Local Author Debuts!

Looking for a great book to read. Our local author section is a great place to start.   Bursting with "Author's Firsts" picks you'll be happily reading in no time.

Here are a few local "Author's Firsts" we recommend.

Never Have Your Dog Stuffed by Alan Alda

Girl's guide to Hunting and Fishing by Melissa Banks

Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby by Tom Wolfe

Lab 257 by Michael Christopher Carroll

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

Close Relations by Susan Isaacs

Life with an Accent by Marilyn Gottlieb

An Impressive List of "Author's Firsts"

Here is a list of a few (well I may have gotten carried away) Author's Firsts!!!

And don't forget to log your books for a chance to win your very own autographed or advanced copy of an "Author's First".

Happy reading!!!!

Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson

The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood

The Little Giant of Aberdeen County by Tiffany Baker

Moloka'i by Alan Brennert

Year of Wonder by Geraldine Brooks

The Opposite of Love by Julie Buxaum

April & Oliver by Tess Callahan

The Mysteries of Pittsburgh by Michael Chabon

Because I Said So by Birdie Clark
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke

A World Made of Fire by Mark Childress

Nicholas Cooke by Stephanie Cowell

The Meaning of Night by Michael Cox

The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean

The Big Love by Sarah Dunn

The Girl Who Fell From the Sky by Heidi W. Durrow

Blind Submission by Debra Ginsberg

Three June by Julia Glass

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

The Vanishing of Katharina Linden by Helen Grant

The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf

Ordinary People by Judith Guest

We are all Fine Here by Mary Guterson

Tinkers by Paul Harding

Bread Alone by Judith Ryan Hendricks

Ursula Under by Ingrid Hill

The Center of Winter by Marya Hornbacher

Setting Free the Bears by John Irving

Enemy Women by Paulette Jiles

Mudbound by Hillary Jordan

The Ha-Ha by Dave King

The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolover

She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb

Patty Jane's House of Curl by Lorna Landvik

Then She Found Me by Elinor Lipman

In the Lap of the Gods by Li Miao Lovett

Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight

Rainlight by Alison McGhee

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

Astrid & Veronika by Linda Olsson

The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer

The Dive From Clausen's Pier by Ann Parker

Strange as this Weather Has Been by Ann Pancake

Consumption by Kevin Patterson


Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt

Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson

The Department of Lost & Found by Allison Winn Scotch

Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

When We Get There by Shauna Seliy

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer

Seating Arrangements by Maggie Shipstead

Tomorrow There Will Be Apricots by Jessica Soffer

Torch by Cheryl Strayed

Amy and Isabelle by Elizabeth Strout

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

Juliet in August by Dianne Warren

Overseas by Beatriz Williams

When God was a Rabbit by Sarah Winman

Good Grief by Lolly Winston

"Author's Firsts"

So you've signed up for the "First" Annual Adult Summer Reading Club and you haven't a clue as to where to begin.  Don't worry.  Visit www.orderofbooks.com and you'll be well on your way.  This site shares with you a complete list of all book series in order! So it'll be easy to see which was the author's "first" title published.

Remember to Relax, Read and log your books.  The more you read and log the better your chances of winning each week.  The first raffle will be on July 8th!  Good Luck!!!!

"First" Annual Adult Summer Reading Club

Call 288-3335 for more information.

Thank You BEA 2013!

Note I didn't have to buy any of these books!

After much preparation Book Expo America has come and gone for yet another year  Like every year there was so much to do and many authors to meet and even more books to grab.  Throughout my four days at BEA I had the pleasure of listening to numerous well-known authors; Wally Lamb, Neil Gaiman, and Amy Tan to name a few.  I carried, lugged and pulled suitcases of books around the Jacob Javits Center.  I stood in line almost every minute of each day, from dawn till way past dusk, for autographs from some of my most favorite authors.  I was in book heaven!!

Books packed!

To many in the industry BookExpo America is a book lover’s dream come true.  Yes there is a lot of preparation (if you choose to poor over the author lists and attend panel discussions), yes, you’re standing a lot – in lines, and yes you’re feet and shoulders hurt from carrying books and you’re exhausted by the end of the day, but it is well worth it!

In four day I managed to meet and talk to over 30 authors, I saw over 100 and have now piled in my den more than 300 books.  

Pile one to give away...

Pile two...Mine!

Below are a few authors (and one lovable pig) I met while grabbing up some of the season's soon to be hottest books. check back for a list of titles I'll be reading.

Alice Hoffman

Chelsea Handler

Colum McCann

Courtney Sullivan

Curtis Sittenfeld

Dorothea Benton Frank

Elizabeth Gilbert

Elizabeth Silver

Geraldine Brooks

Giada de Laurentiis

Jeffrey Deaver

Lee Smith

Nathaniel Philbrick

Olivia

Paula Dean

Sylvia Day

Wally Lamb

Waley Cash

Nerd Alert!

BookExpo America is a Week away!

I'm gearing up for my favorite time of the year, BookExpo America in New York City!  BookExpo America takes place over a four day period usually at the end of May or beginning of June.  I spend the month before (if not more) scouting special events and author signing on the BEA website, bookweb.com and in any nerdy book publishing outlet.  at this time I have reservations made, my schedules are being finalized and my list of sought after titles and authors is being finalized.  Now all I need is to go!

BEA is such an exciting time for books lovers and author groupies like myself.  Check back for updates and author pics from the event!

Here's a sneak peak as to who I'll be seeing...

Wally Lamb

Laura Lippman

Sarah Jio

Amy Tan

Neil Gamain

Hot Books for Cool Moms

Happy Mother's Day!!!
We will be celebrating Mothers all month long with a list of worthwhile motherly reads.

Midwife of Hope River by Patricia Harman
Heart of the Matter by Emily Giffin
Mom & Me & Mom by Maya Angelou
Unless by Carol Shields
The Book of Ruth by Jane Hamilton
Please Look After Mom by Kyung-Sook Shin
The Sins of the Mother by Danielle Steel
The Mothers by Jennifer Gilmore
Then Came You by Jennifer Weiner
Waiting to Surface by Emily Listfield

What Do You Do All Day by Amy Scheibe
As Husbands Go by Susan Isaacs
Marmee & Louisa by Louisa May Alcott
Memory Palace by Mira Bartok
Have a Little Faith by Mitch Albom
Sippy Cups are not for Chardonnay: And other things I had to Learn as a New Mom by Stefanie Wilder-Taylor
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Daughter of the Queen of Sheba: A Memoir by Jacki Lyden
What to Keep by Rachel Cline


Drowning Ruth by Christina Schwartz
Five Quarters of an Orange by Joanne Harris
Once Upon a River by Bonnie Jo Campbell
Night Road by Kristin Hannah
Keeping Faith by Jodi Picoult
Room by Emma Donoghue
Four of a Kind by Valerie Frankel
What My Mother Gave Me: Thirty-One Women On the Gifts that Matter Most by Elizabeth Benedict


The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Mothers and Sons: Stories by Colm Toibin
Left Neglected by Lisa Genova
Secret Life of CeeCee Wilkes by Diane Chamberlain
A Woman of Independant Means by Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey
Winter Garden by Keistin Hannah
Heartwood by Belva Plain
Love You More by Lisa Gardner
The Surrogate by Judith Henry Wall
Save Me by Lisa Scottoline

Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
Harvesting the Heart by Jodi Picoult
The Bad Mother's Handbook by Kate Long
Accidental Happiness by Jean Reynolds Page
The Turk and My Mother by Mary Helen Stefaiak
Swallow the Ocean: a Memoir by Laura M. Flynn
The Good Mother by Sue Miller
Raising Hope by Kate Willard
Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver
Up From the Blue by Susan Henderson

If its Not One Thing, Its Your Mother by Julia Sweeney
Danny's Mom by Elaine Wolf
Some Assembly Required by Ann Lamott
Sweet Ruin by Cathi Hanauer
Outside the Ordinary by Dori Ostermiller
Ten Days by Janet Gilsdorf
No More Words: A Journal of My Mother, Anne Morrow Lindbergh by Reeve Lindberg
Rosie by Ann Lamott
Secret Daughter by Shilpi Somaya Gowda