Fw: March Newsletter

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS Jane Green A fervent affair derails the ho-hum life of a fortysomething mom in Tempting Fate, the latest from the chick lit phenom whose characters now face the trials of middle age. More Susanna Kaysen The author of the revealing memoir Girl, Interrupted returns with a thinly veiled account of her unconventional childhood in the dark, humorous Cambridge. More BOOK LOOK Hieronymus Bosch: The Complete Works View gallery GOOD MINDS SUGGEST Benjamin Black's Favorite Noir Books Get your crime fix in these recs from the writer who revives The Big Sleep's detective, Philip Marlowe, in The Black-Eyed Blonde. More Dinaw Mengestu's Favorite Books About Revolution The sweep of political change, tinged with hope and turmoil, dominates his new novel, All Our Names, as well as these five picks. More Mai Jia's Favorite Chinese Novels in Translation China's best-selling author of the spy thriller Decoded shares his favorite works by his countrymen, all available in English. More DEBUT AUTHOR SNAPSHOT Daniel Levine The villain of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde seizes his chance to tell his version of the story in the new historical thriller Hyde, set in gritty Victorian London. More MOVERS & SHAKERS The Lost Sisterhood by Anne Fortier (Goodreads Author) This historical adventure tells parallel tales of an Oxford lecturer seeking archaeological proof of the Amazons (the female warriors of Greek mythology) and an intrepid Amazon queen embroiled in the Trojan War. More Sous Chef by Michael Gibney This savory day-in-the-life memoir takes place over just 24 hours and captures the frenzied pace of a sous chef, a high-stress position that the author knows well from his years working in four-star restaurants. More The Enchanted by Rene Denfeld (Goodreads Author) A death row inmate fills his solitary days by imagining a magical world in place of his prison cell; meanwhile a dogged investigator works to commute the sentence of another condemned man in this redemptive literary novel. More The Hotel on Place Vendôme by Tilar J. Mazzeo Partying, flirting, and double-crossing in occupied Paris: The glitterati of the Hôtel Ritz rubbed elbows with Nazi officials and French resistance fighters alike. Mazzeo chronicles the antics of the high-flying Ritz regulars. More The Weight of Blood by Laura McHugh (Goodreads Author) Two mysteries converge in this thriller set deep in the Ozarks. When Lucy Dane investigates her friend's brutal murder, the clues dredge up the disappearance of her own mother and the long-held secrets of her small town. More The Winner's Curse by Marie Rutkoski (Goodreads Author) In this young adult fantasy, a general's daughter buys a slave at auction, only to find herself drawn to his defiant strength. But revolution is brewing, threatening her aristocratic way of life, and her slave is harboring a secret. More DO GOOD WITH GOODREADS Adopt a Book! Ripped pages or crumbling spines—books need tender loving care, too. Find out how you can help preserve rare collections at the Smithsonian, the British Library, and more! More GOODREADS POETRY CONTEST Want your words to reach millions of people? Goodreads and the ¡POETRY! group have partnered to host an ongoing poetry contest. Join the ¡POETRY! group and vote each month to pick a winner from among the finalists. You can also submit a poem for consideration. Here is our March winner! Language by J. Mark It's tragic the way that everything falls away when you name it: those there, looming over this here, their darkness, their ability to catch the light from that, there, hanging brightly. It sounds so ridiculous to say it that way, but there they all are: the sun in the sky over the small green earth, the peaks that pull the horizon so close, so high, glowing, their valleys blue-black with shadow. In our eyes they are the mountains that we were promised: immutable. But in word they may as well be made of sugar. They melt under their names as under a hot running tap. I could say nothing, I should give up singing these empty psalms, hold your face tenderly between my hands and turn it towards the view Read more poetry TRIVIA What is the name of Algernon's "sick friend" in The Importance of Being Earnest? Earnest Berryman Bunbury FEATURED AUTHOR CHATS Gary Shteyngart Author, Little Failure Friday, March 7 Join discussion Austin Kleon Author, Show Your Work! Thursday, March 13 Join discussion Elizabeth Eulberg, Better Off Friends, & Sarah Mlynowski, Don't Even Think About It Wednesday, March 26 Join discussion FIRST READS: Win prerelease books! Be the first to read new books. Enter a drawing and cross your fingers! More Did you know? Goodreads is now on your Kindle! More on Paperwhite More on Kindle Fire Set a reading goal for the year—also now available on our iOS app! Get started LISTOPIA March Madness: Basketball Books More Browse Listopia NEW BOOKS BY GOODREADS AUTHORS Fallen Beauty Historical Fiction by Erika Robuck Part the Hawser, Limn the Sea Nautical Fiction by Dan Lopez