Anonymous wrote:

Does anyone have advice on whether to engage with a writing organization called Books and Brunch?"  They emailed me out of the blue with a very flattering specific letter about a book of mine "Home & Castle" from five years ago. They bill themselves as a reader led literary community of 1300 engaged readers.  They're offering to promote the book through their forum for a couple hundred bucks.  It doesn't seem like an outright scam but maybe just a come-on that may or may not be worth the exposure. What do you think? 

Hi Tom, At first I'd say this was a scam, based on many similar emails I receive each week.  However, after Googling Books and Brunch, I do see there is such a thing, kind of.  They have a FB page, though the posts are odd! They don't say where they are based. To me, they don't appear to be a  serious, legit group and for only 1300 readers, as they claim, I don't think it's worth the money. I'd be curious how they got your email/name/title of backlisted book. Hope this helps some.