Not Your Mother's Book Club

NYM-Actual-Book Club presents special guest author Katherine Longshore to discuss the companion to Gilt and Tarnish, Brazen. Mary Howard has always lived in the shadow of her powerful family. But when she's married off to Henry Fitzroy, King Henry VIII's illegitimate son, she rockets into the Tudor court's inner circle. Mary and "Fitz" join a tight clique of rebels who test the boundaries of court's strict rules with their games, dares, and flirtations. The more Mary gets to know Fitz, the harder she falls for him, but is forbidden from seeing him alone. The rules of court were made to be pushed...but pushing them too far means certain death. Is true love worth dying for? 

The Alameda Free Library and Not Your Mother's Book Club™ present Michael L. Printz-Honoree and #1 New York Times-bestselling author Maggie Stiefvater sharing book four in her Shiver series, Sinner.

Maggie’s new book, Sinner, is another in the Wolves of Mercy Falls universe, but is meant to be read as a stand-alone from the series. Following Cole St. Clair and Isabel Culpeper, this neon-pink, sun-kissed love story is impossibly hot. It seems to us at NYMBC that Maggie only gets better with each book she writes. Come kick it with her before she gets too fancy and famous to ever visit us again.

 

 

NYM-Actual-Book Club welcomes special guest author Tamara Ireland Stone, discussing their July selection, Time After Time. The companion to Time Between Us (which has been optioned as a film!), and told from his point of view, Time After Time continues the love story of Bennett, a time traveler from 2012 San Francisco, and Anna, sixteen, of 1995 Evanston, Illinois, as they try to make their relationship work despite his fear that it is not meant to be.

Not Your Mother's--Actual--Book Club welcomes Northern California Book Award-winner Kim Culbertson, author of their June selection, Catch A Falling Star! With love, lies, and the glitz, glamour, and groupies of Hollywood wandering a small town, there is plenty to discuss from this deliciously charming novel about finding true love . . . and yourself.

Not Your Mother's Book Club™ presents a night sure to flutter some butterflies in your tummy with the Story Crush Tour! Featuring #1 New York Times-bestselling author Kiera Cass sharing the third installment in her Selection series, The One; musician and author Kevin Emerson sharing his musically infused romance, Exile; and debut author Amanda Maciel sharing her provocative and unforgettable novel, inspired by real-life incidents surrounding bullying, Tease. This event will be moderated by Books Inc. Palo Alto's own YA fanatic, Anna!

Not Your Mother's--Actual--Book Club welcomes special guest author Kristin Elizabeth Clark discussing Freakboy. From the outside, seventeen-year-old Brendan Chase seems to have it pretty easy. He's a star wrestler, a video game aficionado, and a loving boyfriend to his seemingly perfect match, Vanessa. But on the inside, Brendan struggles to understand why his body feels so wrong. Is there even a name for guys like him? Guys who sometimes want to be girls? Or is Brendan just a freak?

Not Your Mother's Books Club™ celebrates the launch of longtime NYMBC attendee, babe and total pal, Whitney Miller's debut novel, The Violet Hour. Harlow Wintergreen, daughter of the leader of a powerful religious organization called VisionCrest, has a dark and dangerous secret. She hears a voice in her head that seems to have a mind of its own, plaguing her with visions of a violent and bloody alternate reality. And even worse, Harlow fears that this terrifying voice could take control of her. . .

Not Your Mother's Books Club™ very proudly presents New York Times-bestselling author Lauren Oliver discussing her latest awesome creation, Panic. Already optioned by Universal Pictures in a major deal, this gritty, spellbinding novel captures both the raw energy of fear mixed with excitement as well as the aching need to find a place to belong. But wait, there's more! Lauren will be in conversation with the very talented New York Times-bestselling author Veronica Rossi, author of Into the Still Blue, the earth-shattering conclusion to her epic Under the Never Sky trilogy.

Not Your Mother's Book Club™ presents a night full of newness with National Book Award finalist Sara Zarr, and acclaimed author Tara Altebrando, sharing their glorious collaboration, Roomies--a charming novel about that time after high school, when everything feels like it's ending just as it's beginning.

Not Your Mother's Book Club™ proudly presents The A in YA featuring Rainbow Rowell sharing her beautifully crafted coming-of-age tale of fanfiction, family and first love, Fangirl. Joining Rainbow is New York Times-bestseller David Levithan sharing the sharp-witted and warm-hearted, Two Boys Kissing.