Archive for February 5th, 2011

Last weekend we featured the Cover Wars for the UK vs. US covers of Allison Pearson’s latest, I Think I Love You. Now, I’m a definite fan of the US version, but the votes were definitely varied. Well, now, thanks to the wonderful publisher we are able to offer a copy to one of our US/Canadian readers! I’m afraid the competition is open to US/Canada residents only and will end Saturday February 19th, 2011 at 12pm (mid-day) GMT. Thank you!

Take a look at a bit about the book and then enter to win below by completing the form!

From the author of the best seller I Don’t Know How She Does It, a follow-up that promises to be one of the most widely read and talked-about novels of the season.

1974, Wales. Thirteen-year-old Petra and her best friend, Sharon, are in love with David Cassidy and obsessed with The Ultimate David Cassidy Quiz, a contest whose winners will be flown to America to meet their teen idol. 1998, London. Petra is pushing forty and on the brink of divorce. While cleaning out her mother’s closet, she finds a dusty letter—a letter her mother had intercepted—declaring her the winner of the contest she and Sharon had labored over with such agony and bliss. Twenty-four years later, twenty pounds heavier, the girls reunite for an all-expenses-paid trip to Las Vegas to meet their teen idol at last, middle age—theirs and his—be damned.

Poignant, hilarious, joyful, profoundly moving and uplifting, I Think I Love You captures what girls learn about love through the universal experience of worshipping a teen dream. It will resonate with readers everywhere.

We announced a little while ago that Abby McDonald’s adult novels had been picked up by Sourcebooks in the US and the first of the two The Liberation of Alice Love is out on March 1st. The cover is to die for, as you can see, and it makes me want to buy the book despite the fact I’ve already read it. Here’s what the book is about:

Clever and elegant, this novel forces you to think about how far you’d go to find the truth, and how many lies you’d tell to uncover it. Alice Love keeps her life (and boss, and family) running in perfect order, so when her bank card is declined, she thinks it’s just a simple mistake. Sadly, someone has emptied her bank account, spending her savings on glamorous holidays, sexy lingerie, and a to-die-for wardrobe, and leaving Alice with lots of debt. But she soon wonders if perhaps her alter-ego’s reckless, extravagant lifestyle is the one Alice should have been leading all along…