I couldn’t believe it when a friend sent over a photo of The Light We Lost traveling on the New York City subway as part of a promotion for audiobooks. If you visit tryaudiobooks.com/commute you can get a free download!
I was so honored that bookbub included The Light We Lost in this list of 16 Books to Read If You Love The Time Traveler’s Wife.
When I’m not writing novels or editing books, once in a while I’m a bookwriter for musicals. The photograph is from a workshop of Peanut Butter & Cupcake! (The Musical), based on the picture book written and illustrated by Bent Objects by Terry Border. Brad Ross is the composer, Christiana Cole is the lyricist, and Brandon Santoro directed. The actors were fantastic, and we had a great time seeing the musical on its feet. It will be performed this summer at Interlakes Children’s Theatre in New Hampshire, and I can’t wait!
I love that The Light We Lost spent its second week as a USA Today bestseller hanging out with Captain Underpants.
June 20, 2017 was the book birthday of the tenth and final book in the Sparkle Spa series, Glam Opening. I’ve been working on these books now for almost exactly five years. Kare Nagel at SimonKIDS sent me an email asking if I wanted to send her sample pages for a series she had an idea for on June 29, 2012. It’s been so much fun sparkling with her and the whole crew at Aladdin since then. I will always be grateful to them for giving me the opportunity to bring Aly, Brooke, and all the characters in this world to life.
I loved the review of The Light We Lost that was part if the reading list on The Stripe. My favorite lines were: “Oh my goodness – if you read one book this month, make this be it” and “[I]t felt so real and true (and reminded me of stories so many of my married friends have told me), and I will just say that I sobbed the entire last chapter. It’s an absolute must read.” (I loved the Sex and the City reference in the review, too…) If you want to read the whole thing you can click here: http://thestripe.com/2017/06/june-2017-reading-list/
According to Domino Magazine, The Light We Lost is one of the Best Books to Pack for your Honeymoon (along with Courtney Maum‘s TOUCH and Hemingway’s A Moveable Feast!). If you want to check out what else is on the list, it’s right here: https://domino.com/best-books-for-honeymoon
The women at theSkimm made a summer reading list and included The Light We Lost. I’m so grateful and so love what they wrote to summarize my book.
When I found out that the Arab Scientific Publisher had just licensed the publication of The Light We Lost in Arabic, I went out for a celebratory lunch at Souk & Sandwich. It was pretty delicious.
I’m so thrilled that iBooks named The Light We Lost one of the Best Books of 2017 (So Far). It’s there with books from so many writers I admire. (Also, I love the graphic I got along with being on the list.)
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