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Friday Freebie: Big Book Bonanza! The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, Labor Day by Joyce Maynard, Little Bee by Chris Cleave, The Valley of Amazement by Amy Tan, The Explanation for Everything by Lauren Grodstein, The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Ne

Congratulations to Carol Sensenbrenner, winner of last week's Friday Freebie: Wayfaring Stranger by James Lee Burke.

This week's book giveaway is huge.  Like Godzilla-Meets-Mothra huge.  Extra paperback copies of recently-published novels were piling up on the shelves here at Chez Abrams, so I decided to dump all of them into one big contest.  ONE lucky reader will win ALL of the following books: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, Labor Day by Joyce Maynard, Little Bee by Chr...

Friday Freebie: Big Book Bonanza! The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, Labor Day by Joyce Maynard, Little Bee by Chris Cleave, The Valley of Amazement by Amy Tan, The Explanation for Everything by Lauren Grodstein, The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Ne

Congratulations to Carol Sensenbrenner, winner of last week's Friday Freebie: Wayfaring Stranger by James Lee Burke.

This week's book giveaway is huge.  Like Godzilla-Meets-Mothra huge.  Extra paperback copies of recently-published novels were piling up on the shelves here at Chez Abrams, so I decided to dump all of them into one big contest.  ONE lucky reader will win ALL of the following books: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, Labor Day by Joyce Maynard, Little Bee by Chr...

Friday Freebie: Big Book Bonanza! The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, Labor Day by Joyce Maynard, Little Bee by Chris Cleave, The Valley of Amazement by Amy Tan, The Explanation for Everything by Lauren Grodstein, The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Ne

Congratulations to Carol Sensenbrenner, winner of last week's Friday Freebie: Wayfaring Stranger by James Lee Burke.

This week's book giveaway is huge.  Like Godzilla-Meets-Mothra huge.  Extra paperback copies of recently-published novels were piling up on the shelves here at Chez Abrams, so I decided to dump all of them into one big contest.  ONE lucky reader will win ALL of the following books: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, Labor Day by Joyce Maynard, Little Bee by Chr...

Friday Freebie: Big Book Bonanza! The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, Labor Day by Joyce Maynard, Little Bee by Chris Cleave, The Valley of Amazement by Amy Tan, The Explanation for Everything by Lauren Grodstein, The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Ne

Congratulations to Carol Sensenbrenner, winner of last week's Friday Freebie: Wayfaring Stranger by James Lee Burke.

This week's book giveaway is huge.  Like Godzilla-Meets-Mothra huge.  Extra paperback copies of recently-published novels were piling up on the shelves here at Chez Abrams, so I decided to dump all of them into one big contest.  ONE lucky reader will win ALL of the following books: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, Labor Day by Joyce Maynard, Little Bee by Chr...

Friday Freebie: Big Book Bonanza! The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, Labor Day by Joyce Maynard, Little Bee by Chris Cleave, The Valley of Amazement by Amy Tan, The Explanation for Everything by Lauren Grodstein, The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Ne

Congratulations to Carol Sensenbrenner, winner of last week's Friday Freebie: Wayfaring Stranger by James Lee Burke.

This week's book giveaway is huge.  Like Godzilla-Meets-Mothra huge.  Extra paperback copies of recently-published novels were piling up on the shelves here at Chez Abrams, so I decided to dump all of them into one big contest.  ONE lucky reader will win ALL of the following books: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, Labor Day by Joyce Maynard, Little Bee by Chr...

Friday Freebie: Big Book Bonanza! The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, Labor Day by Joyce Maynard, Little Bee by Chris Cleave, The Valley of Amazement by Amy Tan, The Explanation for Everything by Lauren Grodstein, The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Ne

Congratulations to Carol Sensenbrenner, winner of last week's Friday Freebie: Wayfaring Stranger by James Lee Burke.

This week's book giveaway is huge.  Like Godzilla-Meets-Mothra huge.  Extra paperback copies of recently-published novels were piling up on the shelves here at Chez Abrams, so I decided to dump all of them into one big contest.  ONE lucky reader will win ALL of the following books: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, Labor Day by Joyce Maynard, Little Bee by Chr...

Friday Freebie: Big Book Bonanza! The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, Labor Day by Joyce Maynard, Little Bee by Chris Cleave, The Valley of Amazement by Amy Tan, The Explanation for Everything by Lauren Grodstein, The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Ne

Congratulations to Carol Sensenbrenner, winner of last week's Friday Freebie: Wayfaring Stranger by James Lee Burke.

This week's book giveaway is huge.  Like Godzilla-Meets-Mothra huge.  Extra paperback copies of recently-published novels were piling up on the shelves here at Chez Abrams, so I decided to dump all of them into one big contest.  ONE lucky reader will win ALL of the following books: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, Labor Day by Joyce Maynard, Little Bee by Chr...

Friday Freebie: Big Book Bonanza! The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, Labor Day by Joyce Maynard, Little Bee by Chris Cleave, The Valley of Amazement by Amy Tan, The Explanation for Everything by Lauren Grodstein, The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Ne

Congratulations to Carol Sensenbrenner, winner of last week's Friday Freebie: Wayfaring Stranger by James Lee Burke.

This week's book giveaway is huge.  Like Godzilla-Meets-Mothra huge.  Extra paperback copies of recently-published novels were piling up on the shelves here at Chez Abrams, so I decided to dump all of them into one big contest.  ONE lucky reader will win ALL of the following books: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, Labor Day by Joyce Maynard, Little Bee by Chr...

Trailer Park Tuesday: How to Tell Toledo From the Night Sky by Lydia Netzer

Welcome to Trailer Park Tuesday, a showcase of new book trailers and, in a few cases, previews of book-related movies.




When it comes to arranged marriages, most of us probably think of outmoded medieval practices where parents ruled by politics give the hand of their (weeping) daughter to an ill-matched suitor (usually a simpering, good-for-nothing prince).  It never ends well in those fairy tales, does it?  But what if this kind of marital engineering actually resulted in bringing t...

My First Time: Scott Sparling

My First Time is a regular feature in which writers talk about virgin experiences in their writing and publishing careers, ranging from their first rejection to the moment of holding their first published book in their hands.  Today’s guest is Scott Sparling.  His novel Wire to Wire was published by Tin House Books in 2011 and received a 2012 Michigan Notable Book Award.  Wire to Wire is a story of train hopping, glue sniffing, drug dealing, and love, set in Northern Michigan i...