BETWEEN THE COVERS                                         (Lyons)   Elissa Schappell     The national book columnist recommends good reads to get you through life     Elissa Schappell has lived her life with books on hand at every instant. A founding editor ofSpymagazine, she has for several years now been the book columnist atVanity Fairmagazine, which reaches nearly a million readers each month.  Finally, Schappell has written a new book of her own, and it is a tour-de-force memoir that dissects our relationships with books and how their influence affects our decisions.  Schappell reveals personal moments in her own life and how her favorite books provide parallel object lessons for good and not-so-good occasions.  Perfect for fans ofHow Reading Changed My Lifeby Anna Quindlen andLove, Loss, and What I Woreby Lois Wyse, this original new release will get national word-of-mouth. It's perfect for graduation promotions as well as Mother's Day.   Praise forUse Me:   "A wonderfully satisfying book, the kind of coming-of-age novel that somehow fulfills the expectations of the genre in unexpected ways."--Cathleen Schine,New YorkTimes Book Review "Witty and poignant.

"--Mademoiselle "She is just so good. All the others can go home. She can stay."--Fay Weldon,author of Life and Lives of a She-Devil     Elissa Schappell is the "Hot Type" columnist for Vanity Fair. She is the author of the novelUse Me, among other books. She lives with her husband and children in Brooklyn, New York.  .