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@vidalife.bsky.social

Chief book propagandist at Kensington Publishing.

Vida @vidalife.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

If you’re as into history, cults, and forbidden book clubs as I am, you’ll love Melanie Dobson’s THE SISTER SOCIETY (3/30/27), a dual timeline novel about the sex cult (!!) behind the Oneida silverware empire – and the sisterhood that survived it. #ewgc bit.ly/4gUpXNW

Against a blue background, a paperback book titled THE SISTER SOCIETY by Melanie Dobson. Includes text saying "Behind the silverware was a cult. Between the pages they found freedom."

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Vida @vidalife.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Elin Hilderbrand + Emily Henry meet Dolly Alderton...but make it Jersey Shore! TODAY Show journalist Francesca Cocchi's nostalgic, swoony debut HAVE A GREAT SUMMER is the perfect, warm, put-a-smile-on-your-face read to exorcise this insane winter from our souls at last! #ewgc tinyurl.com/3wnjm3xa

Book titled HAVE A GREAT SUMMER by Francesca Cocchi against a purple to orange ombre background with the following text: "A sweet, summery ode to the Jersey Shore, early 2000s nostalgia, and the pull of first love…On sale 5.26.26"

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Vida @vidalife.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Meanwhile even tho #ewgc is being glitchy, if you love a good Prohibition tale, Ozarks setting and/or novels by Jeannette Walls & Sue Monk Kidd, I highly recommend THE MOONSHINE WOMEN by Michelle Collins Anderson, about 3 bootleggin sisters in 1930s Missouri. tinyurl.com/3n79sabu

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Vida @vidalife.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Happy #ewgc and THANK YOU so so SO much to everyone who made the marvelous WOMEN OF A PROMISCUOUS NATURE by Donna Everhart a LibraryReads pick! ARCs are available if anyone hasn’t read it yet & please check out/share our gorgeous extended book club kit: bit.ly/PromiscuousB...

Reads "Thank you, Librarians" across the top. LibraryReads Selection January 2026, with image of the book WOMEN OF A PROMISCUOUS NATURE.

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Vida @vidalife.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Oh! I just remembered - if anyone is reading Ellen Marie Wiseman's all-too-timely new release THE LIES THEY TOLD, about eugenics & immigration in 1930s America, we have an excellent extended book club kit. Scan the QR code or go to bit.ly/TheLiesTheyT.... Please share with anyone interested! #ewgc

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Vida @vidalife.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

I second this Mormon Gothic #ewgc recommendation! The author was raised Mormon and took inspiration from the real experiences of 2 sisters who were married to her 3rd great-grandfather around the time of Utah’s settlement. So chilling and so good!

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Vida @vidalife.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Based on real accounts, Cane not only weaves stories of resistance & hope, he also incorporates a queer narrative rarely–if ever–seen in novels about enslaved people in 1800s America. Raw, illuminating & perfect for readers of THE PROPHETS, AMITY, & THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD. #ewgc bit.ly/BurnARC

Against dark background, hardcover image of BURN DOWN MASTER'S HOUSE by Clay Cane. Cover shows a plantation house surrounded in flames. Text reads “A resistance story for the ages.”
—Ibram X. Kendi LibraryReads nominations due 12.1.2025

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Vida @vidalife.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

If you, like me, believe longer days = darker reads...Jen Sookfong Lee’s THE HUNGER WE PASS DOWN (9/30/25) is a haunting, beautifully written literary horror that explores intergenerational trauma and the dark echoes of Hong Kong’s WWII military brothel, Nam Koo Terrace. #EWGC tinyurl.com/65prc577

Hardcover book titled THE HUNGER WE PASS DOWN with cover that shows a shadowy silhouette of an Asian woman against a pink background. Text is a quote from Kelly Link saying "This is the kind of book that eats your sleep."

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Vida @vidalife.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

I’m so excited about Donna Everhart’s novel based on the long-buried history of “The American Plan” that I’m leaking the cover here (shhhh!). If THE HANDMAID’S TALE was a true story that happened in 1930s America, it would be WOMEN OF A PROMISCUOUS NATURE (1/27/26). bit.ly/PromiscuousARC #ewgc

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Vida @vidalife.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

By the always-prescient Ellen Marie Wiseman, THE LIES THEY TOLD (7/29/25) is a haunting story about home, survival, immigration, greed & the shocking popularity of the eugenics movement in early 20th century America. Reach out for a print ARC! #ewgc bit.ly/41XExy1

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Vida @vidalife.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Ugh I just missed almost all of #ewgc thanks to a meeting that ran long, but I gotta get a last minute plug in for Charlie Donlea’s GUESS AGAIN (6/29/25). Super twisty, Hannibal Lechter-esqe bad guy, and a hybristophilia hook! Print ARCs in about 4 weeks but DRCs are up now! bit.ly/3Fj5GlU

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Vida @vidalife.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Love the new digs, #EWGC! Also love award-winning journalist Jack Ford’s riveting blend of biographical fiction, Cold War spy thriller & alt history as he reimagines era-defining female correspondent Lee Carson in BEYOND THIS PLACE OF WRATH AND TEARS (5/27/25). bit.ly/FordBeyondTh...

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