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For the most part here on the RGG blog we focus on traditional book clubs where a group of mostly women get together to discuss literary fiction or memoirs. But since I began writing for this blog, I have come across all kinds of interesting book clubs that don't fit that mold. Here are just a few for your perusal:
In this month’s round-up we’ve got the aftermath for authors who upset Oprah and some unlikely book clubs in unusual places.
Pedestrian.tv: James Frey to pen porn series for HBO
If you’re the author that pissed off Oprah and got people using air quotes and raising an eyebrow whenever they said “memoir”, where would you go next? If you James Frey, it’s to a porn series on HBO.
In today's guest post, regular contributor Denise Neary shares a book site you may not have heard of. Enjoy!
Free books.
Earlier this week I had the opportunity to interview New York Times bestselling author Eric Jerome Dickey as he tours for his new book, TEMPTED BY TROUBLE.
In today's post, regular contributor Heather Johnson discusses the option of short story collections for book club and talks about how even a title can spark some good discussion.
In today's guest post author Shobhan Bantwal (THE UNEXPECTED SON) talks about how the "simple life" she was bored with and took for granted as a child turned out to be a wealth culture and stories she could use in her writing as an adult.
Last week my book club got together to discuss MENNONITE IN A LITTLE BLACK DRESS. I should have insisted we all wear little black dresses - even the guys... that would've been fun.
In today's guest post, author Ghita Schwarz talks about the delicate balance of using fact to create fiction. I love her comment about some things that happen in real life being too unbelieveable to include as I think we've all had those moments!
Today's guest blogger Zoë Ferraris moved to Saudi Arabia in the aftermath of the first Gulf War to live with her then husband and his extended family of Saudi-Palestinian Bedouins, who had never welcomed an American into their lives before. She has an MFA from Columbia University and is the award-winning author of FINDING NOUF.
