If you could have only ONE of the following served at your book group meetings, what would you pick?
July 1, 2011, 435 voters
July 2011
When I get together with friends, one of my favorite questions is “What are you reading?” Over the holiday weekend, close neighbors came in for a barbecue. Dale shared that she now has a Kindle; she had just finished Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford and is currently reading The Help by Kathryn Stockett. She was chatting about these books with the same enthusiasm that I did when I read them when they first came out. It reminded me that readers all find books at their own pace, and good books will continue to be found long after their publication date!
Frida Kahlo
The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to, and I paint whatever passes through my head without any other consideration.
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Frida Kahlo
Bestselling author Ann Patchett lets readers into her private life with this special essay about the relationship with her dog, Rose. Patchett's latest novel, State of Wonder, is in stores now!
Morrie Schwartz (subject of TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE by Mitch Albom)
The little things, I can obey. But the big things --- how we think, what we value --- those you must choose yourself. You can't let anyone --- or any society --- determine those for you.
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Morrie Schwartz (subject of TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE by Mitch Albom)
Editorial content for Heart of Evil
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Emerging from the bayou like an apparition, Donegal Plantation is known for its unsurpassed dining, captivating atmosphere, haunting legends…and now a corpse swinging from the marble angel that marks its cemetery's most majestic vault. A corpse discovered in nearly the same situation as that of Marshall Donegal, the patriarch killed in a skirmish just before the Civil War.
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Emerging from the bayou like an apparition, Donegal Plantation is known for its unsurpassed dining, captivating atmosphere, haunting legends…and now a corpse swinging from the marble angel that marks its cemetery's most majestic vault. A corpse discovered in nearly the same situation as that of Marshall Donegal, the patriarch killed in a skirmish just before the Civil War.
Desperate for help traditional criminologists could never provide, plantation heiress Ashley Donegal turns to an elite team of paranormal investigators who blend hard forensics with rare—often inexplicable—intuition. Among the "Krewe of Hunters" is an old ï ¬ ‚ ame, Jake Mallory, a gifted musician with talent stretching far beyond the realm of the physical, and a few dark ghosts of his own.
The evil the team unveils has the power to shake the plantation to its very core. Jake and Ashley are forced to risk everything to unravel secrets that will not stay buried—even in death.…
