Chicago Tribune reviewer, Sarah Kollmorgen , writes “Reading "The Other Serious" feels like having a late-night talk with a good, advice-ready friend. Whether or not you agree with Wampole's irony argument, reading "The Other Serious" will compel you to look at your own behaviors, which, in the end, is really the point.” Harper published the book on July 7, 2015….

In addition to a starred review, Publishers Weekly has included THE FIFTH HOUSE OF THE HEART as one of their books of the week for the week of July 27th, Book Riot included it in the New Books Newsletter, and Suspense Magazine reviewed the books saying that “all readers of suspense (whether vamp fan or not) will find this tale to be a great one.” Gallery will publish the book on July 28, 2015....

Jessica Tom’s debut novel received a positive review in Kirkus Reviews. The reviews says “the book speeds along with enough intrigue and excitement to keep any reader hooked… A fun and compulsively readable look at a woman’s journey into the underbelly of the New York food scene.” William Morrow will publish the book on October 27, 2015…...

In the tradition of the modern classics The Tender Bar by J.R. Moehringer and The Liars’ Club by Mary Karr, Blaine Lourd’s Born on the Bayou is a powerful gothic memoir set in the bayous and oil towns of 1970s Louisiana. Gallery Books will publish the memoir on 8/18/2015....

Shelf Awareness has reviewed THE INVADERS, calling it “An incisive skewering of a privileged beachside community facing an "invasion" of lower-class outsiders.” Regan Arts published the book on July 7, 2015....

In advance of his book’s publication, neuroscientist Dr. Eliezer Sternberg has begun a column in Psychology Today that will explore similar themes. The first entry, “When Music Becomes Language” discusses the phenomenon that, in some people, the brain processes both music and language in the same way. Pantheon will publish the book on January 12, 2016....

The real cold war was the living against the dead. Austin Grossman, author of SOON I WILL BE INVINCIBLE and YOU, reimagines the ultimate American antihero in CROOKED. You don’t know jack about Dick. Mulholland Books published in hardcover July 28, 2015…..

THE LITTLE PARIS BOOKSHOP, the international bestselling novel by Nina George, will debut at number 16 on the July 19th edition of New York Times Hardcover Fiction bestseller list. The author will also be featured in the “Inside the List” column of the New York Times Book Review. Crown published the book on June 23, 2015.

THE SHANNARA CHRONICLES, based on the series by Terry Brooks, debuted its highly-anticipated trailer at Comic Con last week in San Diego. Reviews of the first footage have been astounding, with Entertainment Weekly calling it “beautiful” and having a “sweeping score worthy of a summer blockbuster.” The 10-episode first season follows closely the second book in Terry Brooks’ original trilogy, THE ELFSTONES OF SHANNARA, and will air on MTV in January 2016.

Kelly Bowen’s YOU’RE THE EARL THAT I WANT received a boxed starred review in Publishers Weekly, which raves that “this story has it all: romance, suspense, wit and Bowen’s trademark smart and slightly quirky characters.” The book also received a 4-star review in RT Magazine., which says that Bowen’s “atypical characters’ adventures move the story forward, enchanting readers with their escapades and captivating them with their sexual tension......”