Library Love Fest

Ree Drummond and Dennis Lehane!

We've got not one, but two, amazing author clips to share today! The first is one of my heroines, Ree Drummond (the Pioneer Woman) on the Today Show.  With some help from Al Roker, Ree makes her famous "evil" cinnamon rolls, loaded up with plenty of butter and gooey maple icing.  Check out the clip here, which includes the recipe.  If anything can beat the morning frost, it's these rolls.  I dare you not to salivate watching them.

Next up! We absolutely love Craig Ferguson, even though he thinks a book is "kind of like a blog, but interesting." ALA favorite Dennis Lehane, who needs no introduction, appeared on Craig's show to chat about Moonlight Mile, the sequel to Gone, Baby, Gone.   Enjoy!

 

Critical Buzz for I'd Know You Anywhere--Updated!

This past June at ALA, one of our most in-demand AREs was Laura Lippman's I'd Know You Anywhere, on sale today (check out the "buzz" from our title presentation).  The critics are weighing in: 

"She's one of the best novelists around, period.” --The Washington Post

"Lippman deftly keeps the balls aloft with a strong structure--a straight-ahead chronology interrupted by surgical flashbacks--and evocative writing." --Cleveland Plain Dealer

"Lippman’s taut, mesmerizing, and exceptionally smart drama of predator and prey is at once unusually sensitive and utterly compelling."--Donna Seaman, Booklist (starred review)

"From its unsettling opening to its breathtaking conclusion, "Anywhere" exemplifies Lippman's strengths: compassion, intense prose and deep empathy for the snares of ambiguous emotions."--Adam Woog, Seattle Times

"Lippman never forgets as she moves from past to present and from perspective to perspective that nothing is more important—or more elusive—than the truth."--Kirkus

Check out this video of Laura discussing the book, and be sure to stock your shelves. Laura will be appearing on The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson (August 31) and on The Tavis Smiley Show (September 1)!   I'd Know You Anywhere will also be coming to People Magazine's August 30th issue. 

Want more Laura? Tell her why you love your library in 1,000 words or less, and win a visit! Deadline: September 30, 2010.  Go to Laura’s site for the rules of the contest.
 

-Kayleigh