Friday Five – October 11th, 2019

The Giver of Stars by #FRC2019 host Jojo Moyes and Life on Loan by Ashley Farley were featured as two of this week’s best new book picks in Woman’s World.

American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins was named a best book to curl up with this winter by Marie Claire.

Unpregnant by Jenni Hendriks & Ted Caplan, maggie’s ruse by Anne Leigh Parrish, Revelation by Bobbi Gentry Goodwin and Wild Boar in the Cane Field by Anniqua Rana were called perfect fiction weekend reads by Parade.

The Nine by Jeanne McWilliams Blasberg, The House Children by Heidi Daniele and The Alchemy of Noise by Lorraine Devon Wilke were featured as historical fiction hidden gems perfect for book clubs on BookBub.

Pretty Guilty Women by Gina LaManna and It’s Always the Husband by Michele Campbell were called binge-worthy thrillers on BookBub.

Twice in a Blue Moon by #FRC2019 guest Christina Lauren and Not the Girl You Marry by #FRC2019 guest Andie J. Christopher were named two of the most charming romantic comedies of fall by BookBub.

Life on Loan by Ashley Farley was named a fall must-read by Deep South Magazine.

Jenni Hendriks and Ted Caplan’s Unpregnant was praised for the impeccable use of comedy by Bitch Magazine.

When You Ask Me Where I’m Going by Jasmin Kaur was praised for the representation of Sikhs in mainstream literature by Muslim Girl.

Janice Morgan’s Suspended Sentence was praised for the important message it shares about addiction on Scary Mommy.

Twine by Monica Duncan, Dominicana by #FRC2019 guest Angie Cruz, Joy Seeker by Shannon Kaiser, As Long As It’s Perfect by Lisa Tognola, That’s Mental by Amanda Rosenberg, The Giver of Stars by #FRC2019 host Jojo Moyes, When You Ask Me Where I’m Going by Jasmin Kaur, Suspended Sentence by Janice Morgan, The Nobodies by Liza Palmer and Life on Loan by Ashley Farley were featured as 10 of the best new fall books on Women.com.

As Long As It’s Perfect author Lisa Tognola had a personal essay about feeling exposed on Yom Kippur featured by Salon.

Jasmin Kaur and her book When You Ask Me Where I’m Going were featured on K5 News.

Judith Teitelman’s Guesthouse for Ganesha earned praise and was called a “huge literary success” by Readers’ Favorite.