Tag Archives: Book Clubs

Best 2010 Book Club Books

December 6, 2010 – 5:17 pm

Shop Indie Bookstores The ‘Best of 2010′ book lists are out in force and frankly, I find most of them more confusing than helpful.  Out of the hundreds posted online  (Large Hearted Boy – a music and literature blog keeps a running tally),  I’ve only found four lists  that apply specifically to book clubs  since [...]

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October Book Bites

October 8, 2010 – 5:32 pm

The fall book season is well under way and the following newsy book items caught my eye. What books are the librarians loving this season?  Emma Donoghue‘s The Room, Susan Henderson’s Up From The Blue and Tom Franklin‘s Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter. Already on the NY Times bestseller list coupled with a stellar audio version, [...]

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Read ‘em And Eat

September 30, 2009 – 4:27 pm

I’m excited about introducing a new category to my blog.  This is my own version of the St. Petersburg Times’ online monthly feature Read and Feed that cleverly provides book club selections and  food themed suggestions matched to the book’s plot.   What I love about this format is that there are make it or [...]

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Book Club Summer Reads

June 24, 2009 – 6:05 pm

If you are looking to read something over the summer with a little more substance, something you can recommend to your book club come fall, then consider these good for book clubs summer reading suggestions from Nancy Pearl. Citizen Vince by Jess Walters – a darkly, comic, crime novel that has also been described as [...]

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