In this week’s Friday Five! we’re celebrating all the amazing coverage our clients have received this week! Jess Riley was featured on HelloGiggles, who said that Mandatory Release was a book that “left me with that satisfying feeling after reading…. that you get after you watch a really great movie.” Boston Magazine interviewed Sara DiVello, and Playing Tyler by T.L. Costa and Crumble by Fleur Philips were reviewed by Publishers Weekly. Amy Shearn wrote for The New York Times Opinionator blog, and Kathleen Shoop had an amazing review from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

What’s on my iPod:  Burning Down the House by Talking Heads
What am I reading: Ways of Leaving by Grant Jarrett
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1. “Funny and dark with a great big dash of wit and snark.”

HelloGiggles chose Mandatory Release by Jess Riley as a top pick for funny, secretive and satisfying summer reads. 

2. Sara DiVello interviewed by Boston Magazine

Where in the OM Am I? author Sara DiVello was interviewed by Boston Magazine on the career change that inspired her book, yoga moves that you can do at your desk and the best places to practice yoga outdoors in Boston.

3. Publishers Weekly features Fleur Philips and T.L. Costa

Publishers Weekly reviewed Crumble by Fleur Philips and Playing Tyler by T.L. Costa this week.

4. Amy Shearn in The New York Times

The Mermaid of Brooklyn author Amy Shearn wrote an article for The New York Times Opinionator blog on the guilt she feels while trying to balance motherhood and her writing career.

5. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reviews Love and Other Subjects

“Great writing grabs you by the throat from the first sentence without ever letting go. Oakmont-based novelist Kathleen Shoop could teach a master’s class in great writing and ratcheting tension in every scene.” – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette