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On Books & Loons
Issue 107 (Jan 24, 2011)
'It's never too late, in fiction or in life, to revise.'  (Nancy Thayer),
quoted in M. J. Ryan's This Year I Will ...
New year, new possibilities.Think about participating in World Book Night 2012, designed to spread a love of reading and books. It will be held in the U.S., the U.K. and Ireland on April 23, 2012. Register to be a book giver at WorldBookNight.org by February 1st.

For mystery readers we have an interview with Tami Hoag, author of the stupendous Oak Knoll thrillers, the latest being Down the Darkest Road. Prefer cozies? Read what Maine Coon Sammy thinks of fellow felines in Shirley Rousseau Murphy's Cat Telling Tales.

Fantasy fans, who follow the Wheel of Time series and eagerly anticipate its conclusion in November, can listen to a clip here of the first audiobook, Eye of the World. We'll have clips from further episodes every month, plus contests to win the audiobooks (starting February).

Check out the best of recent releases below. And don't miss our Contests for chances to win books. Happy New Year to all!


Winter PalaceContemporary/Historical
The Winter Palace by Eva Stachniak
'A Novel of Catherine the Great'.

Fantasy & SF
The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson
Mystery & magic 300 years after the outstanding Mistborn trilogy.

Mystery
Alloy of LawDeath Comes to Pemberley by P. D. James
Darcy and Elizabeth are plunged into a mystery.

Non-Fiction
Midnight Rising by Tony Horwitz
'John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War'.

Romance
The Demon Lover by Juliet Dark
Callie McFay dreams of a demon lover made out of moonlight.Demon Lover

Travel
Tune in Tokyo by Tim Anderson
'The Gaijin Diaries'.

Kids
I Lay My Stitches Down by Cynthia Grady & Michele Wood
'Poems of American Slavery'.

Look over What's New in BookLoons; don't miss our areas for Teens & WeeLoons.


Contests, Contests, Contests!

87th Precinct Giveaway          Far From Here          Home Front
The Hunter          In the Lion's Mouth          Love in a Nutshell
Shadows in Flight          The Whisperer

Enter more contests:  Agent 6, All Necessary Force, Burning Edge, Catherine the Great, Death Comes to Pemberley, I Am Maru, Immortalists, The Jaguar, Look of Love, The Man Who Planted Trees, Money Class, On a Dark Wing, One for the Money, Paris in Love, Private Games, Serendipity, Shear Murder, Sizzle and Burn, e-book readers, audiobooks, gift cards, much more!


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