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It is a rainy day today (as we put this BU together), so it is very easy focusing on all of the great books of interest... of course that is fun and easy any day, but rainy days are enticing for some reading time, aren't they? So dive in and check out all of the great possibilities below.

Please note, today is also the last day to vote in our 2012 "The Book Pick " contest celebrating our Top 5 finalists. Click here to cast your final vote and find out more about these books.

And on another note, (just an FYI one this time)... Books Unleashed and our NewzBundlz newsletter will be on hiatus in May. No, no... not because the BB staff will be on holiday in Europe (sigh)... never fear, we will be back and better than ever in June!!

Hoping it is sunny enough to read your books
in your hammock by the time you read this,

LAST DAY to vote in the Top 5 Finalists for "The Book Pick" Contest!
Click here to vote!




What's Hot (Top 5)
What's New (Newbies to Note)
What's Not to Miss (Weekly Book Feature)






Top 5 Finalists for "The Book Pick" Contest:
Voting is now open! Click here to vote for your favorite.

Farsighted
Farsighted
By Emlyn Chand

Forgotten April 
Forgotten April
By Robyn Bradley

The Ninth Step
The Ninth Step
By Barbara Taylor Sissel

Spare Change 
Spare Change
By Bette Lee Crosby

Stay Tuned
Stay Tuned
By Lauren Clark



Newbies to Note in the World of Books!

The Book of Madness and Cures: A Novel

The Book of Madness and Cures
By Regina O'Melveny
(4/10/2012)

Dr. Gabriella Mondini, a strong-willed, young Venetian woman, has followed her father in the path of medicine. She possesses a singleminded passion for the art of physick, even though, in 1590, the male-dominated establishment is reluctant to accept a woman doctor. So when her father disappears on a mysterious journey, Gabriella's own status in the Venetian medical society is threatened. Her father has left clues--beautiful, thoughtful, sometimes torrid, and often enigmatic letters from his travels as he researches his vast encyclopedia, The Book of Diseases. After ten years of missing his kindness, insight, and guidance, Gabriella decides to set off on a quest to find him--a daunting journey that will take her through great university cities, centers of medicine, and remote villages across Europe. Despite setbacks, wary strangers, and the menaces of the road, the young doctor bravely follows the clues to her lost father, all while taking notes on maladies and treating the ill to supplement her own work.


The Lifeboat
The Lifeboat
By Charlotte Rogan
(4/3/2012)

Grace Winter, 22, is both a newlywed and a widow. She is also on trial for her life. In the summer of 1914, the elegant ocean liner carrying her and her husband Henry across the Atlantic suffers a mysterious explosion. Setting aside his own safety, Henry secures Grace a place in a lifeboat, which the survivors quickly realize is over capacity. For any to live, some must die. As the castaways battle the elements, and each other, Grace recollects the unorthodox way she and Henry met, and the new life of privilege she thought she'd found. Will she pay any price to keep it?




BB Book Club Book Pick for April:

Until the Next Time

Buy now from:
Why Until the Next Time
By Kevin Fox?

Because...
"With the appeal of The Time Traveler’s Wife and the classic Time and Again, this novel is a romance cloaked in mystery and suspense that takes readers inside the rich heritage of Irish history and faith. Until the Next Time is a remarkable story about time and memory and the way ancient myths affect everything—from what we believe to who we love."

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Our Other Monthly Features Include:

Non-Fiction:

Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
By Cheryl Strayed

Teens:

Pandemonium
Pandemonium
By Lauren Oliver

Kids:

Horten's Miraculous Mechanisms: Magic, Mystery, & a Very Strange Adventure
Horten's Miraculous Mechanisms: Magic, Mystery, & a Very Strange Adventure
By Lissa Evans




Weekly Featured Books for April:

The Beginner's Goodbye
The Beginner's Goodbye
By Anne Tyler

Anne Tyler gives us a wise, haunting, and deeply moving new novel in which she explores how a middle-aged man, ripped apart by the death of his wife, is gradually restored by her frequent appearances—in their house, on the roadway, in the market.

The Red Book
The Red Book
By Deborah Copaken Kogan

Twenty years after being roommates at Harvard, their lives are in free fall. Tthey’ve kept abreast of one another via the red book, a class report published every five years. But there’s the story we tell the world, and then there’s the real story...

Sacre Bleu: A Comedy d'Art
Sacre Bleu: A Comedy d'Art
By Christopher Moore

A delectable confection of intrigue, passion, and art history—with cancan girls, baguettes, and fine French cognac thrown in for good measure—SacrÉ Bleu is another masterpiece of wit and wonder from the one, the only, Christopher Moore.

The Cove
The Cove
By Ron Rash

A breathtaking, lyrical novel with a profoundly moving love story at its heart, The Cove confirms Ron Rash as a masterful novelist at the height of his powers.

Drop Dead Healthy: One Man's Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection
Drop Dead Healthy: One Man's Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection
By A. J. Jacobs

From the bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically and The Know-It-All comes the true and truly hilarious story of one person’s quest to become the healthiest man in the world.




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