Book Groups

Five Reasons To Join A Book Club

Delia Lloyd | Posted 05.25.2011

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Delia Lloyd

As a reformed book club snob, let me offer five reasons that I think it's a good idea to join a book club.

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The Bible In 90 Days: Can A Book Club Do It?

Detroit Free Press | Niraj Warikoo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Every Wednesday evening at Kirk in the Hills church in Bloomfield Hills, worshipers gather to discuss the world's most popular book: the Bible. And th...

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Authors Gortner, Kamen Goldmark and Egan Gibson Bring WNBA Reading Group Month Celebration to Life

C.W. Gortner | Posted 05.25.2011

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C.W. Gortner

What do a Spanish renaissance princess, a book-phobic overweight girl and a vegetarian child desperate for artificial sweeteners have in common? You'd think, not much!

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Get Famous Fast

Denise Brodey | Posted 05.25.2011

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Denise Brodey

You can mourn the death of publishing or you can start bushwhacking a new book trail. These women certainly have.

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12 Months of Great Reads

Kenneth C. Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Kenneth C. Davis

Here are my twelve: Each book celebrates the birth month of an author, a holiday or some other event connected to that month.

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Women's National Book Association to Launch Reading Group Month

Joan Gelfand | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joan Gelfand

About a year ago, I caught book group fever. An avid reader, I had never been part of a book group. I listened wistfully to friends' recounting of lively conversations, envying the breadth of titles discussed by readers.

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No Time to Read? Go Short

Nina Sankovitch | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nina Sankovitch

There is a solution to the time crunch: the beauty and brevity of a short story. For those with circumscribed time, short stories deliver, and deliver big time.

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The Secret Lives of Women and their Book Groups

Joanne Rendell | Posted 11.17.2011

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Joanne Rendell

A book group offers so much more than just reading -- especially to women. They offer an escape from families, demanding kids, the laundry, and the drone of a ball game.

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