Prepub Alert, January 2011 

Posted by Barbara Hoffert on November 30, 2011

FICTION Baldacci, David. One Summer. Grand Central. Jun. 2011. 288p. ISBN 9780446583145. $25.99. lrg. prnt. CD: Hachette Audio.   A change of pace for Baldacci: tear-jerking inspiration. Lizzie is tending her terminally ill husband, Jack, when she is...

Prepub Alert, October 15, 2011 

Posted by Barbara Hoffert on November 30, 2011

In this Article My Picks Ten Memoirs I Want You to Read PREPUB ALERT ONLINE:  blog.libraryjournal.com/­prepubalert SIGN UP: ow.ly/60SSZ BIG COMMERCIAL FICTION Bell, Ted. Phantom: A Thriller. Morrow. Mar. 2012. 496p. ISBN 9780061859304. $27...

Prepub Alert, November 1, 2011 

Posted by Barbara Hoffert on November 30, 2011

image tk In this Article My Picks PREPUB ALERT ONLINE:  blog.libraryjournal.com/­prepubalert SIGN UP: ow.ly/60SSZ BIG COMMERCIAL FICTION Brown, Rita Mae & Sneaky Pie Brown. The Big Cat Nap: The 20th Anniversary Mrs. Murphy Mystery. Bantam....

Prepub Alert, September 15, 2011 

Posted by Barbara Hoffert on November 30, 2011

PREPUB ALERT ONLINE:  blog.libraryjournal.com/­prepubalert SIGN UP: ow.ly/60SSZ In this Article My Picks TOP COMMERCIAL FICTION Bazell, Josh. Wild Thing. Reagan Arthur Bks: Little, Brown. Feb. 2012. 240p. ISBN 9780316032193. $25.99; eISBN 97...

Prepub Alert, September 1, 2010 

Posted by Barbara Hoffert on November 30, 2011

FICTION  Berenson, Alex. The Secret Soldier. Putnam. Feb. 2011. 416p. ISBN 9780399157080. $25.95. CD: Penguin Audio.   Never mind that John Wells has left the CIA; when King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia tells him that conspiracy threatens his country, Wel...

Prepub Alert, April 15, 2011 

Posted by Barbara Hoffert on November 30, 2011

PREPUB ALERT NOW ONLINE Barbara Hoffert’s Prepub Alert is now online (blog.libraryjournal.com/­prepubalert). The online edition, which posts every Monday, previews more titles one month earlier than the print edition. Going forward, book reviews th...

Prepub Alert: February 1, 2011

Posted by Barbara Hoffert on November 30, 2011

fiction Abbott, Jeff. Adrenaline. Grand Central. Jul. 2011. 416p. ISBN 9780446575171. $24.99. CD: Hachette Audio.   Things could not be worse for CIA agent Sam Capra: his pregnant wife has been kidnapped, and he’s been branded a traitor. Now he’s on ...

Prepub Alert, March 1, 2011 

Posted by Barbara Hoffert on November 30, 2011

PREPUB ALERT NOW ONLINE Barbara Hoffert’s Prepub Alert is now online (blog.libraryjournal.com/prepubalert). The online edition, which posts every Monday, previews more titles one month earlier than the print edition. Going forward, book reviews that refer...

Prepub Alert, October 1, 2010

Posted by Barbara Hoffert on November 30, 2011

FICTION  Binchy, Maeve. Minding Frankie. Knopf. Mar. 2011. 384p. ISBN 9780307273567. $26.95. CD: Random Audio.   Bless her heart, Binchy tells folks, "Don't expect me to write about my dismal Irish childhood, because I didn't have one!" In her latest, ...

Prepub Alert, February 15, 2011 

Posted by Barbara Hoffert on November 30, 2011

FICTION Abbott, Megan. The End of Everything. Reagan Arthur Bks: Little, Brown. Jul. 2011. 256p. ISBN 9780316097796. $23.99. Download: Hachette Audio.   Thirteen-year-old Lizzie’s best friend has disappeared, and as family and police hunt for her, Li...