Category Archives: Book Clubs

A Chinese Memoir That Moms & Daughters Can Share

January 26, 2009 – 1:43 pm

In honor of Chinese New Years, I would like to recommend an older memoir ‘Falling Leaves’ by Adeline Yen Mah. It is a powerful story of growing up unwanted and unloved in a wealthy family on mainland China after the 1949 revolution. Adeline’s mother dies shortly after giving birth to her and from [...]

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These Book Club ‘Picks’ Are Meant To Be Devoured

December 12, 2008 – 6:11 pm

The holidays are all about the food. Am I not correct? This was a big reason why my book club chose “A Trail Of Crumbs” by Kim Sunee as our December pick. The book is a lovely, poetic memoir about the author’s search for self & home using food as her anchor. [...]

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Are You Reading Lite?

February 6, 2008 – 7:22 pm

Are you looking for a good book to listen to? The Audio Publishers Association (APA) has just announced the finalists for the 2007 Audies that are awarded each spring at Book Expo America (BEA). Listening to a book rather than actually reading a book has been given the term Reading Lite by hard-core-book-group members. The [...]

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