As many of you came aboard our I'm Mad for Maisie Maisie Dobbs Read Along last winter, I wanted to make sure to let you know that this year, the month of March, in celebration of the newest book in the series which is set to be published on March 27th, has been declared Maisie Month! Join in the celebration of this beloved historical mystery series by tuning in to weekly #Maisie Twitter chats featuring fans of the series and Jacqueline Winspear herself or participating in a read along of the entire series.
THE TWITTER CHATS
Follow the #Maisie hashtag to participate in any of the following chats, featuring these special guests.
Thursday, March 8th, 1 pm ET
Author of the Book Lust series and NPR Commentator Nancy Pearl (@Nancy_Pearl)
Friday, March 16th, 3 pm ET
VP and Executive Editor of Harper Books Jennifer Barth (@jbarthharper), joined by me @bookclubgirl
Friday, March 23rd, 3 pm ET
Founder and President of Book Passage Elaine Petrocelli (@bookpassage)
Friday, March 30th, 3 pm ET
New York Times bestselling author of the Maisie Dobbs series, Jacqueline Winspear (guest-tweeting as @harperbooks) -
THE READ ALONG
If you'd like to join participating book bloggers in reading along in the Maisie Dobbs series, you can catch reviews and discussions of each book in the series according to the following timeline. If you posted about these books in our read along last year, facebook and tweet out those reviews using the hashtag #Maisie!
Week of March 5th: The first six books in the Maisie Dobbs series
Week of March 12th: The Mapping of Love and Death
Week of March 19th: A Lesson in Secrets (you may recall last April's Book Club Girl on Air discussion on this book and the entire series up to that point)
Week of March 26th: Elegy for Eddie (On Sale March 27th!)
The full blog tour and schedule can be found at TLC Book Tours.Whether you are a devoted Maisie fan or are just discovering the series for the first time, join in by visiting Jacqueline Winspear's Facebook page, reading her blog at MaisieDobbs.com, commenting on posted blog reviews during the read-along, and reviewing the books in the series on your own blog and/or Goodreads page.
I look forward to celebrating Maisie Month with you!





















































































































Oh, I'm so excited Maisie's back and just in time for the birthday. Lucky me. Since I'm all caught up I'll have to cruise by all the sites eager to discuss then be back here in time for all new Maisie. Pleasant relief from my Downton withdrawal.
Posted by: Martha @ Hey, I want to read that | March 07, 2012 at 11:11 PM