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Matt Rothschild, author of Dumbfounded: Big Money. Big Hair. Big Problems. or Why Having It All Isn't for Sissies.

The only Jewish family in a luxury Fifth Avenue building of WASPs, the senior Rothschilds took over the responsibility of raising their grandson, Matt, after his mother left him for Italy and a fourth husband.

Andrew Davidson, author of The Gargoyle

The narrator of THE GARGOYLE is a very contemporary cynic, physically beautiful and sexually adept, who dwells in the moral vacuum that is modern life.

August 2008

I have zipped across the country so much this summer that I am glad that this weekend I am confining my adventures to the pool chair and hammock here at the house. Seriously I zipped back and forth over the midsection of the country and up and down the East Coast so much that I am ready to send a holiday card to Larry Kellner, the CEO of Continental, as I have seen him on the opening video more than I have seen most of my friends.

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Have increased gas costs changed your bookbuying habits?

August 1, 2008, 267 voters

C. W. Gortner, author of The Last Queen

Juana of Castile, the last queen of Spanish blood to inherit her country’s throne, has been for centuries an enigmatic figure shrouded in lurid myth. Was she the bereft widow of legend who was driven mad by her loss, or has history misjudged a woman who was ahead of her time?

Which of the following social networking websites do you belong to? Check as many as apply.

July 1, 2008, 252 voters

July 2008

Last week I spent some time at the American Library Association Convention in Anaheim, which was a wonderful celebration of books and reading. Librarians are wildly enthusiastic about books and authors --- and they ask smart questions and provoke thoughtful replies when they are at panels and speeches.

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Julia Spencer-Fleming, author of I Shall Not Want

People die. Marriages fail. In the small Adirondack town of Millers Kill, New York, however, life doesn’t stop for heartbreak.

Lucie Whitehouse, author of The House at Midnight

On an icy winter weekend, seven friends celebrate New Year’s Eve at Stoneborough, a grand manor in the English countryside. They’ve been brought together by Lucas Heathfield, a young man who recently inherited the property after the tragic death of his uncle Patrick.

Pondering the books that you like to read for book group discussion, which of these best describes why you read?

June 1, 2008, 831 voters