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Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin

October 2010

CROOKED LETTER, CROOKED LETTER is the story of two childhood friends whose lives change dramatically after one unforgettable night --- and how the events of that one evening will shape their lives until circumstances plunge them together again.

October 2010

This month, we are really excited to share our readers’ selections of their Top 10 Favorite Discussion Books, which were gathered from the submissions in our ReadingGroupGuides.com 10th Anniversary Contest. Stephen Bedford in our office had the yeoman’s task of compiling the top selections from more than 12,000 entries, so a huge round of applause to him for a job well done. After he tracked the top titles, a small group of us met and looked deeper at your selections. We had fun doing this as we found ourselves remembering familiar titles, learning about some new ones, and getting to know your groups better as we read through your lists. We felt we were at the table with many of you as the personality of a group can come forth by looking at their selections. For those of you who are thinking of adding group members, you may want to consider sharing your group’s favorite titles with incoming members as a way to give them a better idea of what excites your group.

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The following are our readers’ selections of their Top 10 Favorite Discussion Books, which were gathered from the submissions in our ReadingGroupGuides.com 10th Anniversary Contest. Which of these titles has your book club read? Please check as many as ap

October 1, 2010, 570 voters

Interview: Cynthia Lord, author of Touch Blue

Oct 1, 2010

Cynthia Lord follows up her Newbery Honor-winning debut, RULES, with TOUCH BLUE, in which 11-year-old Tess Brooks and a foster kid named Aaron try to save her island’s schoolhouse --- and the only home Tess has ever known.

September 30, 2010

Discussing QUEEN & COUNTRY

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In today's post, regular contributor Bonnie Brzozowski and her apprentice Meredith Watters talk about reading a somewhat different kind of graphic novel for this months Graphic Novels Book Club at the Austin Public Library.
September 29, 2010

Book Clubs in the News

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In this month’s round-up we’ve got everything from the wisdom of the ages to new fangled gadgets to music to soothe the savage beast!
September 28, 2010

The National Book Festival Turns 10

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I love that all of our regular contributors are getting out to the book festivals in and around where they live.  Well of course they are.  They wouldn't be regular contributors here on the RGG blog if they weren't book lovers.  Yesterday we heard from Heather Johnson on the Baltimore Book Festival and today Denise Neary shares some of the "wonder" of the National Book Festival in DC.

John Lutz, author of Mister X

He mutilates his victims. Slices their throats. And carves an X into their flesh. Five years ago, he claimed the lives of six women. Then the killings abruptly stopped --- no one knows why.

September 27, 2010

Fall Means Books in Baltimore!

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In today's guest post, regular contributor Heather Johnson shares some details from the Baltimore Book Festival.  Did you get a chance to go? Or will you be hitting any of the other Book Festivals this fall?  If not - change your plans.  They really are a lot of fun!
The Guardian offers its top 10 stories about sisters... Chin on hand, office candid and the rest of the author photo cliches... What to read on jury duty? Crime books, of course!