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And Now Every Neil Gaiman Fan from around the World Says in Unison, “At Last!”

You see, we’ve been waiting for this day for eight years—that’s how long it’s been since Neil Gaiman published a novel for adults (Anansi Boys in 2005). But today, The Ocean at the End of the Lane is on sale,... Continue reading

Posted 9 hours ago at Book Club Girl - Book Group Recommendations, Reading Group Guides, Audio Book Club Podcasts

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Enter for a Chance to Win a Book Club Visit from Stephen P. Kiernan, author of THE CURIOSITY!

William Morrow has teamed up with Cabot Cheddar to create an amazing prize package for your book club! Debut novelist Stephen P. Kiernan will come to your book club’s meeting to discuss with you in person his book The Curiosity.... Continue reading

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How to Do Everything and Be Happy -- It's Easier Than You Think!

How to Do Everything and Be Happy is now available! In the tradition of The Happiness Project and Happy for No Reason comes a simple book that reveals how you can be happy every day, through these surprisingly easy tips... Continue reading

Posted 6 days ago at Book Club Girl - Book Group Recommendations, Reading Group Guides, Audio Book Club Podcasts

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Dorothea Benton Frank Pays You a Compliment, Issues an Invitation, and Tells You Where to Eat

Forget summer solstice: I know it’s officially summer when the new novel from Dorothea Benton Frank goes on sale. This means that TODAY is the first day of summer, because The Last Original Wife (written by none other than Dorothea... Continue reading

Posted 7 days ago at Book Club Girl - Book Group Recommendations, Reading Group Guides, Audio Book Club Podcasts

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Now in Paperback: Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver

Barbara Kingsolver’s latest novel, Flight Behavior, is now in paperback! Named one of the Best Books of the Year by the Washington Post and USA Today, Flight Behavior is the story of a young woman living in rural Tennessee who... Continue reading

Posted Jun 4, 2013 at Book Club Girl - Book Group Recommendations, Reading Group Guides, Audio Book Club Podcasts

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The Original Playlist for The Original 1982

Singer-songwriter, and now author, Lori Carson's debut novel, The Original 1982, went on sale yesterday! A poignant tale of what-ifs, Lisa is a 24-year-old waitress in New York City, an aspiring singer/songwriter, and girlfriend to a famous musician. That year,... Continue reading

Posted May 29, 2013 at Book Club Girl - Book Group Recommendations, Reading Group Guides, Audio Book Club Podcasts

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Guest Blogger: Katherine Webb on the Universal Themes of Art

Please welcome guest blogger, author Katherine Webb, to the Book Club Girl blog! Her newest novel, A Half-Forgotten Song, goes on sale today! At an author event for book bloggers in Spain last year, I came as close to being... Continue reading

Posted May 28, 2013 at Book Club Girl - Book Group Recommendations, Reading Group Guides, Audio Book Club Podcasts

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Sneak Peek: The Original 1982

Lori Carson's poignant debut novel, The Original 1982, goes on sale next week! Carson delves into the world of what-ifs as a not-so-young woman revisits the emotional and controversial choices she made as a twenty-something. She gives readers a sneak... Continue reading

Posted May 24, 2013 at Book Club Girl - Book Group Recommendations, Reading Group Guides, Audio Book Club Podcasts

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Hit the Beach with the Novels of Dorothea Benton Frank—the Best Summer Reads on Either Side of the Mason-Dixon

For the last few weeks, some of my favorite bloggers have been participating in the Hit the Beach with Dorothea Benton Frank Read Along. I love it when people read Dorothea’s novels for the first or tenth time—they are always... Continue reading

Posted May 23, 2013 at Book Club Girl - Book Group Recommendations, Reading Group Guides, Audio Book Club Podcasts

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Behind the Book with Award-Winning Author Daphne Kalotay, on her new novel, SIGHT READING

Daphne Kalotay is the critically acclaimed author of Russian Winter, and we’ve asked her to tell us about the story behind her elegant new novel, Sight Reading, which is on sale today. Sight Reading traces one love triangle as it... Continue reading

Posted May 21, 2013 at Book Club Girl - Book Group Recommendations, Reading Group Guides, Audio Book Club Podcasts

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Sutter Home Winery's May Book Club Selection: Have Mother, Will Travel!

Claire and Mia Fontaine’s moving memoir, Have Mother, Will Travel was selected by Sutter Home Winery as their book club pick for the month of May! Their bestselling memoir, Come Back, inspired readers with the story of Mia Fontaine's harrowing... Continue reading

Posted May 20, 2013 at Book Club Girl - Book Group Recommendations, Reading Group Guides, Audio Book Club Podcasts

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Get Inspired! Inspire Others! Experience Neil Gaiman’s Make Good Art

About this time last year, Neil Gaiman gave the commencement address at Philadelphia’s University of the Arts. He spoke about his own journey to success as a writer, and offered his advice to the graduating class on how they too... Continue reading

Posted May 15, 2013 at Book Club Girl - Book Group Recommendations, Reading Group Guides, Audio Book Club Podcasts

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What Jane Coxwell Read while Crossing the Oceans and Seas by Yacht

Jane Coxwell, author of the cookbook Fresh Happy Tasty: An Adventure in 100 Recipes (on sale today 5/14), has led a wonderfully itinerant life as a chef aboard various yachts for a decade. She currently works as chef aboard the... Continue reading

Posted May 14, 2013 at Book Club Girl - Book Group Recommendations, Reading Group Guides, Audio Book Club Podcasts

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Kim Wong Keltner Celebrates All the Moms in Our Lives - There are More than Just Our Own

Today's guest post comes from Kim Wong Keltner, author of Tiger Babies Strike Back: How I Was Raised by a Tiger Mom but Couldn't Be Turned to the Dark Side. Today, in honor of Mother's Day, Kim shares her thoughts... Continue reading

Posted May 9, 2013 at Book Club Girl - Book Group Recommendations, Reading Group Guides, Audio Book Club Podcasts

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Guest Blogger: Sally Cabot on Benjamin Franklin's Bastard (the Book and the Man)

I never planned to write about Benjamin Franklin. I was busy researching some other men and women who peopled eighteenth century America, and as I worked, out popped Benjamin Franklin, lurking around every turn, coming at me from the most... Continue reading

Posted May 8, 2013 at Book Club Girl - Book Group Recommendations, Reading Group Guides, Audio Book Club Podcasts

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Listen to Tonight's Book Club Girl on Air Show with Christina Baker Kline Discussing Orphan Train Now!

If you missed tonight's live broadcast, you can listen to our Orphan Train conversation with Christina Baker Kline now! Thanks to much for all who tuned in and to Christina for joining us. It was so interesting to hear about... Continue reading

Posted May 7, 2013 at Book Club Girl - Book Group Recommendations, Reading Group Guides, Audio Book Club Podcasts

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Reminder! Christina Baker Kline is on Book Club Girl on Air Tonight to Discuss Orphan Train!

Just a reminder that tonight, Tuesday, May 7th, we are welcoming Christina Baker Kline to Book Club Girl on Air to discuss Orphan Train, her New York Times bestselling novel! Check out the reading group guide before the show, and... Continue reading

Posted May 7, 2013 at Book Club Girl - Book Group Recommendations, Reading Group Guides, Audio Book Club Podcasts

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Join Author Dorothea Benton Frank in a Facebook Chat Today, Monday May 6th, at 7pm

Dorothea Benton Frank, the New York Times bestselling author of Porch Lights, Folly Beach, and Lowcountry Summer (among others), is hosting a chat on her Facebook page tonight at 7 PM EST. Dorothea will be answering questions about Porch Lights,... Continue reading

Posted May 6, 2013 at Book Club Girl - Book Group Recommendations, Reading Group Guides, Audio Book Club Podcasts

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Christina Baker Kline, author of Orphan Train, is chatting on Goodreads today!

New York Times bestselling author Christina Baker Kline is taking your questions all day today on Goodreads! You can find the live chat happening here. Christina's newest book, Orphan Train, went on sale last month, and is already a book... Continue reading

Posted May 2, 2013 at Book Club Girl - Book Group Recommendations, Reading Group Guides, Audio Book Club Podcasts

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The Kindness of Strangers is now available in ebook!

The Kindness of Strangers by Katrina Kittle is now available in ebook for the first time! In this critically acclaimed author's third novel, a suburban mother is forced to question everything she thought she knew about life when her family... Continue reading

Posted May 1, 2013 at Book Club Girl - Book Group Recommendations, Reading Group Guides, Audio Book Club Podcasts

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Hit the Beach (at least in your mind) with Dorothea Benton Frank’s Novel Porch Lights, Now in Paperback

In most of the country, it’s still too chilly to be basking in the sun on a sandy beach. (What was that snowfall in the Midwest this weekend, anyway?!) But that doesn’t mean we have to wait until Memorial Day... Continue reading

Posted Apr 25, 2013 at Book Club Girl - Book Group Recommendations, Reading Group Guides, Audio Book Club Podcasts

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Special Video Message from New York Times Bestselling Author Isabel Allende: On MAYA’S NOTEBOOK

On sale now, Maya's Notebook is the new “gripping*” suspense novel from internationally bestselling author Isabel Allende (O: The Oprah Magazine). This contemporary coming-of-age story centers upon 19-year-old Maya Vidal, a remarkable teenager abandoned by her parents, who has grown... Continue reading

Posted Apr 24, 2013 at Book Club Girl - Book Group Recommendations, Reading Group Guides, Audio Book Club Podcasts

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Ask Wiley Cash—Live Chat Event Tomorrow!

Join beloved New York Times bestselling author Wiley Cash for a live chat event this Wednesday April 24th at 7:30 pm ET. Wiley will be answering all of your questions and we will also be giving away 10 signed copies... Continue reading

Posted Apr 23, 2013 at Book Club Girl - Book Group Recommendations, Reading Group Guides, Audio Book Club Podcasts

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Serve Daphne Oz’s Grapefruit Thyme Spritz Cocktail the Next Time You Host Book Club and Wow Your Friends!

I am a big fan of Daphne Oz. Not only is she a bubbly and gracious co-host of The Chew, but she is also the author of The Dorm Room Diet and of Relish. In Relish, Daphne gives us recipes... Continue reading

Posted Apr 19, 2013 at Book Club Girl - Book Group Recommendations, Reading Group Guides, Audio Book Club Podcasts

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Christina Baker Kline, author of Orphan Train, is coming to Book Club Girl on Air!

In honor of the publication of Orphan Train, we are happy to announce that Christina Baker Kline will be coming to Book Club Girl on Air! Join us on May 7th at 7 PM EST to hear Christina chatting about... Continue reading

Posted Apr 17, 2013 at Book Club Girl - Book Group Recommendations, Reading Group Guides, Audio Book Club Podcasts

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