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Book-Ending Michael Chabon: our last giveaway for the week

March 13, 2009

We started the week with Michael Chabon, and we're ending it that way. Thanks so much for all your wonderful feedback–we're so excited to reach out to all of you. Keep checking in, as we'll be hosting more book giveaways in the coming weeks. We'd like to end this week with a giveaway of Michael Chabon's knock-out classic, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh.

Set in industrial Pittsburgh in the mid-eighties, Michael Chabon's coming-of-age debut is a mythic look at the last summer of Art Bechstein’s youth. Art is aimless, going through the motions, until he meets Arthur Lecomte. Arthur is witty, charismatic, and hedonistic, and he ushers Art into a complex social circle where loyalties are blurred by incestuous friendships. In the course of one summer, Art discovers himself—his sexuality, ambitions, desires—and learns the heartbreak of leaving childhood behind for good.

Post a comment on The Roaring 20s for your chance to win! Have a wonderful weekend, and happy reading.

-Virginia, Bobby, and Kayleigh

1970s, Books, Libraries

We’re Laying Down the Law!

March 12, 2009

We insist you read The Laws of Harmony by Judith Ryan Hendricks – which is today’s book giveaway!

We will randomly select 25 winners from the entries received. No purchase necessary. The last entry will be accepted 2 days after this posting. Approximate retail value of each prize: $13.99. Estimated total prize value: $349.75. View rules here: Download Librarylovefest-blog-sweepstakes Leave a comment below for your chance to win!

If you’ve never read Judith Ryan Hendricks, you’re in for a real treat with her latest novel, The Laws of Harmony. If you have read her, then you know why Booklist writes that this author “calls to mind Barbara Kingsolver in her affinity for wise women and the power of close female friendships.”

Her first book, Bread Alone was a Book Sense ’76 pick and really put her on the map. Next came the eagerly awaited and much beloved sequel, The Baker’s Apprentice. (We wrote about Judith in an earlier post. Check it out here.)

Now comes The Laws of Harmony, an emotionally gripping tale of one woman’s struggle to remake herself in the wake of loss and deception.

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Books, India, Libraries, Weblogs

Thrity Umrigar Returns…

March 11, 2009

Gripping…edgy…heartbreaking…shocking…amazing…

These are just a few words to describe Thrity Umrigar's forthcoming novel, The Weight of Heaven, an emotionally charged story about unexpected death, unhealed wounds, and the price one father will pay to protect himself from pain and loss.

Umrigar's previous novel, The Space Between Us, told of the social struggles in modern day India. The book took the literary world by storm and went on to become an international bestseller. It is truly an amazing piece of literature. If you haven't already read it, I strongly recommend it.

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Books, Libraries, Weblogs

The HarperCollins Library Marketing Team has jumped on the blogging bandwagon!

March 9, 2009

We’re excited to bring the very latest news to you about our books and authors. Among other things, we’ll bring authors (and quite possibly ourselves) to you via video, tell you about the latest books we’re reading and invite you to take advantage of our weekly book giveaways. If there’s late-breaking news about a Pulitzer winner (please let it be a Harper book!) or an Oprah appearance (please let it be a Harper author!) you’ll know it when we know it.

We know there’s not enough time to read everything that’s out there. We promise to keep this fun, light and informative.

To celebrate the launch of our blog, LibraryLoveFest, we’re going to give away the thing we love most: BOOKS! During our inaugural week (March 9th-13th) we will give away 25 copies of a different title each day. Check back every day to enter for your chance to win!

Today’s featured title is Michael Chabon’s Maps and Legends, a collection of 16 sparkling essays—the perfect book for any aspiring writer. Maps and Legends is a celebration of literature as entertainment.

We will randomly select 25 winners from the entries received. No purchase necessary. The last entry will be accepted 2 days after this posting. Approximate retail value of each prize: $14.99. Estimated total prize value: $374.75. View rules here: Download Librarylovefest-blog-sweepstakes. Leave a comment below for your chance to win!

We hope you enjoy our musings and we’d love to hear your feedback!

All the best,

Virginia, Bobby and Kayleigh

Books, Libraries, Web/Tech

What’s the Buzz?

March 9, 2009

Check out Library Journal’s Spring Book Buzz Webcast on TUESDAY, MARCH 9TH.

Virginia Stanley, Director of Library Marketing at HarperCollins Publishers will be one of four speakers who will talk about upcoming titles from the Spring 2009 list.