Support a worthy cause, support small local businesses, and get a great book, all at once….
Bookshop.org — the alternative to Amazon for those who want to buy online and support small businesses — is celebrating Pride Month with a massive sale on more than 100 LGBTQIA+ titles, including my Beautiful and Terrible Things! Go to their site here and use the discount code Pride25 when checking out to get 20% off your book purchase. (This is in addition to the small discount you’ll see already applied to the retail price of the book.)
If you’ve read Beautiful and Terrible Things, or read about it, you know that in addition to the gender and sexuality sub-themes, the novel has social justice themes including racism, immigration and mental health. And you know that at it’s core, it’s a tale of friendship and it’s ability to damage and save people.
If those themes appeal to you, now’s your chance to order the paperback with a healthy 20% discount, while supporting local independent bookstores, and expressing your belief in equality for all.
Novels Alive Review
I hope you like reading great reviews of my books as much as I like sharing them. Here’s a taste of a new review of Beautiful and Terrible Things from Novels Alive, a book review blog.
And here’s the full review.
Celebrate Spring
Spring has been a long time coming in New Hampshire this year. Chances are, you also live in a part of the country, or the world, experiencing unseasonal weather. For us Granite Staters, it’s been lots of rain followed by a few sunny days, then a cold snap followed by a few gorgeous days in the 70’s. The vegetables in my garden don’t know whether to emerge or hide their heads until next year.
At least the flowers are finally blooming, a little later than usual. So to celebrate the long-awaited arrival of what finally feels like Spring, here is a photo gallery of my Columbine plants (also called Aquilegia). How this is not everyone’s favorite flower, I’ll never know.
