Aug 18, 2014 | iRead Fiction, iRead New Writers
Mira Jacob reads from and discusses her critically-acclaimed debut novel The Sleepwalker’s Guide to Dancing. Spanning India in the 1970s to New Mexico in the ’80s to Seattle in the ’90s, Jacob’s story is a winning, irreverent debut novel about a family wrestling with its future and its past.
Aug 11, 2014 | iRead Fiction
L.A. Campbell, author of the bestselling middle grade novel Cartboy and the Time Capsule, reads from and discusses her new book, Cartboy Goes to Camp. Filled with photos, drawings, and timelines, Hal’s (a.k.a. Cartboy) journal chronicles his hilarious adventures at Camp Jamestown — where nothing has changed in 400 years.
Aug 4, 2014 | iRead Best Sellers, iRead Fiction
C. J. Box, the New York Times-bestselling author of the Joe Pickett novels, reads from and discusses his new book Shots Fired: Stories from Joe Pickett Country, a thrilling book of suspense stories about the Wyoming he knows so well-and the dark deeds and impulses that can be found there.
Jul 31, 2014 | iRead Fiction, iRead Romance
Seventeen-year-old Layla just wants to be normal. But with a kiss that kills anything with a soul, she’s anything but normal. Half demon, half gargoyle, Layla has abilities no one else possesses. Raised among the Wardens—a race of gargoyles tasked with hunting demons and keeping humanity safe—Layla tries to fit in, but that means hiding her own dark side from those she loves the most.
Jul 28, 2014 | iRead Best Sellers, iRead Fiction
Bestselling author Brad Thor reads from and discusses Act of War, his most frightening and pulse-pounding thriller to date. With the United States facing an imminent and devastating attack, America’s new president must turn to covert counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath to help carry out two of the most dangerous operations in the country’s history.