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The Lovely Bones in DailyLit’s Book Channel

As the film adaptation hits theaters this week, Alice Sebold’s bestselling book The Lovely Bones is back in the news. It is an unusual novel, told from the perspective of a dead girl who watches events unfold from somewhere beyond earth as we know it. It is, however, as hopeful and beautiful a story as you will find. Enjoy this excerpt in our Book Channel, but please note that it is an intense scene that includes the beginning of a physical assault.

Bestselling Author Elizabeth Kostova’s New Book in DailyLit’s Book Channel

Elizabeth Kostova, author of the bestselling hit The Historian, has just published her newest book, The Swan Thieves, and we’ve got an excerpt to share with you in our Book Channel.  Thanks to an advance copy I’ve already read the book and can tell you that this excerpt, which showcases Kostova’s beautiful prose and reveals the beginning of a captivating mystery, is a great taste of the novel. It’s  already received numerous glowing reviews, and you can count mine among them! I enjoyed reading this book and hope you will too.

Pulitzer Prize Winner Anne Tyler in DailyLit’s Book Channel

Our Book Channel is dedicated to bringing you new and noteworthy books, and there’s nothing more noteworthy this week than the publication of Pulitzer Prize winner and best-selling author Anne Tyler’s newest novel Noah’s Compass. It’s a work that’s coming up in bookish conversations this week, so take a taste of the novel with the excerpt we’ve found for you and see what it’s all about.

Special Guest Contributor Sara Nelson in DailyLit’s Book Channel Today

Today we featured Sara Nelson’s second guest column for the DailyLit Book Channel. Sara, as former editor of Publishers Weekly, author of the bestselling So Many Books, So Little Time, and the current Books Director for O, the Oprah Magazine, knows good books, and this week’s column is no exception. Here she reviews Devil’s Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America’s Great White Sharks by Susan Casey and provides an excerpt for you so you can have a taste of the book yourself. (Or, given that the book is about sharks, maybe a “bite” of the book is more appropriate?) Read it here. Enjoy!

Gotham Gal Named Special Guest Contributor to DailyLit’s Book Channel

I am delighted to announce that Gotham Gal is our new special guest contributor on DailyLit’s book channel.  One of the benefits of running a company is that you’re able to tap people whose tastes you respect, with recommendations that you’d take.  In fact, by having Gotham Gal recommend particular books, it saves me the trouble of asking her in private about books that I should read.  Check out her gothamgal.com website if you have a chance; it’s a fun read. You can see her first column for DailyLit’s Book Channel here and sign up for the channel–full of recommendations and excerpts–here.

Sara Nelson Named Special Guest Contributor to DailyLit’s Book Channel.

I’m thrilled to announce that Sara Nelson is our first guest contributor for DailyLit’s Book Channel. Sara is the author of the bestselling So Many Books, So Little Time. From 2005 to 2009, she was editor in chief of Publishers Weekly and is currently the Books Director for O, the Oprah Magazine.

Sara is one of the women I admire most—she’s smart, genuine, and, with her refreshingly direct voice, will be sure to tell you what’s on her mind. She’ll be recommending books we should be reading (or at least know about). Check out her first column here—and receive her series (for free) by signing up for DailyLit’s Book Channel.

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