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American Saturdays Book News: Maybe This Time by Jennifer Crusie

Posted on Saturday, August 28th, 2010 by Danielle

Out this week, 31st of August to be exact, is Jennifer Crusie’s most recently release Maybe This Time. I’m dying to read it! Honestly when I originally saw the cover posted at Tales of Whimsy I wanted to get my hands on it as soon as possible. As it turns out, I’m going to be picking it up this week for sure and hoping to be reading it very very soon! What do you think? Love the cover as much as I do? Here’s the synopsis:

Andie Miller is ready to move on in life. She wants to marry her fiancé and leave behind everything in her past, especially her ex-husband, North Archer. But when Andie tries to gain closure with him, he asks one final favor of her before they go their separate ways forever. A very distant cousin of his has died and left North as the guardian of two orphans who have driven out three nannies already, and things are getting worse. He needs a very special person to take care of the situation and he knows Andie can handle anything. When Andie meets the two children she quickly realizes things are much worse than she feared. The place is a mess, the children, Carter and Alice, aren’t your average delinquents, and the creepy old house where they live is being run by the worst housekeeper since Mrs. Danvers. What’s worse, Andie’s fiancé thinks this is all a plan by North to get Andie back, and he may be right. Andie’s dreams have been haunted by North since she arrived at the old house. And that’s not the only haunting. What follows is a hilarious adventure in exorcism, including a self-doubting parapsychologist, an annoyed medium, her Tarot-card reading mother, an avenging ex-mother-inlaw, and, of course, her jealous fiancé. And just when she thinks things couldn’t get more complicated, North shows up on the doorstep making her wonder if maybe this time things could be different between them. If Andie can just get rid of all the guests and ghosts, she’s pretty sure she can save the kids, and herself, from the past. But fate might just have another thing in mind…

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American Saturdays Cover Wars: Knit the Season by Kate Jacobs

Posted on Saturday, August 28th, 2010 by Danielle

Yes, I know, a little early to be thinking about the Holidays already, but when I saw the covers already springing up I couldn’t resist. What can I say? I love the lights and the coziness of the Holidays!

So, one I happen to have stumbled on was the new cover for the Kate Jacobs novel Knit the Season, I had to share. They’re releasing it in paperback on 2nd November and I’m torn between the hardcover and the new cover. I can’t decide which one I like better, they both seem so cozy, but in entirely different ways. So, what do you think? Would you prefer the original cover on the left or the new paperback cover on the right?

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American Saturdays Book Review: The Starlet by Mary McNamara

Posted on Saturday, August 21st, 2010 by Danielle

It’s a not-so-well-respected rule in Hollywood that what happens on location stays on location. But when a hot young leading man winds up dead in his Rome hotel room, his costar’s life is about to go off the rails in a very public way—even by celeb standards.

At the tender age of twenty-three, Mercy Talbot has won an Oscar, battled addiction, wrecked more than her share of cars, and burned down her house. Her look-alike mother keeps her on a tight leash (and fueled with an endless supply of OxyContin and cocaine) and her producers demand a grueling schedule. By the time she stumbles across Juliette Greyson, a Hollywood insider on a much-needed vacation, Mercy is surrounded by photographers and about to emerge drunk, high, and naked from a public fountain. Whisking her away to an idyllic Tuscan ‘retreat,’ Juliette is about to discover another rule of Hollywood: wherever the starlet may go, the drama will follow.

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Posted in 2010 releases, American Saturday, Book Reviews, Rating: 4/5, USA Releases | 2 Comments »

American Saturdays News: She’s Gone Country by Jane Porter

Posted on Saturday, August 21st, 2010 by Danielle

Jane Porter, author of Mrs. Perfect and Easy on the Eyes has a new release out this week! And though, I’m not a huge fan of this particular cover, the synopsis for She’s Gone Country sounds quite good and I’m definitely eager to get through my reading pile so I can read this one. It’s out August 23rd and September 28th in the UK. Let me know, what do you think of the cover? Do you think you’ll pick it up based on Porter’s reputation and the book’s synopsis? Take a look:

Shey Darcy, a 39-year-old former top model for Vogue and Sports Illustrated led a charmed life in New York City with a handsome photographer husband until the day he announced he’d fallen in love with someone else. Left to pick up the pieces of her once happy world, Shey decides to move back home to Texas with her three teenage sons. Life on the family ranch, however, brings with it a whole new host of dramas starting with differences of opinion with her staunch Southern Baptist mother, her rugged but overprotective brothers, and daily battles with her three sons who are also struggling to find themselves. Add to the mix Shey’s ex-crush, Dane Kelly, a national bullriding champ and she’s got her hands full. It doesn’t take long before Shey realizes that in order to reinvent herself, she must let go of an uncertain future and a broken past, to find happiness-and maybe love-in the present.

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American Saturdays News: The Thurber House Prize for American Humor

Posted on Saturday, August 14th, 2010 by Danielle

The 2010 Thurber Prize for American Humor Finalists were just announced and one of the three contenders happens to be Mennonite in a Little Black Dress by Rhonda Janzen. This book has been on my to-read list for some time now and this may just have given me the nudge I needed to pick it up very soon. Congratulations and Good Luck!

Here’s a bit about the award itself:
Started in 1997, the Thurber Prize for American Humor is the only recognition of the art of humor writing in the United States. A panel of national judges selects the three finalists from a selection of seven or eight semi-finalists. Books submitted for a prize year had to have been published the prior year.

The winner is announced at a special awards ceremony at the Algonquin Hotel in New York City where James Thurber once lived. The winner of the prize receives $5,000 and then is the guest entertainment for the annual December Thurber Birthday Gala

About Mennonite in a Little Black Dress by Rhonda Janzen:
Not long after Rhoda Janzen turned forty, her world turned upside down. It was bad enough that her husband of fifteen years left her for Bob, a guy he met on Gay.com, but that same week a car accident left her injured. Needing a place to rest and pick up the pieces of her life, Rhoda packed her bags, crossed the country, and returned to her quirky Mennonite family’s home, where she was welcomed back with open arms and offbeat advice. (Rhoda’s good-natured mother suggested she get over her heartbreak by dating her first cousin—he owned a tractor, see.)

Written with wry humor and huge personality—and tackling faith, love, family, and aging—Mennonite in a Little Black Dress is an immensely moving memoir of healing, certain to touch anyone who has ever had to look homeward in order to move ahead.

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American Saturdays News: Nina Garcia’s Look Book

Posted on Saturday, August 14th, 2010 by Danielle

Nina Garcia’s Look Book: What to Wear for Every Occasion

Not Chick Lit Fiction, but definitely one of the most anticipated Women’s Fashion “How-to’s” of the recent past. Nina Garcia is a household name in fashion thanks to her continued participation in the hit show Project Runway as well as her Fashion Director positions with companies like Marie Claire and Elle. Nina’s fashion-sense and genuine opinions are sure to make this the fashion advice book not to miss! It’s out now, so don’t forget to pick up your copy and start “dressing to impress!”

“Every woman, at one time or another, has contemplated an all-important job interview, first date, formal party, or important presentation and wailed to herself and to her closest girlfriends, “What should I wear?” In Nina Garcia’s Look Book, style guru Nina Garcia solves this universal quandary with an inspired and unbeatable combination of fashion knowledge and common sense. She shows us the pieces, the accessories, and the strategies to create the looks that will take us from the first day on a job through the day we ask for a raise and beyond, from the first time we meet our boyfriend’s parents (or his children) through the day we see our own children walk down the aisle. With Nina by your side, you can’t go wrong. You’ll have all the tips you will need to navigate every day looking your best. True style is not about having a closet full of expensive and beautiful things—it is instead about knowing when, where, and how to utilize your collection.”

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Book Review: Hothouse Flower and the Nine Plants of Desire by Margot Berwin

Posted on Friday, August 13th, 2010 by Danielle

In the heart of New York City, hidden in the back room of an old Laundromat, are nine rare and valuable plants. Hothouse Flower and the Nine Plants of Desire tells the story of this legendary garden, and the distance one woman must travel—from the cold, harsh streets of Manhattan to the lush jungles of the Yucatan Peninsula—to claim what is hers.

Lila Nova lives alone in a plain, white box of an apartment. Recovering from a heartbreaking divorce, Lila’s life is like her home: simple, new, and empty. But when she meets a handsome plant-seller named David Exley, an entire world opens up before her eyes. Late one night Lila stumbles across a strange Laundromat and sees ferns so highly-prized that a tiny cutting can fetch thousands of dollars. She learns about flowers with medicinal properties to rival anything found in drugstores. And she hears the legend of nine mystical plants that bring fame, fortune, immortality, and passion.

The owner of the Laundromat, Armand, presents Lila with a test: if she can make the cutting from a fire fern grow roots, he will show her the secret of his locked room. But Lila is too trusting, and with one terrible mistake she ruins her chance to see Armand’s plants. The only way to win it back is to travel, on her own, to the Yucatan.

Deep in the rain forests of Mexico, Lila enters a world of shamans and spirit animals, snake charmers, and sexy, heart-stopping Huichols. Alone in the jungle, Lila is forced to learn more than she ever wanted to know about nature—and about herself. An exhilarating journey of love and self-discovery, Hothouse Flower and the Nine Plants of Desire brings together mystery, adventure, and heat, in every sense of the word.

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Posted in 2010 releases, American Saturday, Blog Tour, Book Reviews, Rating: 3/5 | 6 Comments »

American Saturdays: Author Article - Robert Rave

Posted on Saturday, August 7th, 2010 by Danielle

As soon as I found out I had the opportunity to be a part of the book tour for Robert’s newest release, Waxed, I knew I wanted to have him chat with us a bit about a topic that may be a bit controversial. Men, writing Chick Lit. More specifically, how he feels about the stigma attached to it and why he didn’t decide to just go with a pen name to avoid that. What he came up with was just perfect! Enjoy!

At a dinner party not so long ago, I found myself enjoying an amazing glass of Riesling and I was about to devour a mouthwatering scoop of raspberry sorbet when someone brought up a very heady book review that recently appeared in The New Yorker. After Marianne, our host, hemmed and hawed over the brilliance of this highbrow book nearly everyone at the table swore they were going to go home and order it immediately. Except for me. I knew they were lying.

The reality was that I knew my friends and I knew their taste in books. To prove this point, I went around the table as quickly as I could and asked what they were reading. However, I didn’t want to give them the opportunity to be able to name some book that they’d only read about but not actually read in an effort to sound more intellectual.

The answers were nearly all the same. “Oh, just a beach-read” followed by an ashamed shrug. One friend literally turned red in embarrassment when she told me the name of the author she was reading because this author was considered “chick-lit.”

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Archive for the ‘American Saturday’ Category

American Saturdays Book News: Maybe This Time by Jennifer Crusie

American Saturdays Cover Wars: Knit the Season by Kate Jacobs

American Saturdays Book Review: The Starlet by Mary McNamara

American Saturdays News: She’s Gone Country by Jane Porter

American Saturdays News: The Thurber House Prize for American Humor

American Saturdays News: Nina Garcia’s Look Book

Book Review: Hothouse Flower and the Nine Plants of Desire by Margot Berwin

American Saturdays: Author Article - Robert Rave

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