Book Clubs! We have two terrific new books in our December Book Club of the Month Contest! ________________________________________________________________________ Mothers & sons, honesty, acceptance Book Clubs will be touched by Conversations and Cosmopolitans Conversations and Cosmopolitans by Jane and Robert Rave After moving from the Midwest to New York City at the age of twenty-one, Robert […]
Book Club of the Month Contest for November 2011
We have four fantastic books in our Book Club of the Month Contest for November! ________________________________________________________ Family, class, race, power, and privilege. Book clubs will love Camp Nine. Camp Nine by Vivienne Schiffer The time of fear and prejudice following the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the Deep South are the setting for Camp Nine. […]
Book Club of the Month Contest for October 2011
We have three fantastic books in our Book Club of the Month Contest for October! ________________________________________________________ Forced to start over in a world where they don’t fit in… Book clubs will find much to talk about in Me Again Me Again by Keith Cronin Miracles can be damned inconvenient. That’s what thirty-four-year-old stroke victim […]
Book Club of the Month Contest for September 2011
We have three fantastic books in our Book Club of the Month Contest for September! A love story that defies the bounds of time and space.. Book clubs will love BEFORE EVER AFTER Before Ever After by Samantha Sotto What if ‘til death do us part meant more than you could ever know? In Samantha […]
BONUS Book Club of the Month Contest for August/September 2011!
A powerful family drama… Book clubs will find much to discuss in Northwest Corner by John Burham Schwartz The New York Times Book Review called Reservation Road “a triumph,” and the novel was universally acclaimed. Now, in a brilliant literary performance by one of our most compelling and compassionate writers, John Burnham Schwartz reintroduces us to Reservation Road’s unforgettable characters […]
Book Club of the Month Contest for August 2011
A frightening family legacy, a difficult decision.. Book clubs will find much to discuss in What We Have by Amy Boesky What We Have by Amy Boesky At thirty-two, Amy Boesky thought she had it all figured out: a wonderful new man in her life, a great job, and the (nearly) perfect home. For once, […]
Book Club of the Month Contest for July 2011
We have FOUR fantastic books in our July Book Club of the Month Contest! _____________________________________________________________________ Immigrant life, father/son relationships, and the evolution of an unlikely writer Book Clubs will find all that and so much more to discuss in Thoughts Without Cigarettes by Oscar Hijuelos! Pulitzer Prize-winning author Oscar Hijuelos has won multiple awards for his […]
Book Club of the Month Contest for June 2011
Do you have to forgive someone a lifetime of sins, just because they have Alzheimer’s? Island Girl by Lynda Simmons Island Girl by Lynda Simmons is the emotionally riveting story of a 55 year old mother, Ruby Donaldson, fighting to reunite her family as she struggles with the diagnosis of early on-set Alzheimer’s. Facing the […]
Book Club of the Month Contest for May 2011
Passion, betrayal, tradition Book clubs will find much to discuss in The Peach Keeper The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen The New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Chased the Moon welcomes you to her newest locale: Walls of Water, North Carolina, where the secrets are thicker than the fog from the town’s famous […]
Book Club of the Month Contest for April 2011
We have THREE fabulous books in our Book Club of the Month contest for April! Can a box of recipes help a young woman understand her past and defend her future? Discussion topics for book clubs include self-discovery, autism and Asperger’s Syndrome, what it means to be “normal”, and finding comfort in the kitchen. The […]