March Newsletter

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View this email in your browser SPONSORED BY Read incorrigibly, win prizes, and play games with THE INCORRIGIBLE CHILDREN OF ASHTON PLACE! Hi Jennifer, Here's our monthly newsletter from Goodreads—giving you the latest and greatest in our quest to connect people through reading! EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS Sarah Vowell The social observer known for the nonfiction romp Assasination Vacation turns her wit to the unusual history of Hawaii's statehood in Unfamiliar Fishes. More Kristin Hannah The author of Winter Garden channels her own anxiety as a helicopter mom in Night Road, her new novel about a war between willful teens and protective parents. More NEW FEATURE iPhone App Update Two exciting improvements! Now you can browse discussions and comment in groups. Also, try out the new bar code scanner. Scan your home library or quickly access book reviews on the go! Learn more IN BED WITH... Harlan Coben's Favorite Sleuths The thriller writer picks his favorite detective series in honor of his best-selling character, nice-guy sports agent Myron Bolitar, the star of his new mystery, Live Wire. More FEATURED AUTHOR GROUPS Emma Donoghue The winner of the 2010 Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction is answering questions about Room, the gripping story of a mother and son held captive in an 11-by-11-foot space. More Julie Orringer Join in the discussion about The Invisible Bridge, a sweeping World War II epic about a Hungarian Jewish student who falls in love with another expatriate in Paris. More Spring Short Story Panel Four writers—Danielle Evans, Alan Heathcock, Valerie Laken, and Emma Straub—are swapping ideas about the precise art and tricky business of writing short fiction. More DEBUT AUTHOR SNAPSHOT Téa Obreht In The Tiger's Wife, a young doctor investigates her grandfather's mysterious death. Obreht shares an image of the Balkan region that inspired her prose. More MOVERS & SHAKERS The Paris Wife by Paula McLain Young Ernest Hemingway and his first wife, Hadley, embraced a decadent lifestyle, with absinthe-fueled nights on the Left Bank. In this historical novel Hadley narrates the story of her marriage to a talented but flawed man. More Townie: A Memoir by Andre Dubus III The author of House of Sand and Fog reflects on his brutal formative years. Raised by a single mother in a crime-riddled Massachusetts neighborhood, Dubus learned to talk with his fists before he found an outlet through writing. More So Much Pretty by Cara Hoffman (Goodreads Author) In this literary whodunit a reporter tries to crack the case of a missing waitress in a run-down dairy community. The mystery evolves into a searing indictment of the small town's passive acceptance of violence against women. More Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef by Gabrielle Hamilton From preteen dishwasher to catering grunt to esteemed New York restaurateur, this anti-foodie chef describes her unlikely career in the business of eating. Hamilton eschews pretense for comfort food. More Moondogs by Alexander Yates (Goodreads Author) When a meth-addicted cab driver and a cigarette-smoking rooster kidnap Benicio's father in the Philippines, our hero careens through a motley crew of characters and reveals his dad's shady past. More Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys (Goodreads Author) In 1941, arty Lithuanian teen Lina was deported to a Siberian work camp. One among Stalin's millions of targets, Lina battles horrific conditions, stealing time to document her life in drawings in this young adult novel. More GOODREADS LIVE Live with Gary Vaynerchuk Tune in for a one-hour video chat with the social media guru of Wine Library TV about business trends, personal branding, and his new book, The Thank You Economy. More DO GOOD WITH GOODREADS The Prison Library Project Staffed by volunteers, this nonprofit mails more than 30,000 books each year to inmates and libraries in 600 prisons, jails, and detention centers nationwide. More LITERATURE AT EVERY LATITUDE Beau-Bassin, Mauritius: 20° 14' S 57° 28' E The Last Brother by Nathacha Appanah A lonely Mauritian boy named Raj befriends David, a young Jewish prisoner stranded on the island nation in 1944. More NEW FEATURES Header 2.0—A New Look and Search The Goodreads header recently got a face-lift! The new drop-down lists give you quicker access to your favorite spots on the site. Also, the search box now uses auto-complete: Start typing and you'll find what you need with one easy click! More Series Listings on Author Profiles Can't remember whether Miss Marple or Hercule Poirot solved the crime? Now you can easily locate any literary series! Click on an author's name, such as Agatha Christie, and find all of his or her series listed on the author profile. More EVENTS NEAR YOU Stella (and Audra) Price on tour for the book "Entwined by Fate" date March 04, 2011 10:00AM location Shevacon, 4468 Starkey Rd, Roanoke, VA, The United States description Panels and a book signing More SheVaCon 2011 date March 04, 2011 10:00AM location Sheraton Roanoke Hotel and Conference Center, 2801 Hershberger Road NW, Roanoke, VA, The United States description Nancy is a guest at this year's SheVaCon, the largest multimedia science fiction and fantasy convent... More Leona Wisoker on tour for the book "Secrets of the Sands (Children of the Desert)" date March 04, 2011 10:00AM location Shevacon, Tanglewood/, Roanoke, VA, The United States description With Peter Beagle as the guest of honor, how could I NOT attend this one? Seriously?? More GOODREADS POETRY CONTEST Want your words to reach 4 million people? Goodreads and the ¡POETRY! group have partnered to host an ongoing poetry contest. Join the ¡POETRY! group to vote each month to pick a winner from among the finalists. You can also submit a poem for consideration. Here is our March winner! A moment by Peycho Kanev (Goodreads Author) The black steel. The blistered paint. The brownish dust. The rust. The humming. The wires mixed up like wet spider web. The yellow tape around. The hot, orange sun. The lonely birds. The gentle breeze. The young man approaching carefully. The heavy boots. The small, grey rocks. The shrieking of the gods. The fear. The young man leaning forward. The eyes and the sweat. The trembling fingers. The heavy suit. The memories of the high-minded knights. The helmet. The pliers. The uncertainty. The seconds. The hesitation. The vacillation. The flash of the Gordian knot. The silence. The bomb disposal robot. The mechanical sound. The extending of the metallic arm. The heavy body. The lifting. The seconds. The beads of sweat dripping from the forehead. The jamming. The silence. The static in the radio. The orders. The memories of home and the baby crib. The pliers. The decision. The short prayer. The stillness. The moment. The cut. The blast. The silence. The silence. The silence. Read more poetry With love, Jessica, Elizabeth, and the Goodreads Team P.S. Goodreads is hiring software engineers, a product designer, and a customer care representative! TRIVIA In Memoirs of a Geisha, what is Chiyo's geisha name? 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