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Happy Thursday, Friend!
Remember last year’s big scammer trend? We’ve got a new addition to the
genre to add to your TBR, along with the 10 hottest books on Likewise this
week. Plus, movie news for two projects we already can’t wait
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The Bookends |
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Con Artists and the People Who
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In The Bookends, we pick an exciting new release and pair it with an older title
readers will also love. This week: Women with plenty to hide charm their way
into the lives of ordinary people in these scammer stories. |
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Fake |
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A thirty-something woman named Shelby is
mourning the sudden death of her wife when she
meets the magnetic Cammie at a support group;
meanwhile, a recently divorced man named Gregory
falls for Cammie after a poker game. When Shelby
and Gregory accidentally meet, they realize
Cammie’s stories don’t add up. |
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Story |
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In this suspenseful 2022 read–told through
emails, Instagram posts, text messages–fashion
magazine intern Lora meets wealthy socialite Cat
Wolff, who convinces Lora to drop out of school
and move into her suite at the Plaza Hotel–but
all is not what it seems with Cat. |
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The Stack |
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Fictional Inheritance
Squabbles That Could’ve Been Avoided With Better Financial Literacy
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The death of a family member is never easy, but a high-drama fight over the
inheritance only makes it worse. The families in these three novels could’ve
saved a lot of grief if only they’d had some sound financial advice. Avoid
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start planning for your financial future today. |
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Nest |
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Every family has its problems. But even among
the most troubled, the Plumb family stands out
as spectacularly dysfunctional. In this warm and
funny debut novel, four adult siblings grapple
with the fate of the shared inheritance. |
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Trust |
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Stanley, the Huang family patriarch, is dying
from pancreatic cancer. For years he’s been
insinuating that he’s sitting on a small
fortune, which spurs his two children and
ex-wife to spend more time with their
ill-tempered father and by extension, his
28-years-younger wife. |
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Exit |
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This dark comedy follows a wealthy widow and her
adult son as they flee from New York to Paris in
the wake of scandal and financial
disintegration. Now a major motion picture
starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Lucas Hedges.
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Guess The Writer |
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- This writer was born in New York City but spent her childhood in France
before returning to the US for college.
- Her first novel, Going Home, was published in
1973
- She has written 190 books that have sold more than 800 million copies
worldwide.
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Critical Love
The new book from Pulitzer Prize winner
Matthew Desmond (Evicted) may be the best reviewed
work of nonfiction so far this year. Harper's calls it “lucid and
scathing” and NPR says it is “provocative and compelling.” |
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| Poverty,
By America |
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Backed by data and extensive research,
journalist Desmond explores the causes of
poverty in the US. |
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The Big Debut
Jinwoo Chong’s debut appeared on “most
anticipated” lists from The New York Times, Nylon, and more.
Publishers Weekly compared the novel to cult favorite This
Is How You Lose the Time War, calling it a “gorgeous
speculative gem” and Buzzfeed says it’s a “ wildly imaginative and
mind-bending read.” |
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The lives of three seemingly unrelated people
connect in strange ways in this genre-blending
sci-fi neo-noir mystery. |
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Bookworld |
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🔥 Amazon will adapt E.
Lockhart’s BookTok hit We Were Liars.
🪷 The
movie version of the bestselling memoir Crying in H
Mart has its director.
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Authors Colson Whitehead and Ann Patchett were among the recipients of this
year’s National Humanities Medals. |
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Perennial chart-topper Danielle Steel’s new
book hit the bestseller list
this week. |
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