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Curtis Sittenfeld's new novel, American Wife, which features a character inspired by First Lady Laura Bush, was just published this week.
Contributor Shannon McKenna Schmidt admits to prematurely misjudging some of her book club selections --- and what she ultimately thought about them...Have you ever passed judgment on a book club selection before you've even read the first page? I'm guilty of doing just that.
As Debra Linn notes in today's post, several authors have contributed pieces to the ReadingGroupGuides.com blog talking about how meeting with book clubs has offered them insight into their own prose. This exchange of ideas, she explains, is a two-way street --- an author visit can be just as beneficial for book clubbers as it is for the scribe who wrote the book being discussed.
Have you ever read a book in a single day? Read on to find out what book captured the attention of contributor Jamie Layton, the manager of an Outer Banks bookstore, and inspired her to finish it in one sitting...
Book club members no doubt have a variety of opinions on why they enjoy being in a reading group. Here is Trish Collins' take...Click here to read Trish's previous post about the trying time she had finding a book club to call her own.
Guest blogger Joshua Henkin explores his fascination with reading groups and shares some of the memorable moments he's had visiting with book club members from coast to coast --- including one meeting that erupted in a shouting match over a plot point in his most recent novel, Matrimony. Joshua, who lives in Brooklyn, New York, is also the author of Swimming Across the Hudson.
Today's guest blogger is Garth Stein, who ruminates on an author's responsibilities when visiting book clubs --- and shares interesting details like how he came up with the name Enzo for the canine narrator in his novel The Art of Racing in the Rain.
Earlier this month Lisa See wrote about how book clubs have changed over the years. In this encore guest post she explains why she owes a debt of gratitude to book clubs.
Does your reading group have a set of ground rules? Heather Johnson tells us why her book club, which has been going strong for three years, recently instituted some rules --- and what they are.
Ellen Higuchi knows all about romance. She's a Romance Expert for Borders, and five years ago she launched a Romance Book Group at the company's Los Gatos, California, store. Here she talks about how the group came to be and how it has a different take than a traditional book club. She also shares some recommended reads.
