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About a month ago, Jeff Howe, the mind  behind the crowdsourcing phenomenon, announced a new project called “One Book, One Twitter”. The program aims to have the world read a book together and discuss it online.  “One Book, One Twitter,” is a book club for everyone, powered by the Internet. Participants are invited to tweet their thoughts on the yet-to-be-determined title.

June is Audiobook Month! Last chance for your reading group to receive audiobooks for all your members for your June meeting. PLUS an author, narrator, or producer chat!

Audiobooks can enhance your discussion. How well does the narrator "fit" the characters' personas?

Teaser Tuesday hosted by Miz B at Should Be Reading

I just started reading The Nobodies Album by Carolyn Parkhurst. Parkhurst wrote The Dogs of Babel and Lost and Found, really great selections for reading groups.

Reading Group Choices Survey

Top Book Group Favorites of 2009   
    

1. The Help by Kathryn Stockett (Putnam Adult)

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I'm excited to welcome Elise Blackwell, author of An Unfinished Score. In Elise's fourth novel, she tells a story of marriage, music, infidelity, friendship, betrayal, and loss.

Questions today from Booking Through Thursday

Since it’s April Fool’s Day, I toyed with different ideas of questions for today.

1. Who’s your favorite “fool” of a character, and why?
2. What authors have fooled you?

Happy Teaser Tuesday!  

Teaser Tuesdays is hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.

1. Grab your current read
2. Open to a random page
3. Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
   BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOI

I'm excited to welcome Mary Sharratt, author of Daughters of the Witching Hill, to On the Bookcase! In her fourth novel, Mary explores motherhood, history, woman’s place in society, class, poverty.

Booking through Thursday

Question of the Day.

Do you take breaks while reading a book? Or read it straight through?

Teaser Tuesdays (Hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading) is here again.

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
  BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away!