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On Friday, May 31st from 1:00pm to 2:50pm at Book Expo in New York, ReadingGroupGuides.com will host its 8th Annual Book Group Speed Dating Event. Read on or click above for all the details.
Book Group Chats with Authors
We know that many book groups would like to chat with authors --- and many authors would like to Skype with readers --- but they are just not sure how to handle the tech aspects of this.
After hearing about my group’s Skype chat with Martha Hall Kelly about LOST ROSES, a reader wrote asking if we could share how my book group did a Skype chat that was viewed through a television. Tara, one of our group’s leaders, shared these instructions:
What you need: iPad, Apple TV, TV, Wi-Fi, a free Skype account and the app.
To set up an author/book club discussion on an iPad, download the Skype app and open a free account. Note your user name and provide it to the author. When it’s time for the event, connect to Wi-Fi, open the app and call the author, or vice versa, via the Skype app. This is all you need if you just want to use the iPad.
If you want to project onto a TV, do the following setup prior to the call with the author:
Connect an Apple TV to your TV following the instructions provided and connect to the Wi-Fi on the Apple TV, following the instructions provided (see the link below). Once the Apple TV is connected, connect your iPad to the Wi-Fi as well. The iPad will give you the option to “AirPlay” and ask you to choose a device to AirPlay. Choose the Apple TV and select “mirroring.” Once AirPlay is activated, whatever display is on the iPad will appear on the TV. Open the Skype app and call the author. The volume will operate through the TV.
Here is a good tutorial: https://youtu.be/Z4CfBAp1jco
We know that you may have other suggestions about how to do this, and we would love to hear them. Send me a note at [email protected] with the subject line “How We Skype Chat with Authors,” if you have other ideas on how to make this happen. We then can create a piece on the site where everyone can share these ideas.
Speaking of our readers contributing, one of our longtime readers, Nancy Sharko, attended the Montclair Literary Festival in Montclair, NJ, last weekend and was kind enough to write this report for us about the three sessions she attended there.
Kathryn B., one of our readers from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, wrote me last week with some insight that she has gathered for more reading about the subject of Susan Meissner’s novel, THE LAST YEAR OF THE WAR, which we recently reviewed on Bookreporter.com. It was so interesting that I asked if we could share it with you as a blog. She graciously said yes, and you can read it here.
A reminder that on Tuesday, April 9th at 7pm local time, Barnes & Noble will be hosting a free Book Club Night in stores across the country for their March selection, THE ISLAND OF SEA WOMEN by Lisa See. If you’d like to attend, click here to sign up!
That same night, “A Special Evening with Martha Hall Kelly” will take place at the Random House offices in New York City beginning at 6:30pm. The beloved author of LILAC GIRLS will be in conversation, and attendees will have the chance to meet her and receive a signed copy of her upcoming novel, the aforementioned LOST ROSES, which releases that day. Click here for more info and to purchase your tickets. I am planning to attend and hope to see some of you there.
As I mentioned in the last newsletter, we’ve opened up registration for our Speed Dating Event at this year's Book Expo, which will take place on Friday, May 31st from 1pm to 2:50pm at the Javits Center in New York. Representatives from more than a dozen publishers will be in attendance to share selections and book group news from their publishing houses in a speed-dating format designed to give booksellers, librarians and book group leaders an inside look at what book groups will want to know for fall and winter. Galley giveaways and ideas for enhancing book group discussions will be part of this event.
Advance signup is required by Monday, May 20th at noon ET; click here to fill out the form. Once you do so, you will see a note that you have registered. To attend this event, you must be registered to attend Book Expo on May 31st and have a badge. If you are not, click here to register.
Please keep in mind the THREE contests that we currently have running on the site. They all end this coming Wednesday, April 3rd at noon ET, so be sure to enter now before it’s too late.
We’re giving three readers the opportunity to win 12 copies of THE HUNTRESS by Kate Quinn for their group. Kristin Hannah calls the book “...compulsively readable historical fiction… [a] powerful novel about unusual women facing sometimes insurmountable odds with grace, grit, love and tenacity.” Those who read and loved Kate’s previous novel, THE ALICE NETWORK, will not want to miss this one. My Long Hill Book Group is reading this for our April book.
In our “What’s Your Book Group Reading This Month?” contest, three groups will win 12 copies of SOLD ON A MONDAY, Kristina McMorris’ novel inspired by an actual newspaper photograph that stunned people throughout the country. That real-life photo showed four children sitting on a stoop and beside them was a sign that said, “4 children for sale. Inquire within.” Although it released back in August, this much-talked-about book continues to resonate with readers, and we’re thrilled to get it into the hands of many others.
Last, but certainly not least, is our audiobook contest for THE MOMENT OF LIFT: How Empowering Women Changes the World. In the introduction to her debut, which releases on April 23rd, Melinda Gates (who also narrates the audio edition) says, “That is why I had to write this book --- to share the stories of people who have given focus and urgency to my life. I want all of us to see ways we can lift women up where we live.” Ten groups will win six digital copies of the audiobook and share their comments on it, while 40 additional listeners will win a physical copy of the audiobook. I have been listening to an advance copy; Melinda is a terrific narrator. I loved hearing how she came up with the title, as well as why she was inspired to develop ways to empower women. This is a woman who takes her responsibility very seriously. There will be lots to discuss.
We’ve added two new guides to this late-month update: QUEENIE, Candice Carty-Williams’ debut novel that offers a bittersweet account of a tumultuous, transformative year in the life of a 25-year-old Jamaican British woman living in London; and THE AMERICAN AGENT, the 15th installment in Jacqueline Winspear’s series starring Maisie Dobbs, who investigates the mysterious murder of an American war correspondent in London during the Blitz.
Our poll continues to ask how often you use Goodreads to help make decisions on what to read with your group. Click here to let us know.
On Thursday, members of the Simon & Schuster team hosted a Facebook Live Book Club chat to talk about ME FOR YOU by Lolly Winston, March's pick for their Book Club Favorites program, which you can see here. At the end of their discussion, it was revealed that the April pick will be THE FAVORITE SISTER by Jessica Knoll, which releases in paperback on Tuesday, April 2nd.
Earlier this month, "Today" announced a new monthly book club with Jenna Bush Hager, #ReadWithJenna, and that her first selection would be THE LAST ROMANTICS by Tara Conklin. This coming Monday, April 1st at 12:15pm ET, Tara will be joining Jenna for a live discussion about the book on the "Today" Instagram page. THE LAST ROMANTICS was a Bookreporter.com Bets On selection, so I am looking forward to watching this!
Just as we were pulling together this newsletter on Friday, we learned that the April pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times "Now Read This" book club will be Emily Chang's BROTOPIA: Breaking Up the Boys' Club of Silicon Valley, an instant national bestseller that's now available in paperback. Click here for all the details.
Here's to a great next discussion with your book group!
Carol Fitzgerald ([email protected])
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Special Contest: Enter to Win 12 Copies of
THE HUNTRESS by Kate Quinn for Your Group
Kate Quinn follows up her 2017 bestseller, THE ALICE NETWORK, with another fascinating historical novel about a battle-haunted English journalist and a Russian female bomber pilot who join forces to track the Huntress, a Nazi war criminal gone to ground in America. We are celebrating the release of THE HUNTRESS with a special contest that will give three groups the chance to win 12 copies of the book. To enter, please fill out this form by Wednesday, April 3rd at noon ET.
THE HUNTRESS by Kate Quinn (Historical Fiction)
Bold and fearless, Nina Markova always dreamed of flying. When the Nazis attack the Soviet Union, she risks everything to join the legendary Night Witches, an all-female night bomber regiment wreaking havoc on the invading Germans. When she is stranded behind enemy lines, Nina becomes the prey of a lethal Nazi murderess known as the Huntress, and only Nina’s bravery and cunning will keep her alive.
Transformed by the horrors he witnessed from Omaha Beach to the Nuremberg Trials, British war correspondent Ian Graham has become a Nazi hunter. Yet one target eludes him: a vicious predator known as the Huntress. To find her, the fierce, disciplined investigator joins forces with the only witness to escape the Huntress alive: the brazen, cocksure Nina. But a shared secret could derail their mission unless Ian and Nina force themselves to confront it.
Growing up in post-war Boston, 17-year-old Jordan McBride is determined to become a photographer. When her long-widowed father unexpectedly comes homes with a new fiancée, Jordan is thrilled. But there is something disconcerting about the soft-spoken German widow. Certain that danger is lurking, Jordan begins to delve into her new stepmother’s past --- only to discover that there are mysteries buried deep in her family...secrets that may threaten all Jordan holds dear.
In this immersive, heart-wrenching story, Kate Quinn illuminates the consequences of war on individual lives, and the price we pay to seek justice and truth.
- Click here for the discussion guide.
- Click here to read a review on Bookreporter.com.
Click here to enter the contest.
Special Contest: Enter to Win the Audiobook Edition of Melinda Gates’ THE MOMENT OF LIFT
and Share Your Comments on It
ReadingGroupGuides.com is proud to host a very special audiobook contest for THE MOMENT OF LIFT: How Empowering Women Changes the World, a timely and necessary call to action for women's empowerment. Ten book groups will win six digital copies of the audiobook, which is read by the author, Melinda Gates, and releases on April 23rd. Additionally, we will be giving 40 listeners a physical copy of the audiobook. To enter, please fill out this form by Wednesday, April 3rd at noon ET.
In order to qualify as a winning group, your group must be able to commit to listening to and discussing THE MOMENT OF LIFT, and sharing your group's feedback with us, by Friday, June 21st. We strongly encourage all winners to share their experiences on social media, including reviews on Amazon, Goodreads and Bookreporter.com's “Sounding Off on Audio” feature.
THE MOMENT OF LIFT: How Empowering Women Changes the World (Audiobook) written and read by Melinda Gates (Social Science/Women's Studies)
For the last 20 years, Melinda Gates has been on a mission to find solutions for people with the most urgent needs, wherever they live. Throughout this journey, one thing has become increasingly clear to her: If you want to lift a society up, you need to stop keeping women down.
In this moving and compelling book, Melinda shares lessons she’s learned from the inspiring people she’s met during her work and travels around the world. As she writes in the introduction, “That is why I had to write this book --- to share the stories of people who have given focus and urgency to my life. I want all of us to see ways we can lift women up where we live.”
Melinda’s unforgettable narrative is backed by startling data as she presents the issues that most need our attention --- from child marriage to lack of access to contraceptives to gender inequity in the workplace. And, for the first time, she writes about her personal life and the road to equality in her own marriage. Throughout, she shows how there has never been more opportunity to change the world ---- and ourselves.
Writing with emotion, candor and grace, she introduces us to remarkable women and shows the power of connecting with one another.
When we lift others up, they lift us up, too.
Click here to enter the contest.
"What's Your Book Group Reading This Month?" Contest: Enter to Win 12 Copies of SOLD ON A MONDAY
by Kristina McMorris 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.
Our latest prize book is SOLD ON A MONDAY, Kristina McMorris' New York Times bestseller about a Depression-era reporter who snaps a photo of two children being sold on a farmhouse porch, leading to his big break --- and devastating repercussions for everyone involved. To enter, please fill out the form on this page by Wednesday, April 3rd at noon ET.
SOLD ON A MONDAY by Kristina McMorris (Historical Fiction)
2 CHILDREN FOR SALE
The sign is a last resort. It sits on a farmhouse porch in 1931, but could be found anywhere in an era of breadlines, bank runs and broken dreams. It could have been written by any mother facing impossible choices.
For struggling reporter Ellis Reed, the gut-wrenching scene evokes memories of his family’s dark past. He snaps a photograph of the children, not meant for publication. But when it leads to his big break, the consequences are more devastating than he ever imagined.
At the paper, Lillian Palmer is haunted by her role in all that happened. She is far too familiar with the heartbreak of children deemed unwanted. As the bonds of motherhood are tested, she and Ellis must decide how much they are willing to risk to mend a fractured family.
Inspired by an actual newspaper photograph that stunned the nation, SOLD ON A MONDAY is a powerful novel of love, redemption and the unexpected paths that bring us home.
- Click here for the discussion guide.
Click here to enter the contest.
New Guide: QUEENIE by Candice Carty-Williams
QUEENIE by Candice Carty-Williams (Fiction)
Queenie Jenkins is a 25-year-old Jamaican British woman living in London, straddling two cultures and slotting neatly into neither. She works at a national newspaper, where she’s constantly forced to compare herself to her white middle-class peers. After a messy breakup from her long-term white boyfriend, Queenie seeks comfort in all the wrong places…including several hazardous men who do a good job of occupying brain space and a bad job of affirming self-worth.
As Queenie careens from one questionable decision to another, she finds herself wondering, “What are you doing? Why are you doing it? Who do you want to be?”--- all of the questions today’s woman must face in a world trying to answer them for her.
With “fresh and honest” (Jojo Moyes) prose, QUEENIE is a remarkably relatable exploration of what it means to be a modern woman searching for meaning in today’s world.
- Click here to read a review on Bookreporter.com.
Click here for the discussion guide.
New Guide: THE AMERICAN AGENT
by Jacqueline Winspear
THE AMERICAN AGENT: A Maisie Dobbs Novel by Jacqueline Winspear (Historical Mystery)
When Catherine Saxon, an American correspondent reporting on the war in Europe, is found murdered in her London digs, news of her death is concealed by British authorities. Serving as a linchpin between Scotland Yard and the Secret Service, Robert MacFarlane pays a visit to Maisie Dobbs, seeking her help. He is accompanied by an agent from the US Department of Justice --- Mark Scott, the American who helped Maisie escape Hitler’s Munich in 1938. MacFarlane asks Maisie to work with Scott to uncover the truth about Saxon’s death.
As the Germans unleash the full terror of their blitzkrieg upon the British Isles, raining death and destruction from the skies, Maisie must balance the demands of solving this dangerous case with her need to protect Anna, the young evacuee she has grown to love and wants to adopt. Entangled in an investigation linked to the power of wartime propaganda and American political intrigue being played out in Britain, Maisie will face losing her dearest friend --- and the possibility that she might be falling in love again.
- Click here to read a review on Bookreporter.com.
Click here for the discussion guide.
Featured Guide:
DAISY JONES & THE SIX by Taylor Jenkins Reid
March’s Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine
Book Club Pick and a Bookreporter.com Bets On Title
DAISY JONES & THE SIX by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Fiction)
Daisy is a girl coming of age in L.A. in the late '60s, sneaking into clubs on the Sunset Strip, sleeping with rock stars, and dreaming of singing at the Whisky a Go Go. The sex and drugs are thrilling, but it’s the rock and roll she loves most. By the time she’s 20, her voice is getting noticed, and she has the kind of heedless beauty that makes people do crazy things.
Also getting noticed is The Six, a band led by the brooding Billy Dunne. On the eve of their first tour, his girlfriend Camila finds out she’s pregnant, and with the pressure of impending fatherhood and fame, Billy goes a little wild on the road.
Daisy and Billy cross paths when a producer realizes that the key to supercharged success is to put the two together. What happens next will become the stuff of legend.
The making of that legend is chronicled in this riveting and unforgettable novel, written as an oral history of one of the biggest bands of the '70s. Taylor Jenkins Reid is a talented writer who takes her work to a new level with DAISY JONES & THE SIX, brilliantly capturing a place and time in an utterly distinctive voice.
- 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.
New Guide: AMERICAN DUCHESS by Karen Harper
AMERICAN DUCHESS: A Novel of Consuelo Vanderbilt by Karen Harper (Historical Fiction)
Karen Harper tells the tale of Consuelo Vanderbilt, her “The Wedding of the Century” to the Duke of Marlborough, and her quest to find meaning behind “the glitter and the gold.”
On a cold November day in 1895, a carriage approaches St Thomas Episcopal Church on New York City’s Fifth Avenue. Massive crowds surge forward, awaiting their glimpse of heiress Consuelo Vanderbilt. Just 18, the beautiful bride has not only arrived late, but in tears, yet her marriage to the aloof Duke of Marlborough proceeds. Bullied into the wedding by her indomitable mother, Alva, Consuelo loves another. But a deal was made, trading some of the vast Vanderbilt wealth for a title and prestige, and Consuelo, bred to obey, realizes she must make the best of things.
At Blenheim Palace, Consuelo is confronted with an overwhelming list of duties, including producing an “heir and a spare,” but her relationship with the duke quickly disintegrates. Consuelo finds an inner strength, charming everyone from debutantes to diplomats including Winston Churchill, as she fights for women’s suffrage. And when she takes a scandalous leap, can she hope to attain love at last?
From the dawning of the opulent Gilded Age, to the battles of the Second World War, AMERICAN DUCHESS is a riveting tale of one woman’s quest to attain independence --- at any price.
Click here for the discussion guide.
New Guide: THE QUINTLAND SISTERS by Shelley Wood
THE QUINTLAND SISTERS by Shelley Wood (Historical Fiction)
Reluctant midwife Emma Trimpany is just 17 when she assists at the harrowing birth of the Dionne quintuplets: five tiny miracles born to French farmers in hardscrabble Northern Ontario in 1934. Emma cares for them through their perilous first days. And when the government decides to remove the babies from their francophone parents, making them wards of the British king, Emma signs on as their nurse.
Over 6,000 daily visitors come to ogle the identical “Quints” playing in their custom-built playground; at the height of the Great Depression, the tourism and advertising dollars pour in. While the rest of the world delights in their sameness, Emma sees each girl as unique: Yvonne, Annette, Cécile, Marie and Émilie. With her quirky eye for detail, Emma records every strange twist of events in her private journals.
As the fight over custody and revenues turns increasingly explosive, Emma is torn between the fishbowl sanctuary of Quintland and the wider world, now teetering on the brink of war. Steeped in research, THE QUINTLAND SISTERS is a novel of love, heartache, resilience and enduring sisterhood --- a fictional, coming-of-age story bound up in one of the strangest true tales of the past century.
Click here for the discussion guide.
New March Releases of Interest to Book Groups
Below are a number of books releasing in March for the first time (which we aren't currently featuring on the site) that we think will be of interest to book groups.
BEAUTIFUL BAD by Annie Ward (Psychological Thriller)
Annie Ward's debut thriller is a twisted novel about a devoted wife, a loving husband and a chilling crime that will stun even the cleverest readers.
HOUSE ON FIRE by Bonnie Kistler (Fiction)
HOUSE ON FIRE is about a blended family in crisis after a drunk driving accident leaves the daughter of one parent dead --- and the son of the other parent charged with manslaughter.
kaddish.com by Nathan Englander (Fiction/Humor)
The celebrated Pulitzer finalist and prize-winning author of DINNER AT THE CENTER OF THE EARTH and WHAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ANNE FRANK delivers a streamlined comic masterpiece about a son’s failure to say Kaddish for his father.
THE LAST YEAR OF THE WAR by Susan Meissner (Historical Fiction)
From the acclaimed author of SECRETS OF A CHARMED LIFE and AS BRIGHT AS HEAVEN comes a novel about a German American teenager whose life changes forever when her immigrant family is sent to an internment camp during World War II.
THE LIAR'S CHILD by Carla Buckley (Fiction)
In this intense and intimate family portrait that moves at a thriller’s pace, a troubled woman faces a gripping moral dilemma after rescuing two abandoned children from a hurricane.
ME FOR YOU by Lolly Winston (Fiction)
From the New York Times bestselling author of GOOD GRIEF comes a richly poignant and stirring story that asks: How soon is too soon to fall in love again?
THE PARADE by Dave Eggers (Fiction)
From the bestselling author of THE MONK OF MOKHA and THE CIRCLE comes a taut, suspenseful story of two foreigners' role in a nation's fragile peace.
SILENT NIGHT by Danielle Steel (Fiction)
A shocking accident. A little girl struggling to survive. And the childless aunt who transforms her own world to help her. Danielle Steel’s latest novel is a deeply moving story of resilience and hope.
Recent Bookreporter.com Bets On Selections:
HOUSE ON FIRE, I.M. Audiobook
and THE END OF LONELINESS
HOUSE ON FIRE by Bonnie Kistler (Psychological Thriller)
HOUSE ON FIRE by Bonnie Kistler is a well-paced and emotionally charged domestic thriller. As the book opens, Leigh Huyett and her husband, Pete Conley, have taken a short vacation to celebrate their anniversary; it is a second marriage for both. She has a daughter, Chrissy, who is in middle school and twin older sons in college. He has a son, Kip, who is a senior in high school newly accepted to Duke University, and a young daughter. On the way home from a party, Kip is arrested for drunk driving. The truck he was driving crashed into a tree. And oh, this is his second offense; he already has lost his license to a DUI and should not be driving. Chrissy was with him in the car. Twelve hours later, she is dead and he is charged with manslaughter. What happened that night --- and after --- will keep you turning the pages.
- Click here to read a review on Bookreporter.com.
- Click here to visit Bonnie Kistler's website.
Click here to read more of Carol's commentary on HOUSE ON FIRE.
I.M.: A Memoir (Audiobook) written and read by Isaac Mizrahi (Memoir)
I have been raving about the audiobook of I.M. by Isaac Mizrahi for weeks now. After I finished listening to it, I was sorry that it was over. Mornings of “commuting with Isaac” as he narrated his life story made me happy to be stuck in traffic.
This is a memoir about a fashion designer who is a fashion icon, as well as a big personality. It’s life according to Isaac, and there are self-deprecating moments, deeply honest passages, and many, many whole sections where you will find yourself laughing out loud. From the time he was a young child, you can picture him eyeing the room to work it for the best results. When you learn that at age six he concocted a scenario to have his mother buy him his first Barbie and at seven knifed the school bus tire to try to get out of a day at school, you quickly see that Isaac was ready to be in charge, even if the world was not ready for him to be.
- Click here to read a review of the hardcover on Bookreporter.com.
Click here to read more of Carol's commentary on I.M.
THE END OF LONELINESS written by Benedict Wells, translated by Charlotte Collins (Fiction)
THE END OF LONELINESS, written by Benedict Wells and translated by Charlotte Collins, is one of those slim novels that you might overlook. I am so glad I picked it up. It has strong storytelling and characters who will stay with you. It’s a sibling story, a love story, and a story that bobs and weaves so very well.
Jules Moreau, his brother Marty and sister Liz are split up and sent to boarding school following the death of their parents in a car crash. While the siblings are estranged, Jules meets Alva, a young woman living in the same home and caught up in her own grief after losing her sister.
Click here to read more of Carol's commentary on THE END OF LONELINESS.
Bookreporter.com’s Spring Preview Contests and Feature
Spring is in the air! We’ve caught the fever --- and it’s being fueled by some wonderful new and upcoming releases. Our eighth annual Spring Preview Contests and Feature spotlights many of these picks, which we know people will be talking about over the next few months. We are hosting a series of 24-hour contests for these titles on select days through April 26th. You will need to check the site to see the featured book and enter to win. We also are sending a special newsletter to announce each title, which you can sign up for here.
This year's featured titles include:
Click here to read all the contest details
and learn more about our featured titles.
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 March 29th to April 12th at noon ET, three lucky readers each will be randomly chosen to win a copy of SOMEONE KNOWS by Lisa Scottoline and SAVE ME THE PLUMS: My Gourmet Memoir by Ruth Reichl.
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 March 1st to April 1st at noon ET, two lucky readers each will be randomly chosen to win the audio versions of Greg Iles’ CEMETERY ROAD, read by Scott Brick, and James Rollins’ CRUCIBLE, read by Christian Baskous.
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.
Please note: A new Sounding Off on Audio contest will be up
on Monday, April 1st at noon ET.
We currently are featuring the following guides on ReadingGroupGuides.com:
THE AMERICAN AGENT: A Maisie Dobbs Novel by Jacqueline Winspear (Historical Mystery)
Beloved heroine Maisie Dobbs investigates the mysterious murder of an American war correspondent in London during the Blitz in a page-turning tale of love and war, terror and survival.
AMERICAN DUCHESS: A Novel of Consuelo Vanderbilt by Karen Harper (Historical Fiction)
Before there was Meghan Markle, there was Consuelo Vanderbilt, the original American Duchess. From the dawning of the opulent Gilded Age, to the battles of the Second World War, AMERICAN DUCHESS is a riveting tale of one woman’s quest to attain independence --- at any price.
DAISY JONES & THE SIX by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Fiction)
DAISY JONES & THE SIX is a gripping novel about the whirlwind rise of an iconic 1970s rock group and their beautiful lead singer, revealing the mystery behind their infamous breakup.
THE HUNTRESS by Kate Quinn (Historical Fiction)
From the author of the New York Times and USA Today bestseller THE ALICE NETWORK comes another fascinating historical novel about a battle-haunted English journalist and a Russian female bomber pilot who join forces to track the Huntress, a Nazi war criminal gone to ground in America.
THE ISLAND OF SEA WOMEN by Lisa See (Historical Fiction)
THE ISLAND OF SEA WOMEN is a new novel from Lisa See, the New York Times bestselling author of THE TEA GIRL OF HUMMINGBIRD LANE, about female friendship and family secrets on a small Korean island.
THE MOMENT OF LIFT: How Empowering Women Changes the World (Audiobook) written and read by Melinda Gates (Social Science/Women's Studies)
This debut from Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, is a timely and necessary call to action for women's empowerment.
QUEENIE by Candice Carty-Williams (Fiction)
BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY meets AMERICANAH in this disarmingly honest, boldly political and truly inclusive novel that will speak to anyone who has gone looking for love and found something very different in its place.
THE QUINTLAND SISTERS by Shelley Wood (Historical Fiction)
For fans of SOLD ON A MONDAY or THE HOME FOR UNWANTED GIRLS, Shelley Wood's novel tells the story of the Dionne Quintuplets, the world's first identical quintuplets to survive birth, told from the perspective of a midwife in training who helps bring them into the world.
SOLD ON A MONDAY by Kristina McMorris (Historical Fiction)
A picture is worth a thousand words, but sometimes the story behind the picture is worth a thousand more. From New York Times bestselling author Kristina McMorris comes an unforgettable novel inspired by a stunning piece of history.
Please note that these titles, for which we already had the guides when they appeared in hardcover, are now available in paperback:
ALL THE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS by Elizabeth J. Church (Historical Fiction)
Ruby’s life glitters with success, but she still must conquer her tragic past and discover what love really looks like.
A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW by Amor Towles (Historical Fiction)
From the New York Times bestselling author of RULES OF CIVILITY comes a transporting novel about a man who is ordered to spend the rest of his life inside a luxury hotel.
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How Frequently Do You Use Goodreads
for Your Book Group Reading?
How often do you use Goodreads to help make decisions on what to read with your group?
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Every day
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A few times a week
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A few times a month
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Less than once a month
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I do not use Goodreads but would be interested in doing so.
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I am not interested in Goodreads.
Click here to vote in the poll by Wednesday, April 3rd at noon ET.
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