March Newsletter

Patricia Briggs, Helen Oyeyemi, Tracy Chevalier, 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 534 days ago. --> Update Your Progress EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS Patricia Briggs The bestselling urban fantasy writer dishes on her love of werewolves and her new book, Fire Touched, the latest adventure for shape-shifting heroine Mercy Thompson. More Helen Oyeyemi The imaginative author of Boy, Snow, Bird returns with a new collection of interlocking stories, What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours, about the power and mystery of keys. More GOOD MINDS SUGGEST Tracy Chevalier's Favorite Frontier Books Pack your wagon and head west with these five picks from the author of the new historical novel At the Edge of the Orchard. Tracy suggests: More... A. Igoni Barrett's Favorite Books About Transformation A black Nigerian wakes up white in the new satire Blackass, whose author recommends five books about change, inside and out. A. Igoni suggests: More... Melanie Benjamin's Favorite Books for Truman Capote Lovers From high society glitz to true crime realism, Capote fans will delight in these recs from the author of The Swans of Fifth Avenue. Melanie suggests: More... DEBUT AUTHOR SNAPSHOT Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney In her sharply drawn new novel, The Nest, familial fallout ensues when the oldest brother of a quartet of dysfunctional siblings blows through their joint trust fund. More BEST BOOKS OF THE MONTH The Two-Family House by Lynda Cohen Loigman (Goodreads Author) One stormy night in 1947, two sisters-in-law give birth just minutes apart. Helen longs for a daughter, and Rose hopes for a son. In this absorbing novel they make a quick decision that will change the course of their lives. More Adulthood Is a Myth: A "Sarah's Scribbles" Collection by Sarah Andersen Do you secretly have no clue what you're doing? Being an adult is hard. The artist behind the semiautobiographical comics "Sarah's Scribbles" compiles what she's learned about being an adult, in all her socially awkward glory. More Shelter by Jung Yun (Goodreads Author) Deep in debt, with a rocky marriage and young son, Kyung is on the verge of selling his house—until he finds out that his estranged parents need to move in. He struggles to unite his family as memories of childhood abuse resurface. More Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond (Goodreads Author) Desmond, a MacArthur "Genius Grant" recipient, moved to Milwaukee's lowest-income neighborhoods to research the urban poor. His powerful exposé profiles eight families and reveals how evictions have become a profitable business. More The North Water by Ian McGuire (Goodreads Author) This gritty historical thriller is set aboard an ill-fated whaling ship traveling to the Arctic—with a killer among the crew. Facing nightmarish events, the men must fight to survive or perish in the unforgiving landscape. More Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton (Goodreads Author) In the desert nation of Miraji, sharpshooter Amani teams up with a handsome fugitive on the run from the sultan's army. This epic fantasy for teens sports magical jinni, mythical horses, a rebel prince, and plenty of romance. More View Past Best Books of the Month... DO GOOD WITH GOODREADS PEN International Be a champion for freedom of expression! Find out how you can help rally support for persecuted writers in Syria, Egypt, Bangladesh, and beyond. More 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! Sonoma by Emily Axelrod On the path to the studio tarweed sticks to my shoes and in the warmth of late afternoon releases its musky scent. It is the smell of dry brown hills, of horses sweet with sweat, of dried manure and valley oak, the bouquet of my childhood. By the creek, nearly dry from summer's drought, the blue heron searches for a small fish swimming in the trickle that remains. Hawks circle above, wings carving the dry hot sky, and a garden snake basks languorously against the stone wall. Once I was 12, then 20, now 60 And still the parched land binds me to a distant history of grasses blowing brown in hot summer wind, of cracked earth and lizards' skin and the memory of my cheek against the horse's warm neck as I inhale her damp perfume. 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, Product Managers, and a Technical Program Manager. Check out our Jobs Page for more details and to apply. TRIVIA In the Sherlock Holmes books, what is Dr. Watson's first name? John Jake Jack Joel ASK THE AUTHOR for Lisa Lutz:"I love Izzy! How much of you is in this character?" See Lisa's Answer for Helen Simonson:"[How] did you research The Summer Before the War?" See Helen's Answer More authors answering reader questions... NEW BOOKS BY GOODREADS AUTHORS Jane Steele Gothic Retelling byLyndsay Faye The Moon in the Palace Historical Fiction byWeina Dai Randel A Study in Charlotte Young Adult Mystery byBrittany Cavallaro More March Books #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! 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