,’ said Gavin, looking back at her now. ‘Sorry I couldn’t make it to Toronto in the end. Bit of a cock-up I hear. Shouldn’t have let you on your own after all, should I?’
‘Er…’ She was a bit suspicious of the smile in his eyes. Was she really being told off? ‘It was just one of those things. A technical fault, you know?’
‘Mmm.’ He leaned down to undo the sneakers. ‘Feedback seems to have been okay, but time is too short for fuckups, Alex. You know that. We’re only a few weeks away from the launch now and I can’t afford for this not to go right. I’ll be lynched by the top brass if we mess up this range. They want it to be the blast of the decade. Now bugger off.’ She turned to go. ‘Oh, and Alex?’ She turned back. ‘Next time take a backup PC, okay?’
Available: April 29, 2009
We have two sets of winners for March’s giveaways - first up, the Women’s History Month Giveaway from Hachette Book Group! The correct answer to the question “Which of the above eight authors also wrote a book called Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress?” is Susan Gilman. The five lucky entrants that matched up to the numbers from a random generator are:
Nicole S. of Enderby, BC
Nely S. of Hialeah, FL
Jen W. of Oakville, ON
Karly K. of Carlsbad, CA
Emily O. of Tallahassee, FL
Congrats to the winners, who each won a prize pack of the following eight books:
My Little Red Book By Rachel Kauder Nalebuff
See Jane Lead By Lois Frankel
Galway Bay By Mary Kelly
Mistress Bradstreet By Charlotte Gordon
Dream in Color By Linda Sánchez, Loretta Sánchez, Richard Buskin, Nancy Pelosi
Kiss Off By Mary Esselman , Elizabeth Vélez
Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven By Susan Gilman
Put Your Dreams First By Thembisa S., Vanessa Williams
The other contest from Hachette Book Group was the ‘Spring Cleaning, Spring Forward’ contest! The correct answer to the question “Which of the above five authors also wrote a book called In My Wildest Dreams?” is Gail Blanke. The five lucky entrants that matched up to the numbers from a random generator are:
Ann B. of High Bridge, NJ
Phyllis S. of Forest Hills, NY
Tracey L. of Mission, BC
Shannon S. of Decatur, GA
Dina N. of Kennesaw, GA
Congrats to the winners, who each won a prize pack of the following five books:
Throw Out Fifty Things By Gail Blanke
No Matter What! By Lisa Nichols
Mrs. Meyer’s Clean Home By Thelma Meyer
The Power to Change Today By Gregory Dickow
Work in Progress By Kristin Armstrong
A big thank you to everyone who entered the contests…stay tuned for more contests and reviews!
March is Women’s History Month, and to celebrate, we’re giving away a fabulous set of books from Hachette Book Group USA!
Five lucky winners will each win a set of the following eight books:
My Little Red Book By Rachel Kauder Nalebuff
See Jane Lead By Lois Frankel
Galway Bay By Mary Kelly
Mistress Bradstreet By Charlotte Gordon
Dream in Color By Linda Sánchez, Loretta Sánchez, Richard Buskin, Nancy Pelosi
Kiss Off By Mary Esselman , Elizabeth Vélez
Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven By Susan Gilman
Put Your Dreams First By Thembisa S., Vanessa Williams
To Enter
Simply email bookbrothel@gmail.com with ‘Women’s History Month’ in the subject heading line. (I can’t accept entries via the comments here, so please email!)
In the body of the email, please let me know:
1. Your name
2. Your location (town and province/state is fine; I’ll contact the winners for their full addresses)
3. The answer to the following question:
Which of the above eight authors also wrote a book called ‘Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress‘?
The fine print
1. The contest is open between now and 11:59EST March 31, 2009. One entry per person, please!
2. The five winners will be selected at random and contacted by email requesting their full mailing address. If there is no response by April 3, 2009, alternate winner(s) will be selected. The winners will be announced on the website in a (Lisa Y. of Toronto, Ontario) format to protect privacy.
3. This contest is only open to residents of Canada and the United States. Books cannot be shipped to P.O. boxes - sorry!
4. Personal information will only be used by The Book Brothel for the purpose of this contest and will not be sold or given away.
Good luck and happy Women’s History Month!
Is it…could it be…spring? Let’s keep our fingers crossed…both for better weather and this chance to win a fantastic set of books from Hachette Book Group USA! With spring comes spring cleaning and a chance for a new start, and you’ll want these books to help you on your way.
Five lucky winners will each win a set of the following five books:
Throw Out Fifty Things By Gail Blanke
No Matter What! By Lisa Nichols
Mrs. Meyer’s Clean Home By Thelma Meyer
The Power to Change Today By Gregory Dickow
Work in Progress By Kristin Armstrong
To Enter
Simply email bookbrothel@gmail.com with ‘Spring Cleaning, Spring Forward’ in the subject heading line. (I can’t accept entries via the comments here, so please email!)
In the body of the email, please let me know:
1. Your name
2. Your location (town and province/state is fine; I’ll contact the winners for their full addresses)
3. The answer to the following question:
Which of the above five authors also wrote a book called ‘In My Wildest Dreams‘?
The fine print
1. The contest is open between now and 11:59EST March 31, 2009. One entry per person, please!
2. The five winners will be selected at random and contacted by email requesting their full mailing address. If there is no response by April 3, 2009, alternate winner(s) will be selected. The winners will be announced on the website in a (Lisa Y. of Toronto, Ontario) format to protect privacy.
3. This contest is only open to residents of Canada and the United States. Books cannot be shipped to P.O. boxes - sorry!
4. Personal information will only be used by The Book Brothel for the purpose of this contest and will not be sold or given away.
Best of luck to all!
Reason for Reading: Chick lit? I’m probably there. British chick lit? I’m all yours.
Synopsis: Stephanie lives a wonderful life with her husband and son in London, while Katie lives a great life in the country with her boyfriend…too bad for these pictures of domestic bliss that the two women unknowingly share the same man, James. After discovering that James spends half the week in his city vet practice with his wife and the other half out at his country practice with his girlfriend, the two women decide one thing would be much, much more fun than just dumping him: revenge. And what could be worse on the image-conscious James’ ego than constant, inexplicable public humiliation? Let the games begin.
Reason for Reading: I occasionally like to check out teen books just to see what’s out there.
Synopsis: Brittany Ellis appears to have it all - a perfect boyfriend, rich parents, popularity; whereas Alex Fuentes seems to be well down a dark path - he’s a gang member pursued by rumours of drug deals and womanizing. But surfaces only go so deep, and when Alex and Brittany are forced to partner up in their chemistry class, they start to discover that appearances are deceiving, and chemistry class can have explosive results…
The Gotta-Have-It Book of the Month: Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven by Susan Jane Gilman
The Tease:
Something among them had caught his eye anew. He turned around and picked up Claire’s canteen. It had belonged to her stepbrother Dominic, who’d purchased it years ago from a camping and military surplus store. It was still snapped in its original, khaki-colored canvas case with “Property of the U.S. Army” stenciled on it in fading black letters.
Until that moment, I’d assumed the officer’s visit was mostly a formality, a bureaucratic ritual designed to impress and intimidate visitors. As he’d questioned us, I’d even started imagining how I was going to embellish this story later telling it to loved ones back home. It seemed obvious to me that Claire and I were innocents; what’s more, we were U.S. citizens with valid American passports - golden tickets, I’d presumed. What could the Chinese really, possibly do to a couple of red, white, and blue girls armed with nothing but backpacks, T-shirts, and good intentions?
Available: March 24, 2009
Reason for Reading: Looking for a light read to check out during my exam week…we’ll see how choosing a novel over textbooks pans out in a few weeks.
Synopsis: Adele Martin didn’t have a happy childhood, but at least she always had the thought of New York City to sustain her - it was going to be the place she would one day escape to in pursuit of a better life. But now that she’s 31, she finds herself needing to start over after a disastrous turn in NYC, and the only place she can (afford to) do it is at the cottage she inherited from her mother in rural Pennsylvania. Haunted by the memories of the mother that made her life a misery until she fled at 17, Adele confronts her past while looking to the future - which just got more promising thanks to the sexy-but-aloof neighbour she’s just acquired…
Reason for Reading: Connelly is the man for busting out of reading slumps. Always good.
Synopsis: Mickey Haller (who we first met in The Lincoln Lawyer) is a criminal defence lawyer who defends the lowest of the low - as long as they can pay. When a former colleague, Jerry Vincent, is murdered, Haller is called back to duty when he finds he has inherited all of his clients. The biggest, richest, and most famous man he’s now going to defend is accused of murdering his wife and her lover, and Vincent seemed to think it was a slam-dunk case. But Haller can’t figure out what evidence Vincent had that would get the client off the hook - or what Vincent knew about one of his clients that got him murdered, and now Haller is worried he may be next to be killed…
