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May 17, 2010

Top 5 Worst Places to Read

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OR Top 5 Excuses for Not Finishing My Book Club Book Last month I did a post called Top 5 Places to Read Your Book Club Book.  In that post I promised you a follow up with the top 5 worst places to read, so here goes: #1 - In (or on) a Moving Vehicle (especially if you're driving)...  (even at a stoplight)
Soon after my first granddaughter, Isabelle Eva, was born, I realized that although I loved her as fiercely as if she were my own child, I had no say --- in anything. She was mine but not mine. Emphasis on the not mine. In baseball parlance, it felt a little like being demoted from the starting lineup to the bench. Though this may seem both natural and obvious, I must admit that to me it came as something of a shock.

Interview: Julie Anne Peters, author of By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead

May 17, 2010

Julie Anne Peters is the author of over a dozen books that often deal with “controversial” issues faced by children and teens regarding sexual identity, abuse, destructive relationships and problematic family dynamics. Her latest teen novel, BY THE TIME YOU READ THIS, I’LL BE DEAD, follows a suicidal high school student who has been the victim of peer bullying for years.

May 14, 2010

Discussing THREE CUPS OF TEA

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Today's guest blogger Heather Johnson shares her book clubs' take on THREE CUPS OF TEA and the tea related outing that went with it.  Who says you can't combine a serious book with a fun outing?
May 13, 2010

Reading SHANGHAI GIRLS by Lisa See

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Years ago, when I owned an independent bookstore, we started several book clubs.  One of them, which was only known as the CBTB Main Book Club (the store was called Coffee Buy The Book) still lives on.  I haven't made it to a meeting in many months unfortunately, but I love the group and I try to keep up via email at least.&nbs
May 12, 2010

Carrie Adams: THE STEPMOTHER

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In today's post, guest blogger Carrie Adams, author of THE STEPMOTHER shares her Mother's Days musings on how hard it is to measure up the Hallmark version of Mom.  As a mom myself, I know where she's coming from.  Sometimes we cry over our failures, and sometimes over how amazing our kids have turned out...

Emily Giffin, author of Heart of the Matter

Tessa Russo is the mother of two young children and the wife of a renowned pediatric surgeon. Despite her mother’s warnings, Tessa has recently given up her career to focus on her family and the pursuit of domestic happiness. From the outside, she seems destined to live a charmed life. » Click Here

Moms are great. They carry you around in their bellies for months, give painful birth to you, and then (hopefully) spend years caring for, worrying over and nurturing you until you're (hopefully) able to do all that life stuff for yourself.

Interview: J. Courtney Sullivan, author of Commencement

May 11, 2010

Question: One of COMMENCEMENT’s protagonists, Celia Donnelly, is an Irish girl from Milton, MA, who moves to New York after graduation. You’re an Irish girl from Milton who moved to New York after graduation. Is Celia --- or any of the characters --- modeled after you?