Team Gabe/Team Darren Quiz
I was so excited to find out that Putnam Books created an “Are you Team Gabe or Team Darren” quiz…and then was very surprised by my results! If you want to take the quiz, just click right here.
A Thai edition!
I ate some celebratory Pad Thai for lunch when I found out that Penguin licensed a Thai edition of The Light We Lost. (I was very excited about this news.)
A Short Story in the UK
I wrote a (very!) short story, and it’s now being published in the Sunday Express Magazine in the UK. The link is right here, if you’d like to read it: http://www.express.co.uk/…/Exclusive-short-story-by-Jill-Sa…
An Italian Bestseller!
I celebrated with Prosecco when Il Giorno Aspettiamo hit the bestseller list in Italy! Number 19! Evviva!
The Light We Lost on TV!
My book was on TV! Thank you to Bill Goldstein on NBC New York for the kind words about The Light We Lost (My favorite part was the comparison to the movie The Way We Were.) You can watch the video here: http://www.nbcnewyork.com/…/Bill_s-Books_-Summer-Books_New-…
Magic Radio with Harriet Scott!
When I was in London, I got to visit the Magic Radio studios and talk with Harriet Scott about The Light We Lost for her Book Club podcast. The episode is now up! Here’s the link, if anyone is interested in giving it a listen: https://itunes.apple.com/…/p…/5-jill-santopolo/id1213782541…
A ClassPass Book of The Week
A few different people have told me about how great ClassPass is, but I hadn’t known about their lifestyle blog! Glad I found out about it, because they chose The Light We Lost as their book of the week! Thank you, ClassPas team.
Bustle Beach Reads
I was so floored when I read Bustle‘s review of The Light We Lost 15 Beach Reads To Enjoy During Memorial Day Weekend in their list of . They said: “If you prefer love over murder, then Jill Santopolo’s stunning debut is the perfect beach read for your Memorial Day weekend. A heartbreaking contemporary romance about two people who meet on 9/11 and whose lives are forever defined by that day, The Light We Lost is a tragic tale of love, loss, and life that will haunt you long after you’ve read the unshakable ending. Be sure to throw tissues, and maybe a few cute pictures of puppies, in your beach bag with this one, because The Light We Lost will leave you shaken to your core.”
Wow.
Red Online
Whoa! Red Online included The Light We Lost on this list of best summer beach books!
The Skimm!
I really love the women who run theSkimm, and especially love the description they wrote of The Light We Lost.
Hello Magazine Review
When I read this review of The Light We Lost from Hello Magazine in the U.K. totally made my morning over here in NYC.
A Review in The Sun
The Light We Lost was reviewed in The Sun in the U.K., and the reviewer had this to say about it: “This is surely the next great romantic epic… It is a novel that lives with you long after the final page. A book for a generation and a future classic.” Reading that line made me kind of speechless. Here’s the whole review:
