February Newsletter

Emma Watson, Yann Martel, Lois McMaster Bujold, Petina Gappah, and tons of new books! Find your next great read! View this email in your browser Hi Ravi, You started reading Operation Blue Star: The True Story 505 days ago. Update Your Progress EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS Yann Martel The Life of Pi author returns with The High Mountains of Portugal, a labyrinthine novel that intertwines human stories and spans continents—and there are chimpanzees! More Lois McMaster Bujold Thirty years after the start of her epic Vorkosigan Saga, the science fiction master continues to develop her rich universe in Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen. More GOOD MINDS SUGGEST Together with ForYourArt, we asked an influential group of artists and writers, including Miranda July, Janet Fitch, and Aram Saroyan, to share a handwritten list of their favorite books! More JOIN THE DISCUSSION Emma Watson's Feminist Book Club on Goodreads! One hundred thousand readers have joined My Life on the Road—don't miss Emma's interview with author Gloria Steinem on February 24! More BOOK LOOK All the Buildings in London: That I've Drawn So Far View the Gallery DEBUT AUTHOR SNAPSHOT Petina Gappah An albino woman on death row at Zimbabwe's Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison writes down her unusual life story in the new novel The Book of Memory. More BEST BOOKS OF THE MONTH Sudden Death by Álvaro Enrigue Italian painter Caravaggio and Spanish poet Quevedo engage in a deadly allegorical tennis match in this metaphysical romp of a novel that vaults through time to explore art, history, religion, and modern thought. More My Father, the Pornographer: A Memoir by Chris Offutt (Goodreads Author) This memoir recounts a son's journey to understand his father, the author of more than 400 pornographic novels. Offutt works to forgive as he describes the distant man who was more dedicated to his writing than to his family. More A Criminal Magic by Lee Kelly (Goodreads Author) What if Prohibition outlawed magic instead of alcohol? This 1920s historical fantasy is packed with gangsters and magical speakeasies. When a sorceress named Joan meets Alex, a federal spy, they must decide whom to trust. More While the City Slept: A Love Lost to Violence and a Young Man's Descent into Madness by Eli Sanders (Goodreads Author) Who is to blame when mental illness leads to violence? In this true-crime narrative, journalist Sanders delves into a 2009 case of rape and murder in Seattle, looking at a complex sequence of events from every angle. More Try Not to Breathe by Holly Seddon (Goodreads Author) Left for dead, Amy Stevenson has been in a coma for 15 years, her attacker never found. Struggling alcoholic and reporter Alex Dale becomes obsessed with the cold case in this psychological thriller, even as her own life unravels. More Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin (Goodreads Author) Sometimes high schooler Riley Cavanaugh identifies as a girl, and sometimes as a boy. But growing up gender fluid in a conservative town isn't easy—or even safe—and Riley's politician dad is up for reelection in this novel for teens. More View Past Best Books of the Month... GOODREADS POETRY CONTEST Want your words to reach millions of people? Goodreads and the ¡POETRY! group have partnered to host an ongoing poetry contest. Join the ¡POETRY! group and vote each month to pick a winner from among the finalists. You can also submit a poem for consideration. Here is this month's winner! This Is Home by Marlene Kelly We will always be here, you said. This town and you and the rusty moon Under the browned trees and the night sky. The permanence, a brick house, Built to withstand earthquakes and silent explosions. Inside I am never the same. It's a smack in the face The beauty of you on the last night Before the world comes back to claim me. My heart, a packed suitcase, Exchanging blood and oxygen for the salty ocean And the forested mountains. Did I mistake the tenderness of your words? With my open hand on your heart, My head on your chest. I said I love you, You want me to be happy. Zipping up the moment like a tight pair of jeans. My friend, we are oceans divided By the comforts of home, And the soft curve of loneliness. I was the one who left Resolved you would never consider that You are the point inside where joy begins. We shrug it off And pull away without exhaling Until sleep restores the unfussed mess of us. Read More Poetry With love, The Goodreads Editorial Team Follow on Facebook @goodreads Follow on 2016 Reading Challenge Goodreads Blog Want to work at Goodreads? We are hiring Software Engineers, a Technical Program Manager, a Senior Analyst, Product Managers, and Site Merchandisers. Check out our Jobs Page for more details and to apply. TRIVIA Haruki Murakami's novel Norwegian Wood takes its title from the song by: The Rolling Stones The Beatles Elvis Presley The Who ASK THE AUTHOR for Andy Weir:"Do you take duct tape everywhere you go?" See Andy's Answer More authors answering reader questions... #GOALS Tell us how many books you want to read in 2016, and Goodreads will help you meet your goal! Set Your Reading Goal GIVEAWAYS: Win prerelease books! Be the first to read new books. Enter a drawing and cross your fingers! More Giveaways LISTOPIA Books Becoming Movies in 2016 More Browse Listopia NEW BOOKS BY GOODREADS AUTHORS All the Winters After Fiction bySeré Prince Halverson The Queen of the Night Historical Fiction byAlexander Chee Salt to the Sea WWII Young Adult byRuta Sepetys To unsubscribe from the Goodreads Newsletter, please click here. © 2016 Goodreads Inc 188 Spear Street, 3rd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105

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