'Banned Book Club' by Kim Hyun Sook, Ko Hyung-Ju, and Ryan Estrada is the true story of Hyun Sook’s years as a South Korean college student under the brutal military regime of the early 1980s. In this 11-page excerpt a naive and apolitical Hyun Sook meets the fearless student members of a book... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-02-19 05:00:00 UTC ]
Fashion mogul and onetime pop singer and reality TV star Jessica Simpson has the #1 book in the country with ‘Open Book.’ Plus Reese Witherspoon and Jenna Bush Hager’s new book club picks make their list debuts. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-02-15 05:00:00 UTC ]
A new Times column, Group Text, takes the legwork, guesswork and stress out of community-minded reading. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2020-02-12 10:00:11 UTC ]
A new Times column, Group Text, takes the legwork, guesswork and stress out of community-minded reading. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2020-02-12 10:00:10 UTC ]
The latest Oprah's Book Club pick by Jeanine Cummins, a white woman, has been widely criticized for stereotypical depictions of Mexicans and migration. Continue reading >> [ Source: HuffPost | 2020-01-29 21:08:32 UTC ]
Jeanine Cummins’s novel, acclaimed by Oprah Winfrey, Stephen King and others, also faces scathing criticism from Latinx writersJeanine Cummins’s British publisher, Headline, is standing shoulder to shoulder with the American press that published her divisive thriller, declaring that it is proud... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-01-24 14:53:36 UTC ]
Oprah Winfrey chose "American Dirt" as her latest book club selection. Author Jeanine Cummins' novel has sparked a backlash for its portrayal of immigrants. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2020-01-21 20:14:23 UTC ]
Looking back at my book club in 2019, there is much I would like to change to liven up the discussion and the overall meetup in 2020. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-01-12 11:31:10 UTC ]
Once a month, black men come together for The Marathon Book Club — founded to read the books that inspired Nipsey Hussle, who was killed in South L.A. in March. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2020-01-05 14:00:49 UTC ]
We're visiting our In the Club newsletter for tips and tricks to kickstart your book club into the new year by looking back and tying loose (bookish) ends. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2019-12-31 11:30:28 UTC ]
Ready to dig into this fascinating nonfiction read? Here's your reading guide and BAD BLOOD book club questions to get the conversation going. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2019-12-23 11:35:34 UTC ]
A new book club queen has emerged—and she's almost as good at selling books as she is on the silver screen. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-12-23 05:00:00 UTC ]
The Society of Authors will launch a bi-monthly book club on Twitter next month, to celebrate a selection of favourite titles from works in its literary estates. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-12-22 16:59:37 UTC ]
The L.A. Times Book Club's 2020 selections include "On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous" and "American Dirt." Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-12-21 16:00:22 UTC ]
Let's start off 2020 right with the best book club books! Some were published in 2019, while others are upcoming releases to get on your library holds list. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2019-12-20 11:35:22 UTC ]
Doin' It In The Nook with Kelly Corrigan and Matt Nathanson. If you're not part of this book club yet, you will want to be ASAP. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2019-12-16 11:37:44 UTC ]
Novels by début authors Alex Michaelides and Harriet Tyce will join Lisa Jewell on Richard & Judy's Winter Book Club list, with W H Smith. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-12-11 13:56:54 UTC ]
Join us for the next edition of Persist, a feminist book club on Instagram, and check out our winter book pick! Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2019-12-02 17:35:23 UTC ]
In its new report on Canadians and book clubs, BookNet reports that celebrity and the search for 'the new Oprah' is not as strong as many might expect. The post BookNet: Canada’s Book Club Memberhips Have Doubled This Year appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-11-25 06:00:25 UTC ]
Circe by Madeline Miller is really. freaking. good. In this reading guide, you'll find 10 Circe book club questions covering all the most important topics. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2019-11-24 11:31:48 UTC ]