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The discussion guide for The Time Traveler's Wife consistently makes the ReadingGroupGuides.com list of Ongoing Favorites.

At the BookExpo America trade show a couple of months ago, I had the pleasure of moderating a panel with four fabulous book club facilitators --- one of whom was Marsha Toy Engstrom, the Book Club Cheerleader™.As today's guest blogger, Marsha offers suggestions on how book clubs can utilize the wealth of resources at their local libraries.

Today's guest blogger, novelist Hannah Tinti, reveals the mysterious object she brings to the book clubs she visits to talk about The Good Thief and how this item relates to the story.

Here's a look at what freshmen entering college this fall have been asked to read by their respective schools. Lots of nonfiction and memoirs, some fiction and even a few graphic novels. How many of these books has your group read? And which ones are you inspired to read?The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie - Texas Tech UniversityThe Ape and the Sushi Master by Frans de Waal - San Diego State UniversityAtlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand - Fayetteville State University

Opening today in theaters is the movie version of Julie Powell's Julie & Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously. Are you planning to see it with your book club? Tell us all about it in the comments section.Here are some Julie & Julia resources:Book discussion guide

This afternoon at 2:00 p.m. our bibliophile friend Jennifer Hart, aka Book Club Girl, will be interviewing Frances de Pontes Peebles about her novel The Seamstress, which is set in 1930s Brazil and unfolds the story of two sisters whose lives take divergent paths.

In the ReadingGroupGuides.com 2009 Book Club Survey, respondents indicated they'd like to hear from debut scribes. Here is a round-up of 10 of the first-time novelists who have been guest bloggers at RGG.com.Julie Buxbaum: Cheating on Your Book Club

Carolyn Wall's debut novel, Sweeping Up Glass, is the story of Olivia Harker Cross, who becomes embroiled in a community conflict in Pope County, Kentucky, at the same time she's coming to terms with her own bitter family history.

Today's guest blogger, Frances de Pontes Peebles, goes behind the scenes of a writer's life and talks about some of the challenges of crafting a historical novel. The Seamstress, her debut novel, is the story of two sisters who follow separate paths in 1930s Brazil.