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Book Club Resources

Here’s the handout we made for our Book Club Forum in case anyone want the links to some helpful places for book club information.

 
           Book Club Resources
 
Books & Print Resources for Book Clubs
 
At the Country Bookshelf, we have store copies of the guide Reading Group Choices: Selections for Lively Book Discussions (2008, 2009 & 2010 versions). These titles live on top of the book club shelf and are always available for your perusal.
 
The IndieNext fliers of independent bookseller’s recommendations are free and are updated monthly. In addition, we provide complimentary copies of The New York Times Sunday Book Review to our customers (while they last).
 
Book Lust and More Book Lust by Nancy Pearl
 
Between the Covers: The Book Babes’ Guide to a Woman’s Reading Pleasures by Margo Hammond & Ellen Heltzel
 
TimeOut 1000 Books to Change Your Life by TimeOut editors and guest contributors
 
 
General Information: Starting and Running a Club — Selecting Books
http://www.book-clubs-resource.com/running/starting.php
 
http://www.bookbrowse.com/bclubs/
 
http://www.bookclubgirl.com/
 
http://www.indiebound.org/reading-group-indie-next-list?edition=200905r
 
http://www.litlovers.com/
 
http://bookgroupbuzz.booklistonline.com/
 
http://bookweb.org/education/marketing/rgroups.html
 
http://www.thereadingclub.co.uk/
 
 
Reading & Discussion Guides
 
http://www.readinggroupguides.com/
 
http://www.harpercollins.com/readers/
 
http://us.penguingroup.com/static/pages/bookclubs/index.html
 
http://www.randomhouse.com/rgg/
 
http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/books_reading-group-guides.aspx
 
http://reading-group-center.knopfdoubleday.com/
 
 
 
 
Book Club Networking Sites & Online Book Clubs
 
See how Minnesotans have joined forces in a Book Club Club: http://www.minnpost.com/bookclubclub/
 
http://www.readerscircle.org/

 

What is a reader’s circle?

A reader’s circle is a book club where people attend with whatever they’re reading. The only structure is if participants decide to have an ‘optional book.’ Otherwise, people just bring their own books, articles, magazines, and conversation goes from there.

The idea is to loosen the usual format so participants can select their own reading and attend if they’re still in the middle of a book. Conversation inevitably covers the books brought and many other subjects as well. (from readerscircle.org)

 

http://www.picadorbookclub.com/ (on twitter)

 

http://www.goodreads.com/

 

http://www.librarything.com/

 

http://www.shelfari.com/

 

 

Specifically for kids, teens, and their parents

 

http://www.teenreads.com/clubs/

 

http://readergirlz.blogspot.com/

 

http://bookclub4boysinfo.blogspot.com/

 

http://www.pbs.org/parents/readinglanguage/articles/bookclubs/main.html

 

http://www.motherdaughterbookclub.com/

 

 
 
 
 

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Kevin Connolly’s DOUBLE TAKE

kevinconnollyauthorphoto

So local author and all-around fabulous guy, Kevin Connolly, not only has a book that is on shelves NOW, the we’ve-already-told-you-how-great-it-is-and-you’re-going-to-hear-it-again memoir, Double Take, but he’s created one of the best book promotional videos we’ve had the pleasure of seeing.

But don’t take our word for it, check it out here: http://www.mediaite.com/print/double-taking-at-kevin-connollys-double-take/.

Here’s the article from the MSU News Service: http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=7615

Then plan to see Kevin in person on Tuesday, October 27th at 7pm right here.

doubletake_by_kevin_michael_connolly

Double Take, in hardcover, is available in the store now and is only $19.99.


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September 2009 Bestsellers at the Country Bookshelf

 

New Non-Fiction (hardcover)

  1. Moveable Feast: The Restored Edition by Ernest Hemingway

  2. True Compass by Edward Kennedy

  3. Born to Run by Christopher McDougall

  4. Where Men Win Glory by Jon Krakauer

  5. Half the Sky by Nicholas Kristof & Sheryl Wudunn

 

Non-Fiction (paperback)

  1. The Soloist by Steve Lopez

  2. Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson

  3. Alex and Me by Irene Pepperberg

  4. Deep Survival by Laurence Gonzales

  5. My Stroke of Insight by Jill Bolte Taylor

 

Regional

  1. Day Hikes Around Bozeman by Robert Stone

  2. The Surrounded by D’Arcy McNickle

  3. Whistling Season by Ivan Doig

  4. Montana Place Names by the Montana Historical Society

  5. Select Peaks of the Greater Yellowstone by Thomas Turiano

  6. Adventures in Yellowstone by M. Mark Miller

  7. Blind Your Ponies by Stanley Gordon West

  8. Trash Fish by Greg Keeler

 

Mystery

  1. The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown

  2. Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

  3. Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson

  4. Draining Lake by Arnaldur Indridason

New Fiction (hardcover)

  1. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford

  2. Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore

  3. English Major by Jim Harrison

  4. Await Your Reply by Dan Chaon

  5. The Help by Kathryn Stockett

  6. Day After Night by Anita Diamant

 

Fiction (paperback)

  1. Velva Jean Learns to Drive by Jennifer Niven

  2. Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

  3. Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery

  4. Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski

  5. Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout

  6. To Siberia by Per Petterson

 

Young Adult

  1. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

  2. Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson

  3. Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

  4. Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett

  5. Book Thief by Markus Zusak

 

Juvenile

  1. Listen to the Wind by Greg Mortenson

  2. Skippyjon Jones (series) by Judy Schachner

  3. Dog Sense by Sneed B. Collard

  4. Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

  5. Magician’s Elephant by Kate DiCamillo


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