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January 13, 2009

New Year, New Lists

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What titles were ReadingGroupGuides.com book club members talking about in 2008? Now posted on the site are the most-requested discussion guides for 2008 in three categories --- New Favorites, Ongoing Favorites and Enduring Favorites.
January 12, 2009

Reading Aloud: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

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It is fitting that I am writing this blog as I watch the Golden Globe Awards since the idea for it came from a movie. Over the holidays we went to see The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which I just loved. There was something about the story that grabbed me right from the opening. It was clever, and I thought the execution was quite wonderful. There are stories that just strike a chord with me, and this was one of them.
January 9, 2009

Alexander McCall Smith's Serial Novel

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Alexander McCall Smith's Botswana-set mystery The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency is one of the guides on the RGG.com list of "Ongoing Favorites" for 2008. We'll be unveiling that list along with two others next week.
January 7, 2009

Tatiana de Rosnay: The Story Behind SARAH'S KEY

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Today's guest blogger, Tatiana de Rosnay, shares insights into her novel Sarah's Key, which intertwines the story of a 10-year-old Jewish girl in Paris in 1942 with that of an American journalist sixty years later. Tatiana, who is of French, English and Russian descent and lives in Paris, talks about how she came to write the novel...and why it changed it her life.
January 5, 2009

Book Club Festivities...and Trying Something New

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The members of ReadingGroupGuides.com contributor Heather Johnson's book club ended 2008 with a gift exchange that involved "stealing." And for their first meeting of 2009, they're planning to try something new...