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Sometimes an intriguing title is enough to get readers buzzing about a book. Such is the case with Jessica Anya Blau's debut novel, The Summer of Naked Swim Parties, which is the story of a 14-year-girl, her unconventional family, and the memorable summer of 1976. Here Jessica talks about her inspiration for the novel and some of the questions she's often asked by reading group members.
July 25, 2008

Air Traffic Control

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Contributor Jamie Layton weighs in on a certain book club behavior that can affect the entire group...and what to do about it.Put more than one woman in a room and somebody's gonna cut somebody off.
July 24, 2008

Reads for Summer...and Other Times of the Year

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Bookseller and ReadingGroupGuides.com contributor Debra Linn offers some reading suggestions for the summer and beyond...
July 23, 2008

Books and Book Friends

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Do you have a particular person (or more than one perhaps) with whom you love to discuss what you're reading and swap book ideas? ReadingGroupGuides.com contributor Esther Bushell tells us about one of her favorite book friends.
July 22, 2008

Beth Gutcheon: Reading Alone and Together

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Today, guest blogger Beth Gutcheon ruminates on why reading is even better as a shared pastime. Beth's most recent novel, Good-Bye and Amen, is on sale today.
July 18, 2008

If At First You Don't Succeed....

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It's not always easy to find a book club to join --- or even to start your own. Guest blogger Trish Collins of Santa Rosa, California, shares the ups and downs of her search to find a reading group to call her own.I have wanted to be in a book club ever since I figured out that while I love reading, discussing books and connecting with people over books is part of what makes reading so great. Unfortunately for me, I didn't know any other avid reader who wanted to start a book club.
Today's guest blogger is someone who knows all about book clubs: Diana Loevy, the author of The Book Club Companion. Diana leads book discussions for the Connecticut Humanities Council and for private clubs and can be reached through her website: Dianaloevy.com. Here she shares some thoughts on what the summer season means for reading groups.
A few months ago my mom told me about a trilogy of books that she and her friends were reading that they could not stop talking about. She went on and on about the books, talking about the sweeping stories with endless details and the writer who wove intricate plots that twisted and turned. She told me that a number of people were reading them --- and they ALL loved them. They were not new books but rather had been published a while ago.
July 9, 2008

Mary Kay Andrews: Summer Reading

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Today Mary Kay Andrews shares her dual perspective as both an author and a book club member.
Today's guest blogger is Patti Callahan Henry, who offers an author's perspective on book club gatherings --- and how a novel can speak to each reader in a different way.