Subject: March Newsletter
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Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2017 14:14:54 +0000

Magic realism comes to the aide of refugees in love in Mohsin Hamid's Exit West, Lisa See goes back to China to write about a rare tea boom, we have a new way to track rereading, check out the biggest books of spring, the best books of the month, and more!

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Hi Rob,

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS

Mohsin Hamid's Exit West
The Reluctant Fundamentalist author explores magical realism and the mental toll of war in Exit West, which follows the plight of two refugees in love.
https://www.goodreads.com/interviews/show/1228.Mohsin_Hamid?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=2017-03&utm_content=hamid_text

Lisa See's The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane
The author of the Snow Flower and the Secret Fan returns to China with The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane.
https://www.goodreads.com/interviews/show/1229.Lisa_See?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=2017-03&utm_content=see_text

IT'S HERE: REREADING

We know you love to revisit your favorite books. Now we're making it even easier to track your rereading.
https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/817-rereading-is-here-let-s-say-it-again-rereading-is-here?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=2017-03&utm_content=rereading_text

GOOD MINDS SUGGEST

Chevy Stevens's Favorite Books on Obsession and Revenge
The Never Let You Go author says obsession and revenge can be very satisfying—at least when it comes to reading.
https://www.goodreads.com/interviews/show/1231.Chevy_Stevens?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=2017-03&utm_content=stevens_text

Victor Lodato's Favorite Books with Heartbreaking Endings
Get ready for an ugly cry: The Edgar and Lucy author gives us his list of favorite books that will break your heart.
https://www.goodreads.com/interviews/show/1232.Victor_Lodato?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=2017-03&utm_content=lodato_text

Thi Bui's Favorite New Graphic Memoirs
We asked the author of The Best We Could Do to share her picks for the best new graphic memoirs and nonfiction comics.
https://www.goodreads.com/interviews/show/1233.Thi_Bui?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=2017-03&utm_content=bui_text

Jami Attenberg's Favorite Women in Books
The author of All Grown Up names her favorite female characters who live life on their own terms.
https://www.goodreads.com/interviews/show/1234.Jami_Attenberg?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=2017-03&utm_content=attenberg_text

DEBUT AUTHOR SNAPSHOT

Patty Yumi Cottrell
Sorry to Disrupt the Peace is a dark comedy that follows a woman back to her hometown to investigate why her brother killed himself. Cottrell talks about the importance of humor—and family.
https://www.goodreads.com/interviews/show/1230.Patty_Yumi_Cottrell?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=2017-03&utm_content=cottrell_text

BEST BOOKS OF THE MONTH

The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley
by Hannah Tinti (Goodreads Author)
In this coming-of-age tale/literary thriller, a criminal father tries to protect his teen daughter from their family's past—and her mother's mysterious death.
https://www.goodreads.com/featured_lists/396-best-books-of-the-month-march-2017?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=2017-03&utm_content=botm1_text

The Collapsing Empire
by John Scalzi (Goodreads Author)
The first book in a new space-opera series takes sci-fi readers into a universe ruled by a discovery that allows humans to quickly transport themselves to other worlds.
https://www.goodreads.com/featured_lists/396-best-books-of-the-month-march-2017?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=2017-03&utm_content=botm2_text

The Women in the Castle
by Jessica Shattuck (Goodreads Author)
At the end of World War II, three German widows try to rebuild their lives within the walls of a crumbling Bavarian castle in this novel exploring the aftermath of mass crimes.
https://www.goodreads.com/featured_lists/396-best-books-of-the-month-march-2017?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=2017-03&utm_content=botm3_text

The Inexplicable Logic of My Life
by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
This contemporary YA novel explores what it means to belong as a teen questions his place with his adoptive gay father and his loving Mexican American family.
https://www.goodreads.com/featured_lists/396-best-books-of-the-month-march-2017?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=2017-03&utm_content=botm3_text

The Stranger in the Woods
by Michael Finkel (Goodreads Author)
Ever dream of escaping modern life and going off the grid? This is the true story of a man who did just that, living completely alone in the woods of Maine for 27 years.
https://www.goodreads.com/featured_lists/396-best-books-of-the-month-march-2017?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=2017-03&utm_content=botm5_text

Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries
by Kory Stamper
Are you persnickety about words? Do you need to fix grammatical errors? Then you'll love this funny and quotable look into how dictionaries are made.
https://www.goodreads.com/featured_lists/396-best-books-of-the-month-march-2017?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=2017-03&utm_content=botm6_text

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