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Friday Finds 1/29

Submitted by Barbara on Fri, 01/29/2010 - 09:48

Friday Finds! What did your find in the bookstore, in the library, on your TBR stack, talking with friends this week!

I found 3 gems this week!

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Booking Through Thursday -- Twisty Endings

Submitted by Barbara on Thu, 01/28/2010 - 13:02

Booking Through ThursdayDo you have a favorite book that has a twist at the end?

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Emma and her Men

Submitted by Barbara on Thu, 01/28/2010 - 00:01

Do you see the first episode of Emma (Masterpiece Classic) on Sunday night? Some Janeites didn't like it so much -- not enough actual Austen prose, costumes not really period-appropriate, etc. 

Jane Austen pixI'm not an expert on Jane Austen or a movie critic. I loved it!

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How a Reading Group Can Help a Writer

Submitted by Barbara on Tue, 01/26/2010 - 22:42

Love BookYou love a book, relate to the characters, and the book discussion was lively! You tell your friends, family, and sometimes, strangers in the grocery line -- a word-of-mouth campaign!

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Teaser Tuesday 1/26 Bloodroot

Submitted by Barbara on Tue, 01/26/2010 - 18:07

My teaser for Tuesday, January 26 comes from Bloodroot by Amy Greene. great reading group/book club pick!

I didn't say anything, but I hated the thought of Clint in a dead boy's clothes. I wondered which ones belonged to Louise's son.

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.

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NBCC Award Finalists -- Good Discussible Books?

Submitted by Barbara on Mon, 01/25/2010 - 23:54

Does the National Book Critics Circle select great reading group picks? You decide!

The National Book Critics Circle Awards nominees were announced on Saturday.

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Great Resources to Enhance Discussion

Submitted by Barbara on Mon, 01/25/2010 - 12:48

Reading groups and books club have always known that discussing books allows thems to share their joy of reading and to discover what others think and feel about the book.

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Friday Finds 1/22

Submitted by Barbara on Fri, 01/22/2010 - 12:11

friday findsFriday is Findsday! What books did you find this week? Old or new, fiction or nonfiction, adult or children's -- anything goes.

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World War II, Paris, and The Art World

Submitted by Barbara on Wed, 01/20/2010 - 23:20

picturesI love historical fiction. Sara Houghteling’s sweeping debut novel, Pictures at an Exhibition, draws on the real-life stories of France’s pre-eminent art-dealing familes and the forgotten biography of the only French woman to work as a double agent inside the Nazis’ looted art stronghold.

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Teaser Tuesday 1/19 Every Day in Tuscany

Submitted by Barbara on Tue, 01/19/2010 - 10:15

I love Frances Mayes'  (Under the Tuscany Sun) description of Italian life so I was jazzed that she wrote another one coming out in March. A celebration of her two-decades-long love affair with Tuscany.

My teaser today is the first two sentences of her new book. 

tuscanyIn winter-cold blue light, the bells of Cortona ring louder.

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