October is National Reading Group Month!
Sponsored by the Women’s National Book Association, National Reading Group Month is a celebration of book clubs, encouraging their growth and promoting the love of literature. As they say, “It’s an...
View ArticleHave you read HOTEL ON THE CORNER OF BITTER AND SWEET?
After a year in paperback, Jamie Ford’s bestselling debut novel enters the top 10 on the New York Times paperback fiction bestseller list. To celebrate (and to continue celebrating National Reading...
View ArticleA reading group guide for John Grisham’s FORD COUNTY: Stories
“These stories were revelatory. They showed how much verve, suspense, instruction and moral ambiguity Mr. Grisham could pack into bare-bones plotlines. He could accomplish in 40-page virtual synopses...
View Article“Do not miss this book!”– Kathryn Stockett, bestselling author of THE HELP
America in the Roaring Twenties: Vaudeville was king, speakeasies beckoned beyond dimly lit doorways, money flowed fast and free. But then, almost overnight, the Great Depression leveled everything....
View ArticleDawn Tripp’s Game of Secrets: a letter to book clubs
Dear readers, Was there a special game you played as a child? A game you still love now because of what it meant to you then? For as long as I can remember, my grandmother and my father played cards....
View ArticleA new book club gem: Melanie Benjamin’s Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb
IN HER NATIONAL BESTSELLER ALICE I HAVE BEEN, Melanie Benjamin imagined the life of the woman who inspired Alice in Wonderland. Now, in this jubilant new novel, Benjamin shines a spotlight on another...
View ArticleLOTS OF CANDLES, PLENTY OF CAKE by Anna Quindlen
Discussion Questions for LOTS OF CANDLES, PLENTY OF CAKE 1. In the opening lines of the book, Anna Quindlen says about the arc of her life: “First I was who I was. Then I didn’t know who I was. Then I...
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