August 24, 2022 | Issue #107
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Latest News From "The Fab Four"
Patti Callahan Henry is so grateful for all of the support and excitement for the cover reveal of The Secret Book of Flora Lea last week! It was a great way to return from her holiday. Patti was also honored to talk to ALZAUTHORS PODCAST about memory and what it means in our lives, especially in her novel, The Favorite Daughter. Meanwhile she is calculating how many days until the cooler weather begins…
What Patti is Reading: Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen
Kristy Woodson Harvey is beginning a new routine as Summer ends and little Will heads back to school. First thing on the list is refreshing my 2022 goals this week—and getting ready to start writing a brand-new novel!
Kristin Harmel is glad to have voted in this week’s primary election in Florida…. It’s so important to have a voice in the process! She enjoyed a nice visit with her in-laws over the weekend and also got to see her aunt, who is visiting from Massachusetts. She’s gearing up for several tour dates across the country in September and October–more soon–and for the release of the 10th anniversary edition of The Sweetness of Forgetting, which hits stores across the United States and Canada in just six weeks!
Mary Kay Andrews is spending the dog days of summer trying to channel the spirit of Christmas for her fall 2023 novel, which is due next month. In the meantime, she and Mr. MKA finished binge-watching Karin Slaughter’s Pieces of Her on Netflix, and now looking for their next nighttime diversion.
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Get to Know Our Friend, Tamron Hall!
Would you be if you weren't a writer?
If I weren't a writer, I would still be what I am now, a journalist. Similar to Jordan Manning.
When did you first know you wanted to be a writer?
I am not sure of when I realized I wanted to be a writer, but I can say it was while we were in the early months of the lockdown that I realized the time was now or never.
Do you have any writing rituals?
My writing ritual includes, as cliche as it sounds, a hot cup of coffee. I also thrive in chaos with my toddler, the ritual often included an activity with him that resets my mind and takes me out of work mode. As odd as it seems when I reset after toddler time my ideas flow.
The last book you raved about:
Tell us about your work-in-progress.
My work-in-progress at the moment is a follow up to As the Wicked Watch. I hope the readers now feel connected to Jordan as she finds herself yet again at a crossroad. Is she a journalist or an investigator? This next case challenges that question in whole new ways.
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Featured Bookseller
Find all the books by every F&F guest, past and present, in the F&F Bookshop.org Shop! Portions of all sales placed in our shop help fund F&F and support our guests! Proceeds from every sale made anywhere across Bookshop go straight into the pockets of indie booksellers nationwide. Since its inception, Bookshop.org has raised nearly $22 million for indie bookstores! Find AS THE WICKED WATCH by Tamron Hall—as well as recent books by all of our guests and hosts—on our Friends & Fiction Fall 2022 Guests list!
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Listen to the F&F Podcast!
Coming this Friday, August 26th—Ron & Meg are joined by Christine Pride & Jo Piazza to chat about their timely novel, WE ARE NOT LIKE THEM, a GMA Book Club Pick which is out now in paperback.
Out Now! WB_S4E2—Ron and MKA are joined by Ellen Meister, author of the darkly comic new book, Take My Husband, to talk all about the art of writing with humor. LISTEN NOW!
Out Now! WB_S4E1—Ron is joined by special guest co-host Nancy Johnson, author of The Kindest Lie, to speak with Dolen Perkins-Valdez about her powerful, poignant and timely newest work, Take My Hand. LISTEN NOW!
Listen, download, subscribe, rate, review & share wherever you get your podcasts!
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News from the F&F Official Book Club
We had a fantastic 2 year Anniversary celebration where the Fab Four announced that the new official name of the book is “The Friends & Fiction Official book club with Brenda and Lisa.” We are excited and can’t believe we now 14k members!
We have a lot of fun events coming up. Take a look at our book club schedule and be sure to save the dates! All events begin at 7pm Eastern unless otherwise noted.
Oct 13th: Happy Hour with Ron Block
Grab these books and start reading now!
If you missed our special Two-Year Book Club Anniversary Celebration with the Fab Four on August 18th, watch it HERE.
If you missed our fabulous Book Club discussion on August 15th with Sally Hepworth in talks of her newest release The Younger Wife please click HERE.
If you missed our book club discussion with Emily Henry about Book Lovers on Monday, July 18th, catch it on YouTube HERE.
Did you hear? The Friends & Fiction Official Book Club is now on YouTube! You can view previous book club discussions and happy hours at your leisure. Check it out HERE!
Not a member of the Friends & Fiction Book Club? Join us! We would love to have you!
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Join the F&F 2022 Reading Challenge!
Join us in 2022 for a fun 12-month reading challenge. We will challenge each other all year long to read books in a different category every month. This will help all of us broaden our horizons and read books in different genres we may not have chosen for ourselves. This is a fun way to join with the rest of the F&F community and share a fun reading experience. And the F&F Reading Journal makes the perfect companion piece to this challenge, helping you keep track of all the books you read all year long. Grab your reading journal HERE.
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Did you miss the August 17th episode with Karin Slaughter and Chris Swann? If so, you can watch it on our YouTube channel HERE. We air our show on YouTube every Wednesday night at 7pm ET. And every episode since our show’s inception can be found there too. So if you ever miss one, or in case Facebook is being difficult, check us out on YouTube. Subscribe today so you never miss an episode and get alerted every time we post new content. We also have book trailers and highlight clips on our channel, too! Watch the August 17th show HERE.
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Introducing Friends & Fiction: Behind the Book
Have you joined F&F on Fable yet?! We are taking our immersive reading experience a step further by partnering with this unique social platform to form the “Friends & Fiction: Behind the Book” Premium Book Club! Let’s discover, read, and talk about great books together! Download the FREE Fable app for your phone or tablet. Join MKA, Kristin, Kristy & Patti as they talk about their own books, the books they love, and books they're just discovering together. They’ll feature a new book selection every month, plus special club events, exclusive content, and more! Join our Premium Club for just $5/month! JOIN TODAY!
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Friends & Fiction Merchandise
SHOP THE F&F MERCH STORE!
NEW! Ask and you shall receive! We have finally made the souvenir posters from the Summer 2022 F&F Live Tour available online for purchase. Visit our pals at Oxford Exchange to buy yours now. These mini-posters are a full-color original design printed on glossy heavyweight card stock and individually packaged in a protective sleeve. Every single poster has been hand signed by each one of the Fab Four. They are priced at a flat rate of $15 including all taxes, postage, and handling, shipped with care anywhere in the continental US. Get your keepsake poster now while supplies last! ORDER POSTERS HERE!
Stay on track with the exclusive Friends & Fiction Reading Journal, featuring 52 book entries (one for every week of the year), a lending library, reading list, and books you put down. With a cloth cover, gold foil embossing, a satin ribbon page marker, elastic band, heavyweight paper, and a back pocket to store notes, this is the perfect gift for the book lover in your life—or for yourself! ORDER READING JOURNALS HERE.
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Friends & Fiction wine sippies are available and shipping now from Oxford Exchange!
But that’s not all! We also have F&F 20oz travel tumblers for on-the-go coffee of drinks!
We can’t wait to see you model your merch!
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