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Does your book club ever struggle to stop the chit chat and begin talking about the book? Or do you resist being the group leader because you're not sure how to get the discussion going?I have lead many book club meetings over the last several years, and I pretty much always start the same way. I let everyone get situated with their wine or coffee and snacks and a little bit of gossip and then I'll get everyone's attention and ask if they liked the book. I'm pretty casual, so often that's usually all we need to get started.
Today's guest blogger, Denise Neary, an avid reader and the leader of a mother/daughter book club talks about figuring out what to read when there is so much to choose from.As I would guess is true for everyone who reads Reading Group Guides, selecting books to read is a tough business for me. Trite but true-- so many books, so little time.The holidays present the delightful dilemma of lots of new books. Do I read the ones I requested, or the ones that people gave me, first? It is a lot of pressure!
In today's post, contributor and book store owner Jamie Layton talks about the difficulties of keeping a book club fresh and fun and explains how our Advice for New Book Clubs can be just as helpful to reinvigorate a group that's been around awhile.
The ReadingGroupGuides.com list of New Favorites is my favorite list yet.
In Jacqueline Luckett's debut novel, Searching for Tina Turner, Lena Spencer lives a life of luxury. But all is not as it seems. Her husband is emotionally distant, her son has a drug habit and her daughter is disgusted by her mother's overbearing behavior. Money, Lena realizes, can't solve her problems, and when her husband gives her an ultimatum she chooses a different path.
At the end of every year the editors of ReadingGroupGuides.com take a look back at the year and put together their best of the best in three categories; Enduring Favorites, New Favorites and Ongoing Favorites.
At the end of every year the editors of ReadingGroupGuides.com take a look back at the year and put together their best of the best in three categories; Enduring Favorites, New Favorites and Ongoing Favorites.
I had the privilege of sitting down for a chat with author Janice Y.K. Lee while she was in Atlanta on tour to promote the trade paperback release of THE PIANO TEACHER. In today's post I thought I'd share Janice's comments on the story, the setting and her wonderful characters.
Today's guest blogger is Ad Hudler is a novelist, essayist, stay-at-home dad and small-space landscaper who frequently gets into trouble for the things he writes and says. New York Post called his latest book MAN OF THE HOUSE "required reading."
