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Pass the Wine; Discuss the Book
I am amused by friends who tell me that their book group provides them with a great reason to get together with friends and drink wine. In our 2015 book group survey, 60% of our readers shared that they drink wine at least some of the time at their meetings. While my husband is an oenophile (your vocabulary word for the day, meaning wine connoisseur), I typically drink Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc with just about everything.
Since wine is clearly on the minds of book groups, we wanted to tell you about CORK DORK: A Wine-Fueled Adventure Among the Obsessive Sommeliers, Big Bottle Hunters, and Rogue Scientists Who Taught Me to Live for Taste by Bianca Bosker. Bianca is a professional journalist and was a self-described amateur wine drinker until she discovered a world of elite sommeliers. I met Bianca at an industry event where she had us tasting with an eye on expanding our palates and identifying the notes in the wines. It was lots of fun without pressure; it was all about appreciating the wines. CORK DORK is eminently readable, as well as informative. For those of you who want to talk about books, as well as enjoy wine, this may be a fun way to do it --- and plan some tastings of your own.
We have two terrific contests this month...
First, groups can win copies of Jean Hanff Korelitz’s THE DEVIL AND WEBSTER. I selected this as a Bookreporter.com Bets On selection a few weeks ago. When I finished reading it, I found myself looking for someone to talk about it with, which means it is ripe for a book group discussion. In it, Naomi Roth is the first female president of Webster College, a once conservative school now known for producing outspoken graduates. So Naomi isn’t surprised when her students protest a popular professor’s denial of tenure. A former student radical herself, Naomi admires the protesters’ fervor, especially when her own daughter, Hannah, joins their ranks.
Then Omar Khayal, a magnetic Palestinian student with a tragic and complex history, emerges as the group’s leader. The demonstration begins to destabilize the college and Naomi’s life. This riveting novel confronts some of the most current and controversial concerns at the core of our society, and the fragility behind who we think we are --- and what we think we believe. And while this is fiction, for any of you who have had kids applying to college, there’s a lot to think about here on how those magical acceptance letters are achieved. We are giving three groups the chance to win 12 copies of the book. To enter, please fill out this form by Tuesday, May 9th at noon ET. You can read our Bookreporter.com review here.
Jean is also an entrepreneur who started a terrific service where you can join a Pop-Up Book Club to have a discussion with an author, brought to you by her BOOKTHEWRITER program. Here is a link to their upcoming events listing in New York where for various upcoming events you can meet Elinor Lipman, Christina Baker Kline, Min Jin Lee and Jean herself.
Second, many readers and book groups loved Kristin Hannah’s THE NIGHTINGALE when it came out back in 2015 --- it was another Bets On selection! It'll be out in paperback on April 25th, and we’re happy to feature it as this month's “What’s Your Book Group Reading?" contest title. The novel evokes the epic panorama of World War II and explores a crucial part of history seldom seen: the women's war. It tells the stories of two sisters, each embarking on her own dangerous path toward survival, love and freedom in German-occupied, war-torn France. We are giving three groups the chance to win 12 copies by telling us what their book group is reading this month; enter here by Tuesday, May 9th at noon ET for your chance to win.
We are happy to feature the guide for Lisa See’s new book, THE TEA GIRL OF HUMMINGBIRD LANE. Lisa is the author of many book group favorites, including SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN, which had groups all over the country googling “foot binding” when it was published back in 2005.
In SNOW FLOWER Lisa introduced the Yao people to her readers, and now she shares the customs of another Chinese ethnic minority: the Akha, who farm and harvest Pu-erh tea. Li-yan becomes among the first to reject the rules that shape her village. When she has a baby outside of wedlock, rather than abide by a brutal tradition, she abandons the infant in the nearest city. That baby, Haley, grows up a privileged California girl. Despite Haley’s happy home life, she wonders about her origins; and Li-yan longs for her lost daughter. They both search for and find answers in the tea that has shaped their family’s destiny for generations.
For those of you looking for something fun to enhance your book group discussion, think about having a Tea Tasting Event with your book group. Lisa has details on how you can buy Pu-erh tea for a group tasting here. Also, Lisa has shared extensive background research on tea and her travels to write this book here and here. She is on an extensive book tour, and among other locations, for those of you in Canada, I am happy to share that she is headed to Toronto, Victoria and Vancouver in a couple of weeks. If you are unable to meet her on this tour, you can watch this video to learn more about her inspiration.
If your reading group came to love THE SPARROW SISTERS in Ellen Herrick’s spellbinding debut, you’re in luck! Her new novel, THE FORBIDDEN GARDEN, not only carries over the enchantment and intrigue, but also revisits Sorrel Sparrow, with her rare gift for nurturing plants and flowers. Now Sorrel’s reputation, as well as a stroke of good timing, lands her an unexpected opportunity: reviving a long-dormant Shakespearean garden on an English country estate. Upon her arrival at Kirkwood Hall, the ancestral home of Sir Graham Kirkwood and his wife Stella, Sorrel is shocked by the decrepit state of the walled garden. Generations have attempted to bring it back to glory, to no avail. Sorrel can sense heartbreak and betrayal here, perhaps even enchantment. Intrigued by the house’s history and increasingly drawn to Stella’s alluringly aloof brother, Sorrel sets to work. Though she knows her true home is back across the sea with her sisters, instinct tells her that the English garden’s destiny is entwined with her own, if she can only unravel its secrets.
As I was writing this newsletter, I got word that THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD by Colson Whitehead won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. I know this book already has been embraced by many book groups. We have our guide here; THE SPORT OF KINGS by C. E. Morgan and IMAGINE ME GONE by Adam Haslett were runners-up for the prize.
We were happy to read the news that Imbolo Mbue’s debut novel, BEHOLD THE DREAMERS, won this year’s PEN/Faulkner Fiction Award. When it came out last summer, it was Bets On selection, and you also may recall that it was one of the audiobooks that we shared with book groups last fall. It’s a book that is perfect for discussion, and you can see our guide for it here.
Reminder: The movie adaptation of THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS by Rebecca Skloot, the #1 New York Times bestseller starring Oprah Winfrey and Rose Byrne, premieres on April 22nd at 8pm ET/PT on HBO.
Martha Hall Kelly, author of LILAC GIRLS, shared a piece about the one Holocaust memoir that she thinks you should read, THE LOST CHILDHOOD. You can see why she recommends it here.
In this month's poll, we're asking if you are interested in having authors at your book group meetings. Let us know here!
Also, you still have until Friday, April 14th at noon ET to take our Bookreporter.com poll about which upcoming fiction titles you're interested in reading this month.
Finally, we’ve updated our New in Paperback and Reading Roundup features for April, both chock full of reading suggestions.
Last month, I wrote looking for some interesting travel ideas for book groups and heard from Susan about how her book club incorporated travel into their book discussions. “In a book club I was in, we had a travelogue meeting. This is when one of the readers would share their vacation pictures, thoughts and brochures with the readers. We also invited special guests to share their travel experiences with us. It might or might not be related to a book we were currently reading, however it broadened our horizons. We greatly enjoyed our travelogue meetings. We read a book on China and another one on Vietnam, and invited a pair of Chinese and Vietnamese co-workers to share their life stories of growing up in China and Vietnam. Both events greatly enhanced the book(s) we were reading.”
I am headed to the Fairfield Library in Fairfield, Connecticut, to present titles that I think will be of interest to book groups on Thursday, April 27th at 7:00pm. Full details and registration information is here. Hoping to see some of you there!
Wishing those who are celebrating Happy Passover and Happy Easter! We’ll be back with another update in two weeks.
Carol Fitzgerald ([email protected])
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Special Contest: Enter to Win 12 Copies of
THE DEVIL AND WEBSTER by Jean Hanff Korelitz
for Your Group
We are celebrating the release of THE DEVIL AND WEBSTER --- Jean Hanff Korelitz's new novel about a college president, a baffling student protest, and some of the most hot-button issues on today's college campuses --- with a special contest that will give three groups the chance to win 12 copies of the book. To enter, please fill out this form by Tuesday, May 9th at noon ET.
THE DEVIL AND WEBSTER by Jean Hanff Korelitz (Fiction)
Naomi Roth is the first female president of Webster College, a once conservative school now known for producing fired-up, progressive graduates. So Naomi isn’t surprised or unduly alarmed when Webster students begin the fall semester with an outdoor encampment around The Stump --- a traditional campus gathering place for generations of student activists --- to protest a popular professor’s denial of tenure. A former student radical herself, Naomi admires the protestors’ passion, especially when her own daughter, Hannah, joins their ranks.
Then Omar Khayal, a charismatic Palestinian student with a devastating personal history, emerges as the group’s leader, and the demonstration begins to consume Naomi’s life, destabilizing Webster College from the inside out. As the crisis slips beyond her control, Naomi must take increasingly desperate measures to protect her friends, colleagues, and family from an unknowable adversary.
Touching on some of the most topical and controversial concerns at the heart of our society, this riveting novel examines the fragility that lies behind who we think we are --- and what we think we believe.
- Click here for the reading group guide.
- Click here to read a review on Bookreporter.com.
- Click here to read Carol's Bookreporter.com Bets On commentary.
Click here to enter the contest.
"What's Your Book Group Reading This Month?" Contest:
Enter to Win 12 Copies of the Paperback Edition of
THE NIGHTINGALE by Kristin Hannah for Your Group
Each month, we ask book groups to share the titles they are reading that month and rate them. From all entries, three winners will be selected, and each will win 12 copies of that month’s prize book for their group. Note: To be eligible to win, let us know the title of the book that YOUR book group is CURRENTLY reading, NOT the title we are giving away.
This month's prize book is THE NIGHTINGALE, Kristin Hannah's longtime bestseller that releases in paperback for the first time on April 25th. The novel tells the stories of two sisters --- separated by years and experience, by ideals, passion and circumstance --- each embarking on her own dangerous path toward survival, love and freedom in German-occupied, war-torn France. To enter, please fill out the form on this page by Tuesday, May 9th at noon ET.
THE NIGHTINGALE by Kristin Hannah (Historical Fiction)
In the quiet village of Carriveau, Vianne Mauriac says goodbye to her husband, Antoine, as he heads for the Front. She doesn’t believe that the Nazis will invade France...but invade they do, in droves of marching soldiers, in caravans of trucks and tanks, in planes that fill the skies and drop bombs upon the innocent. When a German captain requisitions Vianne’s home, she and her daughter must live with the enemy or lose everything. Without food or money or hope, as danger escalates all around them, she is forced to make one impossible choice after another to keep her family alive.
Vianne’s sister, Isabelle, is a rebellious 18-year-old girl, searching for purpose with all the reckless passion of youth. While thousands of Parisians march into the unknown terrors of war, she meets Gäetan, a partisan who believes the French can fight the Nazis from within France, and she falls in love as only the young can...completely. But when he betrays her, Isabelle joins the Resistance and never looks back, risking her life time and again to save others.
With courage, grace and powerful insight, bestselling author Kristin Hannah captures the epic panorama of WWII and illuminates an intimate part of history seldom seen: the women’s war. THE NIGHTINGALE tells the stories of two sisters, separated by years and experience, by ideals, passion and circumstance, each embarking on her own dangerous path toward survival, love and freedom in German-occupied, war-torn France --- a heartbreakingly beautiful novel that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit and the durability of women. It is a novel for everyone, a novel for a lifetime.
- Click here for the reading group guide.
- Click here to read a review on Bookreporter.com.
- Click here to read Carol's Bookreporter.com Bets On commentary.
Click here to enter the contest.
Featured Guide: THE TEA GIRL OF HUMMINGBIRD LANE by Lisa See
THE TEA GIRL OF HUMMINGBIRD LANE by Lisa See (Fiction)
Li-yan and her family align their lives around the seasons and the farming of tea. There is ritual and routine, and it has been ever thus for generations. Then one day a jeep appears at the village gate --- the first automobile any of them have seen --- and a stranger arrives.
In this remote Yunnan village, the stranger finds the rare tea he has been seeking and a reticent Akha people. In her biggest seller, SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN, See introduced the Yao people to her readers. Here she shares the customs of another Chinese ethnic minority, the Akha, whose world will soon change. Li-yan, one of the few educated girls on her mountain, translates for the stranger and is among the first to reject the rules that have shaped her existence. When she has a baby outside of wedlock, rather than stand by tradition, she wraps her daughter in a blanket, with a tea cake hidden in her swaddling, and abandons her in the nearest city.
After mother and daughter have gone their separate ways, Li-yan slowly emerges from the security and insularity of her village to encounter modern life while Haley grows up a privileged and well-loved California girl. Despite Haley’s happy home life, she wonders about her origins; and Li-yan longs for her lost daughter. They both search for and find answers in the tea that has shaped their family’s destiny for generations.
A powerful story about a family, separated by circumstances, culture and distance, THE TEA GIRL OF HUMMINGBIRD LANE paints an unforgettable portrait of a little known region and its people and celebrates the bond that connects mothers and daughters.
- Click here to read a review on Bookreporter.com.
- Click here to watch Lisa See talk about the book.
- Click here to visit Lisa See's website, where you can find details about how to have your own tea tasting, as well as background on Lisa's research.
Click here for the featured guide.
Featured Guide: THE FORBIDDEN GARDEN
by Ellen Herrick
THE FORBIDDEN GARDEN by Ellen Herrick (Fiction)
At the nursery she runs with her sisters on the New England coast, Sorrel Sparrow has honed her rare gift for nurturing plants and flowers. Now that reputation, and a stroke of good timing, lands Sorrel an unexpected opportunity: reviving a long-dormant Shakespearean garden on an English country estate.
Arriving at Kirkwood Hall, ancestral home of Sir Graham Kirkwood and his wife Stella, Sorrel is shocked by the desolate state of the walled garden. Generations have tried --- and failed --- to bring it back to glory. Sorrel senses heartbreak and betrayal here, perhaps even enchantment. Intrigued by the house’s history --- especially the haunting tapestries that grace its walls --- and increasingly drawn to Stella’s enigmatic brother, Sorrel sets to work. And though she knows her true home is across the sea with her sisters, instinct tells her that the English garden’s destiny is entwined with her own, if she can only unravel its secrets…
- Click here to read a review on Bookreporter.com.
Click here for the featured guide.
Now Available: CORK DORK by Bianca Bosker
CORK DORK: A Wine-Fueled Adventure Among the Obsessive Sommeliers, Big Bottle Hunters, and Rogue Scientists Who Taught Me to Live for Taste by Bianca Bosker (Memoir)
Amateur drinker and professional tech reporter Bianca Bosker didn't know much about wine --- until she stumbled on an alternate universe of master sommeliers who could, after a single sip, identify the grape a bottle was made from, in what year, and where it was produced, within acres. Astounded by their fanatical dedication and seemingly superhuman sensory powers, Bosker set out to discover what drove their obsession, and whether she, too, could become a "cork dork."
Thus begins a year-and-a-half-long adventure that takes the reader inside elite tasting groups, exclusive New York City restaurants, a California mass market wine "factory," and even a neuroscientist's fMRI machine as Bosker attempts to answer the most nagging question of all: what's the big deal about wine?
Counterintuitive, compulsively readable and hilarious, CORK DORK illuminates how tasting better can help us live better --- and will change the way you drink wine forever.
Click here to read more about the book.
Now Available: EVERY WILD HEART by Meg Donohue
EVERY WILD HEART by Meg Donohue (Fiction)
Passionate and funny, radio personality Gail Gideon is a true original. Nine years ago when Gail’s husband announced that he wanted a divorce, her ensuing on-air rant propelled her local radio show into the national spotlight. Now, “The Gail Gideon Show” is beloved by millions of single women who tune in for her advice on the power of self-reinvention. But fame comes at a price. After all, what does a woman who has staked her career on being single do when she finds herself falling in love? And is the person who is harassing her in increasingly troubling ways a misguided fan or a true danger to Gail and her daughter, Nic?
Fourteen-year-old Nic has always felt that she pales in comparison to her vibrant, outgoing mother. Plagued by a fear of social situations, she is most comfortable at the stable where she spends her afternoons. But when a riding accident lands Nic in the hospital, she awakens from her coma changed. Suddenly, she has no fear at all and her disconcerting behavior lands her in one risky situation after another. And no one, least of all her mother, can guess what she will do next.
- Click here to read an interview between Meg Donohue and the book's main character, Gail Gideon.
Click here to read more about the book.
ReadingGroupGuides.com's 6th Annual
BookExpo Speed Dating Event:
"Great Book Group Titles for Fall/Winter 2017"
On Friday, June 2nd, from 2:00pm to 3:50pm at BookExpo in New York, ReadingGroupGuides.com will host its 6th Annual Book Group Speed Dating Event.
Publisher representatives will be in attendance to share selections and book group news from their publishing houses in a speed-dating format designed to give booksellers, librarians and book group leaders an inside look at what book groups will want to know for fall and winter. Galley giveaways and ideas for enhancing book group discussions will be part of this event.
Advance signup is required by Monday, May 22nd at noon ET. Seating will be assigned. Fill out this form to sign up.
Please note: You must be registered to attend BookExpo in order to attend this session. If you are not, click here to register.
April’s Reading Roundup: Top Picks from
Indie Next, LibraryReads, Target and Costco
Each month, we share top book picks from Indie Next and LibraryReads, as well as the Target Book Club title and Pennie's Pick for Costco.
This month's Indie Next titles include MISSISSIPPI BLOOD, the final installment in Greg Iles' epic Natchez Burning trilogy; WHAT IT MEANS WHEN A MAN FALLS FROM THE SKY by Lesley Nnekah Arimah, a dazzling debut story collection that explores family and identity centered in Nigeria; and THE RIVER OF KINGS, in which Taylor Brown weaves three narrative strands --- two brothers’ journey down an ancient river, their father’s tangled past and the buried history of the river’s earliest people --- into a dramatic and rewarding adventure.
Library Reads is spotlighting AMERICAN WAR by Omar El Akkad, an audacious debut novel about a second civil war and a family caught in the crossfire; BEARTOWN, Fredrik Backman's novel about a small town with a big dream --- and the price required to make it come true; and Elizabeth Strout's ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE, which sees the return of Lucy Barton as she and a cast of small-town characters cope with love and loss.
Click here for the complete roundup.
April’s New in Paperback Roundups on Bookreporter.com
April’s roundup of New in Paperback fiction titles includes ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE, Anthony Doerr's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II; THE NIGHTINGALE by Kristin Hannah, which tells the stories of two sisters --- separated by years and experience, by ideals, passion and circumstance --- each embarking on her own dangerous path toward survival, love and freedom in German-occupied, war-torn France; Ruth Ware's THE WOMAN IN CABIN 10, a haunting novel about a journalist on a luxury cruise who witnesses a woman being thrown overboard --- but all passengers remain accounted for; and THE NEST, Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney's debut novel about four adult siblings and the fate of the shared inheritance that has shaped their choices and their lives.
Among this month’s nonfiction offerings are Jeffrey Toobin's AMERICAN HEIRESS, the definitive account of the kidnapping and trial that defined an insane era in American history; BUT WHAT IF WE'RE WRONG?, in which cultural critic Chuck Klosterman explores the possibility that our currently held beliefs and assumptions about the world will eventually be proven wrong; THE SOUND OF GRAVEL, the remarkable memoir of Ruth Wariner's coming-of-age in a polygamist family (a book that is perfect for a book group discussion for groups that read THE GLASS CASTLE); KICK KENNEDY, an unforgettable portrait of the Kennedy family's favorite daughter from Barbara Leaming, who has written a mesmerizing story of love, loss and war; and Howard Blum's THE LAST GOODNIGHT, a riveting biography of Betty Pack, the dazzling American debutante who became an Allied spy during World War II and was hailed by OSS chief General “Wild Bill" Donovan as “the greatest unsung heroine of the war.”
Find out what's New in Paperback for the weeks of
April 3rd, April 10th, April 17th and April 24th.
Bookreporter.com Bets On:
THE WOMEN IN THE CASTLE by Jessica Shattuck
THE WOMEN IN THE CASTLE by Jessica Shattuck (Historical Fiction)
I have often wondered what life was like in Germany after World War II. We know of the Nazis and those who joined the resistance, but what happened when those descriptive words no longer defined the day-to-day lives of people? In THE WOMEN IN THE CASTLE, Jessica Shattuck tells the stories of three of these women, as they picked up their lives after the war.
The book opens in an ancient castle in Germany where Marianne von Lingenfels, the widow of Albrecht von Lingenfels, is living. He was a resistor who was executed for his role in the plot to assassinate Hitler. When the call to war was building, Marianne pledged that she would look after the women and children of those who were part of the resistance should anything untoward happen to the men.
She takes this role seriously following leads to track down displaced families on her list to take them under her care. Readers are taken on her journey as she searches and finds both Benita Fledermann and her son Martin, and Ania Grabarek and her two sons. As Germany reels from the destruction the war has wrought, the women live together in the castle, rebuilding their lives, united by a common tragedy.
But each of these women harbors secrets of what happened before and during the war, and these secrets have the power to undo the bond between them. Shattuck peels back their stories and gets us well beneath the façade that has been created, and in doing so gives readers a solid view of the complexities that came when the war ended. While the fighting stopped, there were deep scars inflicted on even those who never picked up a weapon in battle. Decisions made in the moment had far-reaching consequences, as did old loyalties.
While these women shared something in common, they experienced the war in very different ways. THE WOMEN IN THE CASTLE is a page-turning read as the characters and settings are so well drawn and descriptive. Once I finished reading it, I longed to discuss it with others. It would be a brilliant book for a book group discussion.
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- Click here to read a review.
Click here for more books we're betting you'll love.
Bookreporter.com's Sixth Annual
Spring Preview Contests and Feature
Spring is in the air! We’ve caught the fever --- and it’s being fueled by some wonderful new and upcoming releases. Our sixth annual Spring Preview Contests and Feature spotlights many of these picks, which we know people will be talking about over the next few months. We will be hosting a series of 24-hour contests for these titles on select days through April 20th. You will need to check the site to see the featured book and enter to win. We also will be sending a special newsletter to announce each title, which you can sign up for here.
This year's featured titles are:
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AFTER THE DARK: A Killer Instinct Novel by Cynthia Eden
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ALL GROWN UP by Jami Attenberg
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ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE by Elizabeth Strout
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BECOMING BONNIE by Jenni L. Walsh
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BEFORE THE FALL by Noah Hawley
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CLOSE ENOUGH TO TOUCH by Colleen Oakley
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DIMESTORE: A Writer's Life by Lee Smith
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THE DISTANCE HOME by Orly Konig
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THE EXCELLENT LOMBARDS by Jane Hamilton
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FIRST COMES LOVE by Emily Giffin
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FOLLOW ME DOWN by Sherri Smith
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GONE WITHOUT A TRACE by Mary Torjussen
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THE HALF WIVES by Stacia Pelletier
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HARD-HEARTED HIGHLANDER: The Highland Grooms, Book 3 by Julia London
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THE HOPE CHEST by Viola Shipman
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THE HORSE DANCER by Jojo Moyes
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IF NOT FOR YOU by Debbie Macomber
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MY LAST LAMENT by James William Brown
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NEVER LET YOU GO by Chevy Stevens
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THE ONE-IN-A-MILLION BOY by Monica Wood
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THE SECRETS YOU KEEP by Kate White
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THE STORY OF ARTHUR TRULUV by Elizabeth Berg
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THE THING ABOUT LOVE by Julie James
Click here to read all the contest details
and learn more about our featured titles.
Enter Our Ongoing Bookreporter.com Contests:
"Word of Mouth" and "Sounding Off on Audio"
Word of Mouth Contest:
Tell Us What You're Reading --- and You Can Win Two Books!
Tell us about the books you’ve finished reading with your comments and a rating of 1 to 5 stars. During the contest period from March 31st to April 14th at noon ET, three lucky readers each will be randomly chosen to win a copy of ALL BY MYSELF, ALONE by Mary Higgins Clark and THE PERFECT STRANGER by Megan Miranda.
To make sure other readers will be able to find the books you write about, please include the full title and correct author names (your entry must include these to be eligible to win). For rules and guidelines, click here.
Click here to enter the contest.
Sounding Off on Audio Contest:
Tell Us What You're Listening to --- and You Can Win Two Audiobooks!
Tell us about the audiobooks you’ve finished listening to with your comments and a rating of 1 to 5 stars for both the performance and the content. During the contest period from April 3rd to May 1st at noon ET, two lucky readers each will be randomly chosen to win the audio versions of Steve Berry's THE LOST ORDER, read by Scott Brick, and Lisa Scottoline's ONE PERFECT LIE, read by George Newbern.
To make sure other readers will be able to find the audiobook, please include the full title and correct author names (your entry must include these to be eligible to win). For complete rules and guidelines, click here.
Click here to enter the contest.
The following guides are now available on ReadingGroupGuides.com:
THE DEVIL AND WEBSTER by Jean Hanff Korelitz (Fiction)
From the New York Times bestselling author of YOU SHOULD HAVE KNOWN and ADMISSION comes a twisty new novel about a college president, a baffling student protest and some of the most hot-button issues on today's college campuses.
EVERY WILD HEART by Meg Donohue (Fiction)
From USA Today bestselling author Meg Donohue comes a mystery, a love story, and a mother-daughter tale about two women on a precarious journey to uncover their true selves.
THE FORBIDDEN GARDEN by Ellen Herrick (Fiction)
Perfect for fans of Kate Morton and Sarah Jio, THE FORBIDDEN GARDEN is a lush imaginative novel that takes readers into the heart of a mysterious English country garden, waiting to spring to life.
THE TEA GIRL OF HUMMINGBIRD LANE by Lisa See (Fiction)
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa See comes a moving story about tradition, tea farming, and the enduring connection between mothers and daughters.
Please note that these titles, for which we already had the guides when they released in hardcover, are now available in paperback:
ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE by Anthony Doerr (Historical Fiction)
Highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning Anthony Doerr's instant New York Times bestseller is about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II.
THE NEST by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney (Fiction)
THE NEST is a warm, funny and acutely perceptive debut novel about four adult siblings and the fate of the shared inheritance that has shaped their choices and their lives.
This Month's Poll: Authors at Your Meetings?
Are you interested in having authors at your book group meetings? Please check all that apply.
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We’ve had authors attend our meetings.
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Yes, we've had an author call in.
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Yes, we've Skyped with authors.
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No, but we have attended author talks and signings as a book group and used the experience to shape our discussions.
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No, but we've emailed our questions to authors and used their responses during our discussion.
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No, but we would like to Skype or speak by phone with authors during a meeting.
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No, but we would like to have authors attend our meetings.
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No, because the location of our meetings does not permit us to host, call or Skype with an author.
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No, because we do not know how to go about inviting an author to participate in our meetings.
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Other (Please specify)
Click here to vote in the poll by Tuesday, May 9th at noon ET.
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