I’ve always loved the cover for What Came Before He Shot Her. Sooo creepy. Elizabeth George almost won the 2008 HCC March Madness tournament and she’s currently just a little behind Thrity Umrigar’s terrific The Space Between Us. Which book will make it through to Round 2?
Lawrence Hill’s The Book of Negroes has collected numerous awards over the last few years, but will it be the 2010 HCC March Madness Champion? Browse Inside this beloved novel here and be sure to watch the trailer or check out 10 Books for Black History Month.
I’ve been seeing ads for Martin Scorcese’s Shutter Island everywhere lately. As a big Dennis Lehane fan, I’m excited. Can the first ever HCC March Madness champion do it again with Shutter Island? Browse Inside the book to start reading now.
To Kill a Mockingbird is one of literature’s most beloved classics. As the book nears its 50th anniversary later this year Harper Lee’s novel could also become the 2010 HCC March Madness champion. Browse Inside To Kill a Mockingbird now, then vote.
Alice Kuipers describes her book, Life on the Refrigerator Door, for HCC March Madness voters:
Fifteen year old Claire and her mother are running out of time. But they don’t know it, yet. They live in the same house but what with school, work and friends they hardly see each other. Through they notes they leave each other on the fridge door, we get to glimpse their life together during a tragic, life changing year.
Leave a note on Alice Kuipers fridge door here, and browse inside Life on the Refrigerator Door now before voting.
The opening lines of Steven Hall’s The Raw Shark Texts will pull you under, into the story of a man being chased by a conceptual mind-shark that may or may not be real. It’s The Matrix meets Memento meets Jaws. Browse Inside now to sample.
Alice Kuiper’s Life on the Refrigerator Door is locked in a tight matchup with Sara Gruen’s Water for Elephants right now in Round 1. Check out Alice’s blog here for Writing Tips for Teens and click each book title to start reading before you vote!
Three very different women, at different stages in their lives and with different ambitions, meet on holiday and become close friends. As the years unfold and challenges arise their lives become inextricably entwined. Browse Inside Cathy Kelly’s Someone Like You now before voting in her first round match-up with Janice Kulyk Keefer’s The Ladies Lending Library.
Heather at Books and Quilts blog discusses her HCC March Madness picks.
Marilynne Robinson has won the PEN/Hemingway Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize. But will Gilead be the 2010 HCC March Madness winner? She’s up against Canada’s own Douglas Coupland in Round 1. Sample Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead.
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