IN THIS ISSUE
*New Titles, Menus, Recipes and Giveaways
*GalleyMatch Book Clubs Preview
*Book Blends & Recipes
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Peach cobbler and apple crisp bubbling, blueberry tarts and Queen of Sheba cake cooling, prime rib on the grill, adobo chicken simmering, a clambake steaming, ice-cold Sweet Tea and Old Fashioned cocktails stirred and ready. Cooking up mouthwatering summertime favorites from authors' July book club menus has been a treat.
I'm excited to share these books and literary fare throughout the month as you travel with authors to small-town South Carolina, a Texas ranch, 1930s New York, coastal Maine, the Hollywood, Florida boardwalk, the Lake Michigan shore, Seattle, the Hudson River Valley, and beyond.
And enjoy our feature on Shari Lapena's thriller Not A Happy Family —along with Shari's book-inspired recipe—in July's Costco Connection.
Enjoy reading and cooking!
Judy Gelman
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Book-inspired menus and giveaways featured on social media |
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Book Club Buzz
Authors' book-inspired recipes, menus, and giveaways
begin on the dates below for one month
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BET ON IT
Jodie Slaughter
(SMP Romance)
Fiction / Romance
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A heart-stoppingly fun, emotional romance that will have readers falling in love until long after the last page is turned. |
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THE BODYGUARD
Katherine Center
(St. Martin's Press)
Fiction / Romance
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A romantic and humorous romance about a bodyguard, and the movie star she's hired to protect, as they work to keep things professional under crazy circumstances. |
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Book Club Daily Feature Titles
Authors' book-inspired menus and giveaways
begin on the dates below for one week
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NOT A HAPPY FAMILY
Shari Lapena
(Viking / Pamela Dorman)
Mystery/ Thriller
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After the brutal murder of a wealthy couple, their children become suspects.
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FIVE-PART INVENTION
Andrea J. Buchanan
(Pegasus)
Fiction
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A haunting debut novel spanning five generations of women that wrestles with the question—if trauma echoes through generations, can love echo, too? |
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HAVEN POINT
Virginia Hume
(St. Martin's Press)
Fiction
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A sweeping debut novel about the generations of a family that spend summers in a seaside enclave on Maine's rocky coastline. |
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THE EDGE OF SUMMER
Viola Shipman
(Graydon House)
Fiction
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A captivating summertime escape set along the sparkling shores of Lake Michigan, where a woman searches for clues to her secretive mother's past. |
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THINGS WE DO IN THE DARK
Jennifer Hillier
(Minotaur)
Mystery / Thriller
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Paris Peralta is suspected of killing her celebrity husband, and her long-hidden past now threatens to destroy her future. |
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THE WRONG KIND OF WOMAN
Sarah McCraw Crow
(Mira)
Historical Fiction
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Told through alternating perspectives, an engrossing story about finding the strength to forge new paths, beautifully woven against the rapid changes of the early 1970s. |
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LIVING AND LEAVING MY LEGACY
Merle R. Saferstein
(Great Mother Press)
Nonfiction
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A guide to the benefits of journaling, and creating a legacy journal to communicate realizations and observations about one’s life. |
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GalleyMatch Book Clubs Suggest |
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Click images for meeting highlights for these titles previewed through GalleyMatch. |
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LAST DANCE ON THE STARLIGHT PIER
by Sarah Bird
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*Happy Bookers, Linn, Missouri
*Fab Five, Appleton, Wisconsin
*Next Chapter, Frisco, Texas
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DARK AND SHALLOW LIES
by Ginny Myers Sain
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*Book Club Girls, Sparta, New Jersey
*ELHS Book Club Trinity, Alabama
*Reckless Readers, Eastford, Connecticut
*North Wales Area Library Book Club, Pennsylvania
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Spice it up with Book, TV, and Song Blends, our spices, herbs, and blends inspired by literary, television, and music favorites. Blends are available in our online shop, as well as at Titcomb’s Book Shop, Skylark Book Shop, Main Street Reads, The Novel Neighbor, Reads by the River, and Wordsmith Book Shoppe. |
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