A little while ago, while perusing some parenting forum/mailing list or another, I came across a link to author Sarah Pekkanen’s site promoting her first novel which will be released in 2010. Her book apparently fits within the Jennifer Weiner style of chick-lit. I enjoyed the first Jennifer Weiner I read – I think it was Good in Bed – but found the second one very similar to the first, although still entertaining enough. That’s not a criticism, really – she found a formula that works and I’m easily bored. In any event, Weiner’s stuff is a good beach read. Suffice it to say that I liked it all well enough that I decided to sign up for Pekkanen’s mailing list. Here’s where the brilliant book promotion tactics of the 21st-century show up. Once a month, Pekkanen picks someone signed up for her list and sends them chocolate. And other things. In her first monthly newsletter, she wrote:
I’m putting together a bag of yummies, including this fantastic new tea I discovered called “Ineeka Green Limon.” It’s more of a Zen experience than an actual cup of tea. Plus, you can pick any book of your choice by Jodi Picoult, Lisa Tucker, or Jennifer Weiner and I’ll add it to the bag. If you’ve read them all, you’re a reader after my own heart – email me and we’ll select another author together. I’m tucking in a few surprises, too, things that I really like and that bring me comfort and happiness. (Think of me as your poor woman’s Oprah. There will be no new cars in the gift bag.)
So, I’m totally staying subscribed. Heh. I was a bit alarmed when I read that she was married to lawyer Glenn Reynolds, but context suggests that it’s not that Glenn Reynolds. Phew!
Related: Jennifer Weiner’s site (including a blog, of course.)
And yes, like TheGuy, I’m trying to do NaBloPoMo. I’m just bummed that my comments aren’t working, because it’s much easier to blog when getting random feedback-pellets from my beloved readers. Ohhh well.
