discussion

The American Booksellers Association unveils the finalists for the 2010 Indies Choice Book Awards.

Literary conversation while riding the train to work?

Jacqueline Novogratz, author of The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World, shares her thoughts on global interconnectedness and reading groups and book clubs in a

Robert Segedy (previous post of books into movies, in general) has another idea to a book-to-movie discussion for reading groups.

"So what books/films do I consider enticing enough to venture that a book club may be persuaded to do a compare and contrast?  Here is one selection that I can easily endorse for both their literary value but also for their success in meeting some of the standards that I have ex

Do you have a favorite book that has a twist at the end?

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. 

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

You 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!

Music by the Book!
A pairing of music and words just for book groups!

In Music by the Book!, Tom Moon, author of 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die, pairs words and music just for book groups.

For your next gathering, why not pai

The Kent Island Book Babes (my reading group) picked 

I found this post online -- a review of Olive Kitteridge, Elizabeth Strout"s novel, by Rebecca Wells Jopling. 

Jopling expresses the incredible way Strout using emotion to develop and portray her characters.