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Everywhere a Book

Not to sound cliche but I love books. I know, I know, not exactly shocking considering what I do for a living! But not only do I promote books all day but I’m also part of two book clubs.  And, like most bibliophiles, stacks of books awaiting to be read fill my apartment. Not only do I have stacks of books at home but in the past month my office has turned into a library of sorts filled with ARCs (Advance Review Copies) that I must bundle up and send out to the media. While ARC season can be draining it also fills me with anticipation and joy. Boxes of brand new unread books arrive by the box full and each one looks up at me from their freshly opened box demanding to be read.  Now I really shouldn’t add more to my stack of books. Funny story – I went into Nicholas Hoare Books during my lunch break to buy a new food memoir and while browsing Little Big (the book I really should be reading for next month’s book club) was face out on the shelf starring at me and I swear if books could speak it would have said “Hey! Remember me? The book you’ve been neglecting the past month? Read me!” So I left the store empty-handed. But how can I resist these ARCs? To be honest I’m not planning to. And I have the best execuse – it’s for work. As a big YA reader, I’ve already polished off Girl on the Other Side, Deborah Kerbel’s second novel. And like her first book Mackenzie, Lost and Found, the characters – this time fifteen year-olds Tabby Freeman and Lora Froggett – leap off the page. Both of their voices are distict and realistic.  Next up is On the Head of a Pin or Pilgrim in the Palace of Words. And then I swear I’ll get back to reading Little Big!

Tags: ARC, books, Lost and Found, Mackenzie, On the Head of a Pin, Pilgrim in the Palace of Words

About the author

Erin is a publicist for Dundurn Press. She reads a wide variety of books (maybe even too many!) and wields a vast amount of positively optimistic power over what should and shouldn't be done in the universe.