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September 2017

 

The scorching summer heat seems to be subsiding and fall is creeping up on us, but it looks like hurricane season is still in full force. In case Hurricane Irma comes through Greenville (one possible path) make sure to stock up on books as well as water and batteries!

-Jill Hendrix, Owner
Fiction Addiction

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Win a Signed Eric Litwin Book!
Groovy Joe: Dance Party Countdown

Eric Litwin loves Fiction Addiction customers so much that he wants to give one of you a signed copy of his newest book, Groovy Joe: Dance Party Countdown, being released on September 12th!

 

This book has it all!
* A fun math story!
* Dogs, guitars, party hats, and disco music!
* Optimistic and positive messages!
* Interactivity including: Music! Movement! Call and Response! Repetition!
* Its own dance called Disco Party Bow Wow!

 

To enter the giveaway, just click here and fill out the form by September 25th.

 



New Product
Dino Green Kids Pack Dino Orange Kids Pack Penguin Black Kids Pack Pink Butterfly Kids Pack

 

Send your young children back to school in style with these fun new backpacks ($34.99 each)! These soft, lightweight backpacks are also waterproof, making them a great choice for lunches or travel as well. And your kids will love the fun designs.

 


Deal of the Month
South Carolina Total Eclipse Guide

Each month, we'll feature a discounted book. These deals are only good through the end of the current month, and quantities are limited, so get yours today!

This month's deal is South Carolina Total Eclipse Guide: Commemorative Official Keepsake Guidebook by Aaron Linsdau (Sastrugi Press, paperback, now $4.97). On August 21st, we got to see the remarkable total solar eclipse as it passed over South Carolina. Even though it has passed, take this opportunity to purchase this commemorative guidebook as a keepsake for this rare celestial event.

 

You can get 50% off the original cover price of $9.95 on this book through September 30th!

 


Upcoming Events
If you are unable to make one of our author events, you are welcome to reserve signed copies by contacting us in advance, by email at   info@fiction-addiction.com  or by phone at 864-675-0540. Personalized copies will need to be prepaid.

Alice Ratterree
Alice Ratterree In-Store Launch Party: Friday, September 8th, 4-6pm @ Fiction Addiction, Free

Greenville, SC, children's book illustrator Alice Ratterree will be celebrating the launch of her new picture book, Dangerous Jane (Peachtree Publishers, hardcover, $17.95), at her launch party at Fiction Addiction. This event is free and open to the public, and refreshments will be served. Books can be purchased online, at the store, or by calling us at 864-675-0540.

 


Roger Johns Lawrence Thackston Sean Keefer Brock Adams
Southern Author Panel Talk & Signing : Saturday, September 9th, 2pm @ Fiction Addiction , $10*

Meet these Southern authors at a book talk, followed by a Q&A session and a book signing, at Fiction Addiction: Roger Johns (author of Dark River Rising [Minotaur Books, hardcover, $26.99]), Lawrence Thackston (author of Carolina Cruel [Rivers Turn Press, paperback, $14.95]), Sean Keefer (author of The Solicitor [paperback, $16.95]), and Brock Adams (author of Ember [Hub City Press, paperback, $18.00]) *Note: Tickets are $10 each. Each ticket admits one and can be redeemed for $10 off the featured authors' books. Tickets and books can be purchased online, at the store, or by calling us at 864-675-0540.

 


David Burnsworth
David Burnsworth In-Store Launch Party: Tuesday, September 12th, 6-8pm @ Fiction Addiction, Free

South Carolina author David Burnsworth will be celebrating the release of the launch of In It for the Money (Henery Press, paperback, $15.95), the first book in his new Blu Carraway mystery series, at his launch party at Fiction Addiction. This event is free and open to the public, and refreshments will be served. Books can be purchased online, at the store, or by calling us at 864-675-0540.

 


Ellyn Bache
Fiction Writing Seminar with Ellyn Bache: Saturday, September 16th, 10am-Noon @ Fiction Addiction, $25*

This two-hour seminar, taking place at Fiction Addiction, is led by award-winning novelist and short story writer Ellyn Bache. It touches on key elements fiction writers need to keep in mind, whether they are working on short stories or a novel. What makes for a good beginning? When can you introduce background? How can you make minor characters come alive? And much more. *Note: Each $25 ticket admits one and includes a copy of Ellyn's short story collection, Kaleidoscope (Banks Channel Books, paperback, $16.00), which she will be using as an example text. It is not necessary to have read the stories before the class. A minimum of six signups needed or the seminar will be cancelled. Tickets can be purchased online, at the store, or by calling us at 864-675-0540.

 


Emily Colin Dorothy St. James Nicole Seitz
Southern Women Author Panel Talk & Signing : Saturday, September 30th, 2pm @ Fiction Addiction , $10*

Meet these Southern women authors at a book talk, followed by a Q&A session and a book signing, at Fiction Addiction: Emily Colin (author of The Dream Keeper's Daughter [Ballantine Books, paperback, $16.00]), Dorothy St. James (author of Asking for Truffle [Crooked Lane Books, hardcover, $26.99]), and Nicole Seitz (author of The Cage-Maker [Story River Books, hardcover, $27.99]). *Note: Tickets are $10 each. Each ticket admits one and can be redeemed for $10 off the featured authors' books. Tickets and books can be purchased online, at the store, or by calling us at 864-675-0540.

 


Anysia Marcell Kiel
Anysia Marcell Kiel Book Talk & Signing: Monday, October 2nd, 6pm @ Fiction Addiction, Free (please RSVP)

Reveal and explore your personal healing abilities with healing medium Anysia Marcell Kiel. Anysia will discuss her new book, Discovering the Healer Within: Use Chakras & Intuition to Clear Negativity & Release Pain (Llewellyn Publications, paperback, $15.99), at a book talk, followed by a Q&A session anda book signing, at Fiction Addiction. One lucky attendee will win a free healing session gift certificate (a $250 value)! This event is free and open to the public, but please RSVP to Fiction Addiction if you plan to attend. Books can be purchased online, at the store, or by calling us at 864-675-0540.

 



Natasha Boyd
Natasha Boyd Book Talk & Signing: Thursday, October 5th, 6pm @ Fiction Addiction, Free (please RSVP)

Meet internationally bestselling and award-winning author Natasha Boyd at a book talk, followed by a Q&A session and a book signing, at Fiction Addiction. She will discuss her new book, Indigo Girl (Blackstone Publishing, hardcover, $26.99, on sale 10/3/17), a historical novel about the teenage Eliza Lucas and her production of indigo dye on her family's South Carolina plantations. This event is free and open to the public, but please RSVP to Fiction Addiction if you plan to attend. Books can be purchased online, at the store, or by calling us at 864-675-0540.

 



William Gerald Hamby
William Gerald Hamby In-Store Book Signing: Saturday, October 7th, 2-4pm @ Fiction Addiction, Free

Virginia author William Gerald Hamby will be signing copies of his debut novel, A Gambler's Feast: Summer of 1969 (Keith Publications, paperback, $15.95), at an in-store book signing at Fiction Addiction. Read about Victor Sinclare's experiences during the life-changing summer of 1969, the time of Vietnam, moonwalks, and Woodstock. This event is free and open to the public. Books can be purchased online, at the store, or by calling us at 864-675-0540.

 


Sheila Ingle
Sheila Ingle In-Store Launch Party: Saturday, October 14th, 2-4pm @ Fiction Addiction, Free

South Carolina author Sheila Ingle will be celebrating the launch of her new book, Tales of a Cosmic Possum: From the Appalachia Mountains to the Cotton Mills (Ambassador International, paperback, $14.99, on sale 10/14/17), at her launch party at Fiction Addiction. In this book, Sheila writes about her husband John's childhood in Ingle Holler in Union, South Carolina. This event is free and open to the public, and refreshments will be served. Books can be purchased online, at the store, or by calling us at 864-675-0540.

 


Shannon and Dean Hale

New York Times bestselling authors Shannon and Dean Hale will discuss their new middle-grade novel, The Legend of Shadow High (Little, Brown & Co., hardcover, $14.99, on sale 10/17/17), a mash-up of the popular Ever After High and Monster High series, at a book talk and signing at Hughes Main Library in downtown Greenville. This event is aimed at children ages 9-15. *Note: This event is free and open to the public, but a purchase of The Legend of Shadow High from Fiction Addiction is required in order to join the signing line. Books can be purchased on-site at the event or by pre-ordering in advance online, at the store, or by calling us at 864-675-0540. Once you have your signing line ticket, the authors will be happy to sign any of their books that you own.

 


Even More Events...
October 21st
ReadUp

Fiction Addiction Cookbook Club
The Beach House Cookbook
Monday, September 18th, 7:00pm @ Fiction Addiction

Fiction Addiction's Cookbook Club meets monthly.

In September, we will be preparing recipes from and discussing The Beach House Cookbook by Mary Kay Andrews (St. Martin's Press, hardcover, $30.99).

If you're interested in joining our cookbook club, please email us at info@fiction-addiction.com or call us at 864-675-0540 for more information or to sign up. You can preview the club agreement here.

 

Children's Storytime
Join us for storytime every Thursday morning at 10:30am. We will be reading the following titles in upcoming weeks:

September 7th
September 14th
September 21st
September 28th
Black Belt Bunny
Uni the Unicorn and the Dream Come True
The Pout-Pout Fish and the Bully-Bully Shark
Groovy Joe: Dance Party Countdown
Hardcover
$16.99
Hardcover
$17.99
Hardcover
$16.99
Hardcover
$17.99

On sale 9/12/17

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Digital Audiobooks
For September, the Audiobooks of the Month theme is Back to School + Learning. The leaves are starting to change color and the air is becoming crisp. You know what that means: back to school! This is the perfect time for everyone to renew their focus on learning and set goals for the year ahead. Libro.fm has a handpicked list of books to help you fall into learning through listening, which you can find on their blog, complete with audio samples.

To sign up for Libro.fm and start listening to these great back to school reads, simply go to Libro.fm/fictionaddiction, click Sign Up in the upper right-hand corner, and create your account. You can choose to purchase individual audiobooks or sign up for a membership. Download the free Libro.fm app (iOS or Android), and start listening!



Customer Reward Program

We offer customers two purchase-based rewards. Any time you spend $50 in one transaction, you may pick a free ARC from our gift cart. When you spend $100 in one transaction, you will get 10% off of any merchandise purchased at that time (excludes event tickets) as well as two free ARCs from our gift cart.

Signed First Editions Club
September 2017
October 2017
November 2017
December 2017
The Barrowfields
The Frozen Hours
Seeing Red
Roar
Hardcover - $27.00
Hardcover - $29.99
Hardcover - $28.00
Hardcover - $18.99

Our Signed First Editions Club makes it easy to become a collector! We pick great books -- past picks have included a National Book Award Winner and an Edgar Award Winner for Best Novel -- and you get one signed first edition every month. Our picks run the gamut from memoirs to popular fiction, cookbooks to mysteries. All you have to do is provide us with payment information and commit to purchasing at least 10 of the 12 books picked each year. Collect for fun or for profit -- our club members have seen their books increase in value since they purchased them! A club membership also makes a great gift for the book lover in your life.

(Prices are subject to change by the publisher.)



September New Releases
Nonfiction
Being Mortal Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande
When it comes to the inescapable realities of aging and death, what medicine can do often runs counter to what it should. Through eye-opening research and gripping stories of his own patients and family, Gawande reveals the suffering this dynamic has produced. Nursing homes, devoted above all to safety, battle with residents over the food they are allowed to eat and the choices they are allowed to make. Doctors, uncomfortable discussing patients' anxieties about death, fall back on false hopes and treatments that are actually shortening lives instead of improving them. In his bestselling books, Atul Gawande, a practicing surgeon, has fearlessly revealed the struggles of his profession. Now he examines its ultimate limitations and failures as life draws to a close.

Picador - Release Date: 9/5/17 - Format: Paperback - Price: $16.00


Thank You For Your Service Thank You for Your Service by David Finkel
No journalist has reckoned with the psychology of war as intimately as David Finkel. In Thank You for Your Service, Finkel follows many of the same men from The Good Soldiers, his bestselling account from the front lines of Baghdad, as they return home and struggle to reintegrate. He is with them in their most intimate, painful, and hopeful moments as they try to recover, and in doing so, he creates an indelible, essential portrait of what life after war is like -- not just for these soldiers, but for their wives, widows, children, and friends, and for the professionals who are truly trying, and to a great degree failing, to undo the damage that has been done. Thank You for Your Service is an act of understanding, and it offers a more complete picture than we have ever had of two essential questions: When we ask young men and women to go to war, what are we asking of them? And when they return, what are we thanking them for?

Picador - Release Date: 9/5/17 - Format: Paperback - Price: $16.00


Born to Run
No Room for Small Dreams
Paperback - $19.99
Hardcover - $27.99
On sale 9/12/17

General & Historical Fiction
A Kind of Freedom A Kind of Freedom by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton
Evelyn is a Creole woman from the upper echelon of Black society who comes of age in New Orleans at the height of World War II and is forced to choose between her life of privilege and the man she loves. In 1982, Evelyn's daughter, Jackie, is a frazzled single mother grappling with her absent husband's drug addiction. Jackie's son, T.C., loves the creative process of growing marijuana more than the weed itself. Fresh out of a four-month stint for drug charges after Hurricane Katrina, T.C. decides to start over -- until an old friend convinces him to stake his new beginning on one last deal. For Evelyn, Jim Crow is an ongoing reality, and in its wake new threats spring up to haunt her descendants. A Kind of Freedom is an urgent novel that explores the legacy of racial disparity in the South through a poignant and redemptive family history.


Counterpoint - Release Date: 8/15/17 - Format: Hardcover - Price: $26.00


The Vengeance of Mothers The Vengeance of Mothers by Jim Fergus
Margaret Kelly is a woman who participated in the U.S. government's "Brides for Indians" program in 1873, a program whose conceit was that the way to peace between the United States and the Cheyenne Nation was for One Thousand White Woman to be given as brides in exchange for three hundred horses. These "brides" were mostly fallen women, as no one expected this program to work. And the brides themselves thought of it simply as a chance at freedom. But many of them fell in love with their Cheyenne spouses and had children with them...and became Cheyenne themselves. The Vengeance of Mothers explores what happens to the bonds between wives and husbands, children and mothers, when society sees them as "unspeakable." What does it mean to be white, to be Cheyenne, and how far will these women go to avenge the ones they love?

St. Martin's Press - Release Date: 9/12/17 - Format: Hardcover - Price: $26.99


Young Jane Young
The Other Alcott
Hardcover - $27.95
Signed First Editions Available!

The Twelve-Mile Straight
A Column of Fire
Hardcover - $27.99
On sale 9/12/17
Hardcover - $36.00
On sale 9/12/17

Mystery, Thriller, & Suspense
Dark River Rising Dark River Rising by Roger Johns
With her long-time partner and mentor on medical leave and a personal life in shambles, Baton Rouge Police Detective Wallace Hartman is called to the scene of a particularly gruesome murder. Obvious signs of torture point to a cunning and cold-blooded killer who will stop at nothing to find what he's looking for. When Federal Agent Mason Cunningham arrives on the scene, Wallace expects a hostile takeover of the case. But when a scientist with ties to the victim goes missing from a government lab, she needs Mason's federal connections as much as he needs her local insight, and the two form an uneasy partnership to solve the complicated and dangerous case. Meanwhile, the killer lurks in the shadows with an agenda no one saw coming, and when Wallace and Mason threaten to get in the way they risk losing everything they hold dear. Including their lives.

Meet the author at his panel talk & signing on September 9th!

Minotaur Books - Release Date: 8/29/17 - Format: Hardcover - Price: $26.99


Glass Houses Glass Houses by Louise Penny
When a mysterious figure appears in Three Pines one cold November day, Armand Gamache and the rest of the villagers are at first curious. Then wary. Through rain and sleet, the figure stands unmoving, staring ahead. From the moment its shadow falls over the village, Gamache suspects the creature has deep roots and a dark purpose. Yet he does nothing. What can he do? Only watch and wait. And hope his mounting fears are not realized. But when the figure vanishes overnight and a body is discovered, it falls to Gamache to discover if a debt has been paid or levied. Months later, on a steamy July day as the trial for the accused begins in Montréal, Chief Superintendent Gamache continues to struggle with actions he set in motion that bitter November, from which there is no going back. More than the accused is on trial. Gamache's own conscience is standing in judgment.

Minotaur Books - Release Date: 8/29/17 - Format: Hardcover - Price: $28.99


Y Is for Yesterday
The Child Finder
The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye
Hardcover - $29.00
Hardcover - $27.95
On sale 9/12/17

Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Horror
Cloudbound Cloudbound by Fran Wilde
The Towers are in disarray, without a governing body or any defense against the dangers lurking in the clouds, and daily life is full of terror and strife. Nat Densira, the wing-brother to Kirit (Skyshouter, Spirebreaker, no-longer-of-Densira) sets out to be a hero in his own way -- sitting on the new Council to cast votes protecting Tower-born, and exploring lower tiers to find more materials to repair the struggling City. But what he finds down-tier is more secrets -- and now Nat will have to decide who to trust, and how to trust himself without losing those he holds most dear, before a dangerous myth raises a surprisingly realistic threat to the crippled City, in Cloudbound.

Tor Books - Release Date: 9/5/17 - Format: Paperback - Price: $17.99


Children's & Young Adult
Black Bird of the Gallows Black Bird of the Gallows by Meg Kassel
A simple but forgotten truth: Where harbingers of death appear, the morgues will soon be full. Angie Dovage can tell there's more to Reece Fernandez than just the tall, brooding athlete who has her classmates swooning, but she can't imagine his presence signals a tragedy that will devastate her small town. When something supernatural tries to attack her, Angie is thrown into a battle between good and evil she never saw coming. Right in the center of it is Reece -- and he's not human. What's more, she knows something most don't. That the secrets her town holds could kill them all. But that's only half as dangerous as falling in love with a harbinger of death.

Entangled Publishing - Release Date: 9/5/17 - Format: Hardcover - Price: $17.99


Groovy Joe: Dance Party Countdown Groovy Joe: Dance Party Countdown by Eric Litwin, illustrated by Tom Lichtenheld
#1 New York Times bestsellers Eric Litwin and Tom Lichtenheld are back in another groovy story that will have little ones singing, dancing, and learning math to a whole new beat. In his second book, Groovy Joe has a dance party. But Oh no! More and more doggies are knocking on his door, asking to come in. Will there be enough room for everyone? Joe knows just what to do and, soon enough, he has everyone moving and grooving -- the party has only just begun! Signature rhyme, repetition, and musical writing style, combined with wild and witty illustrations infused with gentle math concepts come together to create an unforgettable new Groovy Joe story all about positivity, creativity, math, and kindness. Groovy Joe is back, ready to get groovy!

Orchard Books - Release Date: 9/12/17 - Format: Hardcover - Price: $17.99


Wonder Woman: Warbringer
Night of Cake & Puppets
Hardcover - $19.99
Signed First Edition Available!
Hardcover - $16.99
On sale 9/12/17

Shelf Awareness Email Newsletter
Would you like to learn about even more great books and book-related news? Shelf Awareness sends out a twice-weekly email newsletter filled with book reviews, book lists, author interviews, and more. If you're interested in subscribing to the Shelf Awareness email list, please email us at info@fiction-addiction.com.

Volunteer Picks
Good Me, Bad Me Good Me, Bad Me by Ali Land
Good Me, Bad Me is narrated by Milly a 15 year old girl whose mother tortured her, abused her, and forced her to participate in covering up the torture and killing of young children. Milly finally breaks from her mother's influence enough to go to the police, and she is now free of her mother -- or is she? All Milly wants is to be accepted and liked, and she hopes this will finally happen when she is placed in a foster home with her psychologist, his wife, and their 15 year old daughter. Milly must testify at her mother's trial, but no one other than her foster parents and the school principal know who she actually is. As Milly tries to adjust, she is faced with bullying from her foster sister and teasing at school. She continuously hears her mother's voice in her head either taunting her or praising her as she used to do. But Milly is determined to be strong and determined to only feed the good wolf hiding within. Others, however, keep feeding the bad wolf, and it is all she can do to keep him inside. All Milly wants is to be the best she can, and she really tries. Good Me, Bad Me is dark and disturbing, but it will keep you reading in disbelief about how cruel people can be until you come to the last shocking page.

Flatiron - Release Date: 9/5/17 - Format: Hardcover - Price: $25.99


The Almost Sisters
Emma in the Night
The Trespasser
Hardcover - $27.99
(Reviewed as an audiobook)
Signed First Edition Available!
Hardcover - $27.99
Signed First Edition Available!
Paperback - $17.00

A Stranger in the House
Gone to Dust
Harcover - $26.00
Hardcover - $25.99

Unraveling Oliver
Sworn to Silence
Paperback - $9.99

The Good Daughter
I Know a Secret
Hardcover - $27.99
Hardcover - $28.00

The Chilbury Ladies' Choir

Reincarnation Blues Reincarnation Blues by Michael Poore
Milo is nearing his ten thousandth reincarnation and running out of chances to reach perfection. The story weaves through his many incarnations on earth and his time in between, where he is secretly seeing Suzie, one of the personifications of Death. Each of Milo's lives could have been its own book which I would have loved to read. Highly recommended for those who want something excellently different.

Del Rey - Release Date: 8/22/17 - Format: Hardcover - Price: $27.00


The Massacre of Mankind
Sea of Rust
Fever
Hardcover - $27.00
Hardcover - $27.99
Hardcover - $26.00

Staff Picks

Shimmer and Burn
Wicked Like a Wildfire
Hardcover - $17.99
Hardcover - $17.99

Girls Made of Snow and Glass
Our Chemical Hearts
Hardcover - $18.99
Paperback - $10.99

Store & Community  News
Volunteer to help us at the store! Our volunteers receive a free "advance reading copy" for every three hours worked, and a 20% discount on all merchandise. If you're interested in volunteering at Fiction Addiction, please email Jill at info@fiction-addiction.com or call 864-675-0540.

Thanks for your continued patronage!

 

Sincerely,

 

Jill Hendrix, Owner
Fiction Addiction
1175 Woods Crossing Rd. #5  
Greenville, SC 29607
864-675-0540