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ReadingGroupGuides.com Newsletter |
February 2005
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Talking Book Club Books
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Milestone last week --- we now have 1,800 book clubs registered at ReadingGroupGuides.com. We are working on some excitng exclusive Registered Book Club offers for the upcoming months so be sure your group is registered.
Reading your mail over the past year I see an something interesting trend. When we first started this website people would tell me that only certain books were "book club discussion books." From your requests in email we are seeing that book clubs are discussing a wider range of books and authors. This has us expanding our offerings to you.
This also is inspiring our book club poll question this month which talks about book discussion guides. Please weigh in by voting.
Guides coming up next month include THE READING GROUP by Elizabeth Noble (with a contest you are not going to want to miss!), SHADOW DIVERS by Robert Kurson, Jodi Picoult's new one, VANISHING ACTS, and a novel we have been spotlighting on Bookreporter.com as One To Watch, ME & EMMA by Elizabeth Flock.
Until then, have a great month!
Carol Fitzgerald ([email protected])
P.S. I just got back from the video rental store. I saw The Five People You Meet in Heaven is just out on DVD. May we suggest this for a DVD/Book Discussion event?
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Special Feature and TWO Contests: Win Copies of ROSIE DUNNE by Cecelia Ahearn Or A Chance to Chat with the Author |
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What happens when the right people click at the wrong time? Join Rosie Dunne on a journey of flirtatious emails, missed opportunities, and unexpected encounters by the beloved author of PS, I LOVE YOU.
Enter the Contest to Win 20 Copies of ROSIE DUNNE by Cecelia Ahern for Your Group
Read an excerpt of Cecelia Ahern's latest novel, Rosie Dunne, and submit your feedback about it along with your name and your mailing address to [email protected].
And a SECOND Contest for ROSIE DUNNE:
Enter the Everything's Coming Up Rosie! sweepstakes for a chance to win a dozen roses! Visit www.RosieDunne.com and send a special e-card to a friend and you'll both be eligible to win the prize. Entries must be received by March 3rd, 2005 and five lucky winners will be drawn on March 10th, 2005. For contest details visit www.RosieDunne.com.
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Read more about our ROSIE DUNNE Contest here.
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BOOK SENSE BEST BOOKS: 125 Favorite Books Recommended by Independent Booksellers
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Independent booksellers, who traditionally have championed books into bestsellers via clubs, first discovered many books that are loved by book clubs. Word of mouth from these stores has been credited with the success of titles from THE RED TENT to COLD MOUNTAIN to THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME. Those looking for selections for their book clubs --- and who want to see what these book "experts" are excited about --- need to look no further than a new book called BOOK SENSE BEST BOOKS: 125 Favorite Books Recommended by Independent Booksellers. What's there? This group's top picks, book club picks and top classics for children and young adults, as well as the lists compiled by these booksellers from their own trade organization, Book Sense, which was founded in 1999. By the way, the delightful forward is by Barbara Kingsolver, a true book club favorite.
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Read more about BOOK SENSE BEST BOOKS: 125 Favorite Books Recommended by Independent Booksellers here.
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NORTHANGER ABBEY, Featured in THE JANE AUSTEN BOOK CLUB
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Ever thought about making your book club a Jane Austen Book Club? Given the success of the bestseller THE JANE AUSTEN BOOK CLUB, by Karen Joy Fowler, we're sharing with book clubs what they need to make this happen. Beginning last November thru this April, we will publish a discussion guide that Fowler has written expressly for book clubs for one of the six Jane Austen titles mentioned in the book. Our fourth selection this month is NORTHANGER ABBEY.
To make this Austen celebration even more fun, we are selecting 5 groups to each win 12 copies of NORTHANGER ABBEY for their discussion. Interested? Send us your name and mailing address by writing [email protected] by February 28, 2005 to be eligible to win. See complete list of rules at the link below.
In case you missed past month's selections:
Emma
Sense and Sensibility
Mansfield Park
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Read more about how to make your club a JANE AUSTEN BOOK CLUB here, as well as details on how to enter the contest.
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Mother-Daughter Wisdom by Christiane Northrup, M.D.
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The mother-daughter relationship is at the core of every woman's physical and emotional health. Even before birth, mothers provide daughters with their first experience of nurturing. Mothers are our most powerful female role models. Now, in a revolutionary approach to well-being for women of all ages, renowned physician and bestselling author Dr. Christiane Northrup unlocks the profound wisdom and healing power of these maternal legacies.
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Read more about MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS by Dr. Christiane Northrup here.
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Book Club Tips
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Tip for February:
Take a blank book and fill in the pages with some of your group's favorite recipes from your meetings. It will be another way of charting your group's "history."
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Tip for March:
Erin Go Bookish this month. Think about reading something from an Irish Author or something about Irish History.
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Book Club Interviews |
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This month we bring you the following book club interview:
Claudia A. Gentner of "Claremont Road Bookgroup" from
Glen Rock, NJ
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Read our Book Club interviews here.
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This Month's Poll: Using Discussion Guides |
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Will your group read and discuss a book if a guide is not available?
Yes, we will
Yes, but with reluctance
No
Not sure
Would you like to see ReadingGroupGuides.com create genre-specific generic guides that you can use when no guide is available? (ie, a general guide for Biographies or Historical Fiction that you can use to discuss these titles)
Yes
No
Not sure
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Answer our poll question here.
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Newest Guides |
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America's Women by Gail Collins
Angels & Demons by Dan Brown
Baker Towers by Jennifer Haigh
But Come Ye Back by Beth Lordan
The Canterbury Papers by Judith Healey
Dancing Naked at the Edge of Dawn by Kris Radish
The Fifth Book of Peace by Maxine Hong Kingston
Friday Night Lights by H.G. Bissinger
The Lord Is My Shepherd by Harold S. Kushner
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
Mother-Daughter Wisdom by Christiane Northrup, M.D.
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
Old School by Tobias Wolff
A Palestine Affair by Jonathan Wilson
The Perfect Pitch by Daniel S. Green
Platform by Michel Houellebecq
PS, I Love You by Cecelia Ahern
Rosie Dunne by Cecelia Ahern
The Same Sweet Girls by Cassandra King
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
The True and Outstanding Adventures of the Hunt Sisters by Elisabeth Robinson
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See the Newest Guides here.
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This Month's Contest: Win Copies of SHADOW OF THE WIND by Carlos Ruiz Zafón |
A subscription to our newsletter is all you need to be entered in our monthly contest. This month, one lucky reader will win up 20 copies of THE SHADOW OF THE WIND by Carlos Ruiz Zafón for his or her entire reading group.
Click the link above to see more about this book.
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Read contest details here.
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Do you like what you see here, and want to forward it to a friend? Then click our link on the bottom of the page to do just that!
Happy reading. We'll see you next month.
Don't forget to visit our other websites from TheBookReportNetwork.com: Bookreporter.com, AuthorsOnTheWeb.com, FaithfulReader.com, AuthorYellowPages.com, Teenreads.com, and Kidsreads.com.
Carol Fitzgerald ([email protected])
The Book Report Network
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