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While it used to be a fact that book groups did not meet during the summer, we are hearing from more and more readers that summer does not affect their meeting plans. We also hear from others who, like my mom, join a book group where they vacation over the summer. Many resort communities schedule author events to bring readers together, knowing that they have a captive audience on vacation. When I was at the Avalon Free Public Library two weeks ago, I kicked off their Summer Reading Series where they will be bringing in authors on Wednesday evenings, including Daniel Silva and Meg Donohue. Above is a photo of me at that event, with Erin Brown from their staff (on the left) and some local avid readers, who are all Bookreporter.com and ReadingGroupGuides.com readers.
I am planning to attend an event at the Brielle Public Library in Brielle, New Jersey, on August 3rd at 6:30, where Patti Callahan Henry will be talking about THE BOOKSHOP AT WATER’S END. (For those of you looking for a book set in a beach location that brings up special memories of a place well-loved --- and a story in which a bookstore is a special part of the story line --- this is a book for you.) And Patti has a great book club kit on her website that you can access here, complete with a back story on why she wrote the book, as well as discussion questions. Oh, and in Brielle they too have a full lineup of authors, including an upcoming one with Dorothea Benton Frank; Jane Green, Pam Jenoff and Mary Alice Monroe already did events there.
Local booksellers are known to schedule authors to bring in the local tourist trade, as well as locals. It's always worth it to check their listings when you are headed to a town. What a great way to enjoy book and authors while on vacation.
Books about books are always of interest to our readers, so I am drawing your attention to CAMINO ISLAND by John Grisham, which I spent a lovely afternoon reading last Sunday. Many of you know Grisham for his legal thrillers, but this is set in a bookstore in a resort area, and it has to do with a heist of original F. Scott Fitzgerald manuscripts from Princeton University. What happened to them? What’s the market like for rare books and manuscripts? It will have you thinking about the first editions that you may have in your own book collections --- and what it takes to make them worth more than the average book!
Now to our update...
This month’s “What’s Your Book Group Reading?” contest book is Kate Quinn’s latest historical novel, THE ALICE NETWORK, which actress Reese Witherspoon has chosen as the next selection of her book club. I am looking forward to reading this one! In the aftermath of World War II, Charlie St. Clair is pregnant and unmarried. When her parents banish her to Europe so she can terminate her pregnancy, Charlie instead heads to London to find out what happened to her cousin Rose, who disappeared in Nazi-occupied France during the war. A year into World War I, Eve Gardiner is recruited to work as a spy. Sent into enemy-occupied France, she is trained by Lili, who manages a vast network of secret agents. Thirty years later, Eve is still haunted by the betrayal that ultimately tore apart the Alice Network. But then a young American barges into her crumbling London house and utters a name she hasn't heard in decades, launching them both on a mission to find the truth, no matter where it leads. Three groups will have the chance to win 12 copies of the book. To enter, please fill out the form on this page by Wednesday, August 9th at noon ET.
In June's “What’s Your Book Group Reading?” contest, here are the five books mentioned most frequently as titles that our book groups read: A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW by Amor Towles, A MAN CALLED OVE by Fredrik Backman, THE NIGHTINGALE by Kristin Hannah, COMMONWEALTH by Ann Patchett, and ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE by Anthony Doerr. Curious about the titles that just missed being in the top five? Scroll further down the newsletter to see those!
We have four new featured guides to tell you about this month. First up is KISS CARLO by Adriana Trigiani, the story of an Italian-American family on the cusp of change. It’s 1949, and The Palazzini Cab Company & Western Union Telegraph Office, owned and operated by Dominic Palazzini and his three sons, is flourishing. But a decades-long feud that split Dominic and his brother, Mike, and their once-close families sets the stage for a re-match. To make matters even more complicated, the arrival of an urgent telegram from Italy upends the life of the orphaned Nicky Castone, who lives and works with his Uncle Dom and his family. At the age of 30, Nicky decides he wants more. Click here for the guide and here for our review on Bookreporter.com.
Next up is COCOA BEACH, Beatriz Williams’ new historical novel that takes her readers back to sunny Florida and Prohibition-era Cocoa Beach. Here, we are introduced to Virginia Fortescue, who flees her oppressive home in New York City for the battlefields of World War I France. She proceeds to fall in love with Captain Simon Fitzwilliam, but the dark secrets of his past will damage their eventual marriage. Five years later, Virginia, who is now a widow, arrives in Cocoa Beach, Florida, to settle her husband’s estate. However, she is not convinced that Simon died in the fire that destroyed the seaside home he built for her and their daughter, and is determined to uncover the truth, for the sake of the daughter Simon never met. You can check out the guide here and our review on Bookreporter.com here.
Our third featured guide is for THE CHILD by Fiona Barton, whose debut novel, THE WIDOW, was a Bookreporter.com Bets On selection when it released in hardcover. During the demolition of an old house in London, a workman discovers a tiny skeleton that has been buried for years. As journalist Kate Waters investigates this baffling case, she uncovers links to a crime that rocked the city decades earlier: A newborn baby was stolen from a maternity ward and was never found. But there is much more to the story, and Kate zeroes in on the pasts of the people who once lived in this neighborhood. This electrifying psychological thriller is also a Bets On pick; see my commentary here, along with the guide and our Bookreporter.com review.
Finally, we’re featuring the guide for EVERY LAST LIE by Mary Kubica, whose previous novels of psychological suspense are THE GOOD GIRL, PRETTY BABY and DON’T YOU CRY. Clara Solberg’s life changes forever when her husband, Nick, is killed in a car crash. Miraculously, though, their four-year-old daughter, Maisie, a passenger in the vehicle, isn’t hurt at all. Although the crash is ruled an accident, Clara begins to question what really happened that afternoon and becomes convinced that something much more sinister is at play here. Who would have wanted Nick dead, and why? This chilling thriller is told in the alternating perspectives of Clara's investigation and Nick's last months leading up to the crash. Click here for the guide and here for our review on Bookreporter.com.
When you read a book that you think would be perfect for your book group’s discussion, what do you do? That’s our latest poll question; click here to let us know. You can either select one or more of the options we’ve provided, or submit an answer of your own.
Our previous poll asked in what year was the book that you most recently read with your book group published. For 28% of you, your most recent book group read released before 2012. 26% of you read a book that released in 2016, while 22% read a book that published this year. Click here for the full results.
We’ve updated our New in Paperback and Reading Roundup features for July, where you’ll find plenty of titles to keep you busy through the rest of the summer. On Bookreporter.com, our 24-hour Summer Reading giveaways are still going strong, and as always, our Word of Mouth and Sounding Off on Audio contests are featuring some fabulous hardcovers and audiobooks as prizes.
Last week, I received a lovely note from Suzanne, whose book group was one of the winners of our contest for PACHINKO by Min Jin Lee from earlier this year. Suzanne said the novel was “very well written, and copious research was evident…. I certainly learned interesting facts that were often depressing yet so important to the story. Even so, the love the characters had for one another was uplifting.” One of her fellow members had this to say: “The descriptions of the characters and their daily lives were very enlightening. I felt empathy for the characters struggling to make the best of their lives, while being unable to escape poverty. Early in the book, the women had few options. It was good to see them be resourceful by starting their own business and having some success.”
We love hearing what you have to say about the books you have won!
We’re moving offices (after 21 years), so things are a bit hectic (to say the least). I’ve already moved my Bets On selections and other favorite books to the new space, which luckily is just a few blocks away. We'll be back to you with another update in a couple of weeks once we settle in!
Carol Fitzgerald ([email protected])
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"What's Your Book Group Reading This Month?" Contest:
Enter to Win 12 Copies of
THE ALICE NETWORK by Kate Quinn for Your Group
Each month, we ask book groups to share the titles they are reading that month and rate them. From all entries, three winners will be selected, and each will win 12 copies of that month’s prize book for their group. Note: To be eligible to win, let us know the title of the book that YOUR book group is CURRENTLY reading, NOT the title we are giving away.
This month's prize book is THE ALICE NETWORK by Kate Quinn, which is a Reese Witherspoon Book Club Summer Reading Pick. Two women --- a female spy recruited to the real-life Alice Network in France during World War I and an unconventional American socialite searching for her cousin in 1947 --- are brought together in a mesmerizing story of courage and redemption. To enter, please fill out the form on this page by Wednesday, August 9th at noon ET.
THE ALICE NETWORK by Kate Quinn (Historical Fiction)
1947. In the chaotic aftermath of World War II, American college girl Charlie St. Clair is pregnant, unmarried, and on the verge of being thrown out of her very proper family. She's also nursing a desperate hope that her beloved cousin Rose, who disappeared in Nazi-occupied France during the war, might still be alive. So when Charlie's parents banish her to Europe to have her "little problem" taken care of, Charlie breaks free and heads to London, determined to find out what happened to the cousin she loves like a sister.
1915. A year into the Great War, Eve Gardiner burns to join the fight against the Germans and unexpectedly gets her chance when she's recruited to work as a spy. Sent into enemy-occupied France, she's trained by the mesmerizing Lili, the "Queen of Spies," who manages a vast network of secret agents right under the enemy's nose.
Thirty years later, haunted by the betrayal that ultimately tore apart the Alice Network, Eve spends her days drunk and secluded in her crumbling London house. Until a young American barges in uttering a name Eve hasn't heard in decades, and launches them both on a mission to find the truth...no matter where it leads.
- Click here for the reading group guide.
Click here to enter the contest.
Featured Guide: KISS CARLO by Adriana Trigiani
KISS CARLO by Adriana Trigiani (Historical Fiction)
It’s 1949, and South Philadelphia bursts with opportunity during the post-war boom. The Palazzini Cab Company & Western Union Telegraph Office, owned and operated by Dominic Palazzini and his three sons, is flourishing: business is good, they’re surrounded by sympathetic wives and daughters-in-law, with grandchildren on the way. But a decades-long feud that split Dominic and his brother Mike and their once-close families sets the stage for a re-match.
Amidst the hoopla, the arrival of an urgent telegram from Italy upends the life of Nicky Castone (Dominic and his wife’s orphaned nephew) who lives and works with his Uncle Dom and his family. Nicky decides, at 30, that he wants more --- more than just a job driving Car #4 and more than his longtime fiancée Peachy DePino, a bookkeeper, can offer. When he admits to his fiancée that he’s been secretly moonlighting at the local Shakespeare theater company, Nicky finds himself drawn to the stage, its colorful players and to the determined Calla Borelli, who inherited the enterprise from her father, Nicky must choose between the conventional life his family expects of him or chart a new course and risk losing everything he cherishes.
From the dreamy mountaintop village of Roseto Valfortore in Italy, to the vibrant streets of South Philly, to the close-knit enclave of Roseto, Pennsylvania, to New York City during the birth of the golden age of television, KISS CARLO is a powerful, inter-generational story that celebrates the ties that bind, while staying true to oneself when all hope seems lost.
- Click here to read a review on Bookreporter.com.
Click here for the featured guide.
Featured Guide: COCOA BEACH by Beatriz Williams
COCOA BEACH by Beatriz Williams (Historical Fiction)
Burdened by a dark family secret, Virginia Fortescue flees her oppressive home in New York City for the battlefields of World War I France. While an ambulance driver for the Red Cross, she meets a charismatic British army surgeon whose persistent charm opens her heart to the possibility of love. As the war rages, Virginia falls into a passionate affair with the dashing Captain Simon Fitzwilliam, only to discover that his past has its own dark secrets --- secrets that will damage their eventual marriage and propel her back across the Atlantic to the sister and father she left behind.
Five years later, in the early days of Prohibition, the newly widowed Virginia Fitzwilliam arrives in the tropical boomtown of Cocoa Beach, Florida, to settle her husband’s estate. Despite the evidence, Virginia does not believe Simon perished in the fire that destroyed the seaside home he built for her and their young daughter. Separated from her husband since the early days of their marriage, the headstrong Virginia plans to uncover the truth, for the sake of the daughter Simon never met.
Simon’s brother and sister welcome her with open arms and introduce her to a dazzling new world of citrus groves, white beaches, bootleggers and Prohibition agents. But Virginia senses a predatory presence lurking beneath the irresistible, hedonistic surface of this coastal oasis. The more she learns about Simon and his mysterious business interests, the more she fears that the dangers that surrounded Simon now threaten her and their daughter’s life as well.
- Click here to read a review on Bookreporter.com.
Click here for the featured guide.
Featured Guide: THE CHILD by Fiona Barton
A Bookreporter.com Bets On Title
THE CHILD by Fiona Barton (Psychological Thriller)
As an old house is demolished in a gentrifying section of London, a workman discovers a tiny skeleton, buried for years. For journalist Kate Waters, it’s a story that deserves attention. She cobbles together a piece for her newspaper, but at a loss for answers, she can only pose a question: Who is the Building Site Baby?
As Kate investigates, she unearths connections to a crime that rocked the city decades earlier: A newborn baby was stolen from the maternity ward in a local hospital and was never found. Her heartbroken parents were left devastated by the loss.
But there is more to the story, and Kate is drawn --- house by house --- into the pasts of the people who once lived in this neighborhood that has given up its greatest mystery. And she soon finds herself the keeper of unexpected secrets that erupt in the lives of three women --- and torn between what she can and cannot tell.
- Click here to read a review on Bookreporter.com.
- Click here to read Carol's Bookreporter.com Bets On commentary.
Click here for the featured guide.
Featured Guide: EVERY LAST LIE by Mary Kubica
EVERY LAST LIE by Mary Kubica (Psychological Thriller)
Clara Solberg's world shatters when her husband and their four-year-old daughter are in a car crash, killing Nick while Maisie is remarkably unharmed. The crash is ruled an accident…until the coming days, when Maisie starts having night terrors that make Clara question what really happened on that fateful afternoon.
Tormented by grief and her obsession that Nick's death was far more than just an accident, Clara is plunged into a desperate hunt for the truth. Who would have wanted Nick dead? And, more important, why? Clara will stop at nothing to find out --- and the truth is only the beginning of this twisted tale of secrets and deceit.
Told in the alternating perspectives of Clara's investigation and Nick's last months leading up to the crash, master of suspense Mary Kubica weaves her most chilling thriller to date --- one that explores the dark recesses of a mind plagued by grief and shows that some secrets might be better left buried.
- Click here to read a review on Bookreporter.com.
Click here for the featured guide.
July's Reading Roundup: Top Picks from
Indie Next, LibraryReads, Target and Costco
Each month, we share top book picks from Indie Next and LibraryReads, as well as the Target Book Club title and Pennie's Pick for Costco.
This month's Indie Next titles include THE REASON YOU'RE ALIVE by Matthew Quick, a timely novel featuring a Vietnam vet embarking on a quixotic crusade to track down his nemesis from the war; THE WINDFALL, Diksha Basu’s debut novel that unfolds the story of a family discovering what it means to “make it” in modern India; and HUM IF YOU DON'T KNOW THE WORDS by Bianca Marais, a perceptive and searing look at Apartheid-era South Africa, told through one unique family brought together by tragedy.
Library Reads is spotlighting THE LYING GAME, a chilling new novel from Ruth Ware, author of the blockbuster thrillers IN A DARK, DARK WOOD and THE WOMAN IN CABIN 10; THE ALMOST SISTERS by Joshilyn Jackson, a powerful, emotionally resonant novel of the South that confronts the truth about privilege, family, and the distinctions between perception and reality; and Janelle Brown's thriller, WATCH ME DISAPPEAR, in which the disappearance of a beautiful, charismatic mother leaves her family to piece together her secrets.
Click here for the complete roundup.
Our Most Popular Book Group Selections for June's "What's Your Book Group Reading This Month?" Contest
Featured Guide: BEHOLD THE DREAMERS
by Imbolo Mbue
Oprah’s Latest Book Club Pick
BEHOLD THE DREAMERS by Imbolo Mbue (Fiction)
A compulsively readable debut novel about marriage, immigration, class, race, and the trapdoors in the American Dream, BEHOLD THE DREAMERS is the unforgettable story of a young Cameroonian couple making a new life in New York just as the Great Recession upends the economy.
Jende Jonga, a Cameroonian immigrant living in Harlem, has come to the United States to provide a better life for himself, his wife, Neni, and their six-year-old son. In the fall of 2007, Jende can hardly believe his luck when he lands a job as a chauffeur for Clark Edwards, a senior executive at Lehman Brothers. Clark demands punctuality, discretion and loyalty --- and Jende is eager to please. Clark’s wife, Cindy, even offers Neni temporary work at the Edwardses’ summer home in the Hamptons. With these opportunities, Jende and Neni can at last gain a foothold in America and imagine a brighter future.
However, the world of great power and privilege conceals troubling secrets, and soon Jende and Neni notice cracks in their employers’ façades.
When the financial world is rocked by the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the Jongas are desperate to keep Jende’s job --- even as their marriage threatens to fall apart. As all four lives are dramatically upended, Jende and Neni are forced to make an impossible choice.
- Click here to read a review on Bookreporter.com.
- Click here to read Carol's Bookreporter.com Bets On commentary.
- Click here to watch a video of Oprah explaining her latest Book Club selection.
Click here for the featured guide.
Featured Guide: NO ONE IS COMING TO SAVE US
by Stephanie Powell Watts
Sarah Jessica Parker's First ALA Book Club Central Pick
NO ONE IS COMING TO SAVE US by Stephanie Powell Watts (Fiction)
JJ Ferguson has returned home to Pinewood, North Carolina, to build his dream house and to pursue his high school sweetheart, Ava. But as he reenters his former world, where factories are in decline and the legacy of Jim Crow is still felt, he’s startled to find that the people he once knew and loved have changed just as much as he has. Ava is now married and desperate for a baby, though she can’t seem to carry one to term. Her husband, Henry, has grown distant, frustrated by the demise of the furniture industry, which has outsourced to China and stripped the area of jobs. Ava’s mother, Sylvia, caters to and meddles with the lives of those around her, trying to fill the void left by her absent son. And Don, Sylvia’s unworthy but charming husband, just won’t stop hanging around.
JJ’s return --- and his plans to build a huge mansion overlooking Pinewood and woo Ava --- not only unsettles their family, but stirs up the entire town. The ostentatious wealth that JJ has attained forces everyone to consider the cards they’ve been dealt, what more they want and deserve, and how they might go about getting it. Can they reorient their lives to align with their wishes rather than their current realities? Or are they all already resigned to the rhythms of the particular lives they lead?
NO ONE IS COMING TO SAVE US is a revelatory debut from an insightful voice; with echoes of THE GREAT GATSBY, it is an arresting and powerful novel about an extended African American family and their colliding visions of the American Dream. In evocative prose, Stephanie Powell Watts has crafted a full and stunning portrait that combines a universally resonant story with an intimate glimpse into the hearts of one family.
- Click here to read a review on Bookreporter.com.
- Click here to visit the ALA Book Club Central website and see why Sarah Jessica Parker chose this book as its inaugural pick.
Click here for the featured guide.
July’s New in Paperback Roundups on Bookreporter.com
July's roundup of New in Paperback fiction titles includes John Grisham's THE WHISTLER, a high-stakes thrill ride through the darkest corners of the Sunshine State; THE FALL, in which John Lescroart puts Dismas Hardy and his daughter in the middle of an uncertain murder case where winning the trial could mean losing everything; and two debut psychological thrillers --- BEHIND CLOSED DOORS by B. A. Paris, about a seemingly happy couple whose family and friends have no idea what their lives are actually like behind closed doors, and ALL IS NOT FORGOTTEN by Wendy Walker, which poses an intriguing question: Will she choose to remember the one thing she wanted to forget?
Among this month’s nonfiction offerings are AROUND THE WAY GIRL, Taraji P. Henson's inspiring and funny memoir about family, friends, the hustle required to make it in Hollywood, and the joy of living your own truth; THE HOUSE BY THE LAKE by Thomas Harding, a groundbreaking and revelatory new history of Germany, told over a tumultuous century through the story of a small wooden house; and CITY OF SEDITION, in which John Strausbaugh tells the spellbinding story of the huge --- and hugely conflicted --- role that New York City played in the Civil War.
Find out what's New in Paperback for the weeks of
July 3rd, July 10th, July 17th and July 24th.
Bookreporter.com's Summer Reading
Contests and Feature
Summer is here! At Bookreporter.com, this means it's time for us to share some great summer book picks with our Summer Reading Contests and Feature. We are hosting a series of 24-hour contests for these titles on select days through August 24th, so you will have to check the site each day to see the featured prize book and enter to win. We also are sending a special newsletter to announce the day's title, which you can sign up for here.
Click here to read all the contest details.
See the prize books that were awarded in May and June,
and that will be awarded in July and August.
Enter Our Ongoing Bookreporter.com Contests:
"Word of Mouth" and "Sounding Off on Audio"
Word of Mouth Contest:
Tell Us What You're Reading --- and You Can Win Two Books!
Tell us about the books you’ve finished reading with your comments and a rating of 1 to 5 stars. During the contest period from July 7th to July 21st at noon ET, three lucky readers each will be randomly chosen to win a copy of THE BREAKDOWN by B. A. Paris and TWO NIGHTS by Kathy Reichs.
To make sure other readers will be able to find the books you write about, please include the full title and correct author names (your entry must include these to be eligible to win). For rules and guidelines, click here.
Click here to enter the contest.
Sounding Off on Audio Contest:
Tell Us What You're Listening to --- and You Can Win Two Audiobooks!
Tell us about the audiobooks you’ve finished listening to with your comments and a rating of 1 to 5 stars for both the performance and the content. During the contest period from July 5th to August 1st at noon ET, two lucky readers each will be randomly chosen to win the audio versions of Daniel Silva's HOUSE OF SPIES, performed by George Guidall, and Adriana Trigiani's KISS CARLO, performed by Edoardo Ballerini.
To make sure other readers will be able to find the audiobook, please include the full title and correct author names (your entry must include these to be eligible to win). For complete rules and guidelines, click here.
Click here to enter the contest.
The following guides are now available on ReadingGroupGuides.com:
THE ALICE NETWORK by Kate Quinn (Historical Fiction)
A female spy recruited to the real-life Alice Network in France during World War I and an unconventional American socialite are brought together in a mesmerizing story of courage and redemption.
THE ANSWERS by Catherine Lacey (Fiction)
In Catherine Lacey’s THE ANSWERS, an eccentric actor, Kurt Sky, is determined to find the perfect relationship --- even if it means paying women to fulfill distinctive roles in his Girlfriend Experiment. Mary is hired as the “Emotional Girlfriend,” which is certainly better than the “Anger Girlfriend” or the “Maternal Girlfriend,” and is pulled into Kurt’s ego-driven and messy attempt at human connection.
THE CHILD by Fiona Barton (Psychological Thriller)
As an old house is demolished in a gentrifying section of London, a workman discovers a tiny skeleton, buried for years. For journalist Kate Waters, it’s a story that deserves attention. She cobbles together a piece for her newspaper, but at a loss for answers, she can only pose a question: Who is the Building Site Baby?
COCOA BEACH by Beatriz Williams (Historical Fiction)
The New York Times bestselling author of A CERTAIN AGE transports readers to sunny Florida in this lush and enthralling historical novel --- an enchanting blend of love, suspense, betrayal and redemption set among the rumrunners and scoundrels of Prohibition-era Cocoa Beach.
EVERY LAST LIE by Mary Kubica (Psychological Thriller)
Mary Kubica, the New York Times bestselling author of THE GOOD GIRL, is back with another exhilarating thriller as a widow's pursuit of the truth leads her to the darkest corners of the psyche.
THE HAMILTON AFFAIR by Elizabeth Cobbs (Historical Fiction)
THE HAMILTON AFFAIR tells the sweeping, tumultuous, true story of Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler --- from passionate and tender beginnings to his fateful duel on the banks of the Hudson River.
HIS FROZEN FINGERTIPS by Charlotte Bowyer (Fantasy)
Thrust into a world of evil sorcerers and a magical quest, Asa can rely only on his friend Averett to survive and reach the land of Eodem.
KISS CARLO by Adriana Trigiani (Historical Fiction)
From Adriana Trigiani, the beloved New York Times bestselling author of THE SHOEMAKER'S WIFE, comes an exhilarating epic novel of love, loyalty and creativity --- the story of an Italian-American family on the cusp of change.
LOVE AND OTHER HAZARDS by Claudia Riess (Fiction)
LOVE AND OTHER HAZARDS is a novel about urban singles stumbling toward fulfillment in an odyssey of sex, love and parenting. Each accompanied by their young daughters who are schoolmates, Glenda Fieldston and Eugene Lerman assess each other for the first time while Glenda’s daughter is studying the details of a statue at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Then the families go their separate ways, but not for long.
NO ONE IS COMING TO SAVE US by Stephanie Powell Watts (Fiction)
NO ONE IS COMING TO SAVE US is a revelatory debut from an insightful voice; with echoes of THE GREAT GATSBY, it is an arresting and powerful novel about an extended African American family and their colliding visions of the American Dream.
Please note that these titles, for which we already had the guides when they released in hardcover, are now available in paperback:
AGE OF CONSENT by Marti Leimbach (Fiction)
Thirty years ago, June was a young widow with a hopeless crush on Craig Kirtz, a disc jockey at a local rock station. To her surprise, he struck up a friendship with her that seemed headed for something more. But it was June’s 13-year-old daughter, Bobbie, whom Craig had wanted all along.
FIRST STAR I SEE TONIGHT: A Chicago Stars Novel by Susan Elizabeth Phillips (Mystery/Romance)
A star quarterback and a feisty detective play for keeps in this sporty, sexy, sassy novel --- a long-awaited new entry in Susan Elizabeth Phillips' Chicago Stars football series.
THE FORTRESS: A Love Story by Danielle Trussoni (Memoir)
An incisive look at romantic love, THE FORTRESS is one woman’s fight to understand the complexities of her own heart, told by one of the best writers of her generation.
This Month's Poll: Suggesting Titles for Your Book Group
When you read a book that you think would be perfect for your book group’s discussion, which of the following do you do? Please check all that apply.
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I immediately email my book group to let them know about the book.
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I make a note and mention it at my next book group meeting.
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I save it on a list for when my book group makes its selections.
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Our book group has an online page, and I share it there.
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I usually forget to share it with other book group members.
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Other (Please specify)
Click here to vote in the poll by Tuesday, September 12th at noon ET.
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