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Mary Sharratt and Daughters of the Witching Hill Video

Submitted by Barbara on Wed, 03/10/2010 - 16:47

Mary Sharratt will be one of the panelists on Reading Group Choices' panel at the Virginia Festival of The Book on March 19 in Charlottesville. I'm really excited!

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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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Sensitive and Graceful -- The Spare Room

Submitted by Barbara on Mon, 01/18/2010 - 11:56

With all the praise and awards, I can't wait to read The Spare Room.

"A powerful, witty, and taut novel about a complex friendship between two women—one dying, the other called to care for her—from an internationally acclaimed and award-winning author.

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First Author Post! Barbara Delinsky

Submitted by Barbara on Sun, 01/03/2010 - 16:03

I'm so thrilled to have Barbara Delinsky, a reading group favorite author, as the first author to write a guest post for On the Bookcase!

barbaraBarbara has been in a book group for 23 years and Barbara's novels have great themes and interesting conflicts that are perfect for creating a lively conversation for reading groups.

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2009 The Guardian Year in Review Quiz

Submitted by Barbara on Sat, 01/02/2010 - 14:38

Happy New Year! I'm really looking forward to the new year -- lot of great books coming out! I will highlight some every week to get you in the know! 

yearinbookHave you been observant in reading the books of 2009?

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Guest Guess, Part 3

Submitted by Barbara on Wed, 12/30/2009 - 22:24

Next week, a bestselling and fave reading group author will write a little piece for On the Bookcase. Yeah!

How about a guessing game? Hints will be put up each day about the author until the day of the author post. Please share your guess(es) in a comment and you might win a copy of the author's new book. The winner will be announced the day of the guest post. Good Luck! It is getting easier!

Hint #3.

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Chris Bohjalian's Secrets of Eden

Submitted by Barbara on Wed, 12/09/2009 - 11:52

secretsPublishers Weekly's starred review of Chris Bohjalian's Secrets of Eden (February 2010):

"Bohjalian (Law of Similars) has built a reputation on his rich characters and immersing readers in diverse s

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Strout's Emotionism in Fiction

Submitted by Barbara on Mon, 12/07/2009 - 11:26

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.

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Anne Tyler's New Book

Submitted by Barbara on Thu, 12/03/2009 - 18:42

Anne Tyler's new novel is coming out in January! This is her eighteenth.

Noah's Compass is a story about Liam Pennywell, a schoolteacher, who is forced to retire at sixty-one and has to come to terms with the final phase of his life.

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Teaser Tuesday Two

Submitted by Barbara on Tue, 12/01/2009 - 08:33

Just got Secrets of Eden by Chris Bohjalian in the mail. I loved Midwives and The Double Bind so I'm very excited to start reading this. So, my teaser today:

"In theory, I knew a very great deal about prayer, so praying shouldn't have been all that difficult. I had studied it at seminary, I had read all the right books."

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along!

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