Friday Five – January 24th, 2020

American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins was named Oprah’s Book Club pick of the month and was featured as a most anticipated book of the year on Good Morning America.

The Book of V by Anna Solomon was named a most anticipated book of the year by The Millions.

American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins was praised as a “harrowing tale of immigration, family and memory” by TIME, featured as a book that humanizes a migration tale with care by the Los Angeles Times, featured as a feminist book pick on Ms. Magazine, called a great book publishing this week by Goodreads, named a most anticipated book of the year by BookPage and earned a stellar featured review on Goodreads.

Margarita Montimore’s Oona Out of Order was named one of February’s most anticipated new books by Goodreads.

Behind Every Lie by Christina McDonald and The Tenant by Katrine Engberg were named two of this spring’s most anticipated books by Get Literary.

Behind Every Lie author Christina McDonald had a personal essay about the heaviness of motherhood featured on Scary Mommy.

The Opposite of Fate by Alison McGhee was featured as a great book about strong women on She Reads.

Epic Solitude by Katherine Keith was called a true story to give you a fresh perspective in 2020 on She Reads.

The Eye of Zeus by Alane Adams earned a stellar review by Foreword Reviews.

Myra Goodman’s Quest for Eternal Sunshine earned many words of praise from Kirkus.

break your glass slippers by amanda lovelace was called a poetry collection to read in 2020 by She Reads.

The Half Sister by Sandie Jones made it on The Real Book Spy’s 2020 Reading Guide.

Juliet Cutler, author of Among the Maasai, was interviewed about her experience as an activist for women’s education in the developing world on Montana Public Radio.

Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid, Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston and A Stranger on the Beach by Michele Campbell were featured as three of the top books of 2019 on Life With Emily.

Akemi Dawn Bowman’s Harley in the Sky made it on BookPage’s list of most anticipated YA books of 2020.

Barbara Probst’s Queen of the Owls, Susie Schnall’s We Came Here to Shine, Elise Hooper’s Fast Girls and Kristy Woodson Harvey’s Feels Like Falling were featured as a few of 2020’s hottest books on Novel Network.

Susie Schnall’s We Came Here to Shine was called a most anticipated book of the year by Pop Goes the Reader.

The Jane Austen Society author Natalie Jenner was called a debut author to read now on Goodreads.

The Life Below by Alexandra Monir was named a must-read YA book of the year on She Reads and had an excerpt featured on Hypable.

Supermaker author Jaime Schmidt had a personal essay about what most startup plans are missing featured on Entrepreneur.