Sandra Brown's Blog, page 6

Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend

The above quote came from the late great Groucho Marx.
As we mentioned on Friday, this week is National Banned Book Week.  Sandra's been gracious enough to let me blog, as a reader, not only about banned books but books in general (and in case you're wondering who I am, I'm the nice lady who answers [...:]

Banned Books and Book Clubs

After even more rain, today has turned into another beautiful Fall day here in Texas.  I'm taking a writing break to update the blog–and enjoy the view outside my window.  Look what landed in my inbox!
Carol Fitzgerald of Bookreporter.com & ReadingGroupGuides.com had this to say about RAINWATER:
" true testimony to the power of Sandra's storytelling. [...:]

Our First Caught Reader!

We had many great guesses in our weekend contest, including Julia Roberts, but unfortunately, no winners!
Since the "Get Caught Reading" contest is still going on for a few more weeks, we'll stash this one away for another weekend.
We do have our first "Get Caught Reading" Winner though! Dallas if you or teddy would email me [...:]

On Audio Books

If you listen to my books on audio, you might have noticed that


Dana Delany and Victor Slezak in "Things We Said Today."

Victor Slezak is a repeat reader.
When he read HELLO,DARKNESS in 2003, I was blown away. I got a similar response from fans who wrote me in praise of Mr. Slezak's performance. [...:]

Weekend Contest!

Our second contest is about to get under way and in order to enter this one, we're going to ask you to answer a trivia question for us.
But first the details:
1.  Contest begins at 5 PM CST (Central Std. Time) TODAY, Friday September 18, 2009
2. Contest ends Sunday, September 20, 2009 at 5 PM.
3. Any [...:]

Would You Like to Win Some Books?

To celebrate the imminent release of Rainwater, we're going to be giving away books.  Lots of books, including Rainwater.
It all starts tomorrow, September 15 with a "Get Caught Reading Sandra Brown" contest that will run through October 15.  Send us your photos featuring a Sandra Brown book and be entered to [...:]

Rainwater

For several months, I've been hinting at a surprise which would be divulged in the fall.  Well, fall is here (not in Texas yet, where it's still so bloomin' hot!), and the secret has already been revealed on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Borders and other book selling venues.
RAINWATER is a different kind of novel for [...:]

Great Reviews…and Back to Print

I hope everyone had a fabulous weekend!  I recently took some time off to catch my breath and catch up with some girlfriends, then on Friday it was back to work!!!  Next year's book won't write itself.
We've received some fabulous reviews for SMASH CUT and I wanted to take a minute and share them with [...:]