Henry Carter Hull

Book clubs are forming in classrooms everywhere, with small groups of students from kindergarten through high school leading their own lively literature discussions. This promising movement has drawn many of its key ideas and management procedures from Harvey Daniel's book, Literature circles: voice and choice in book clubs and reading groups. But teachers who are new to literature circles sometimes have questions that no book can quite answer: What...

In 1946, writer Juliet Ashton finds inspiration for her next book in her correspondence with a native of Guernsey, who tells her about the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, a book club born as an alibi during German occupation.

A sublime comedy of contemporary manners, this is the novel Jane Austen might well have written had she lived in twenty-first- century California. Nothing ever moves in a straight line in Karen Joy Fowler's fiction, and in her latest, the complex dance of modern love has never been so devious or so much fun. Six Californians join to discuss Jane Austen's novels. Over the six months they meet, marriages are tested, affairs begin, unsuitable arrangements...

Use the appeal characteristics to help your patrons find the book that is most appropriate for them. You will also learn how to use the "Quick Dip" in order to learn about a book without reading it. “People love to talk about the books that they read,” according to this excellent readers - advisory instructional. Recommended for professional library collections.”- Booklist.

Molly may not be the Smitten Book Club's biggest reader, but her new friend Gage seems to read her like an open book. Molly's really more of a romantic comedy movie fan than a reader, but being a member of the Smitten Book Club is so much fun that she reads the selections anyway. And the Book Club has seen her through some dark days. When Gage Turner offers to help Molly with her failing business, her book club talks her into accepting his help,...

"Something bad is brewing among a friendly group of book lovers: "A deliciously Agatha Christie-style mystery that sucks you in from the first page." -- Sibel Hodge, bestselling author of Look Behind You Imagine nine women meeting. Tea and cake are on the coffee table. They've come together to share their love of books. They are friends. They trust each other. It's a happy gathering. What could be more harmless? Then scratch the surface and look closer....

Take a zany road trip to Branson, Missouri, with Leslie O Kane s HOW MY BOOK CLUB GOT ARRESTED as a group of book lovers get involved in one story too many! A cross-country road trip with the Second Saturday Book Club goes afoul when the four women meet the author of a classic, beloved children s book at the Ball of Twine in Cawker, Kansas, and offer her a ride to Branson, Missouri. They are on their way to watch their youngest book-club member star...

Carolyn Turner, Viscountess Wingate, is absolutely shocked by the Ladies Literary Society of London's latest selection. Memoirs of a Mistress is scandalously explicit and downright wicked . . . and it's stirring feelings within Carolyn that she hasn't felt . . . well, ever! She's sure that this steamy read is the only reason she's succumbing to the charms of notorious rogue Daniel Sutton, Lord Surbrooke. She couldn't possibly be falling for the rascal...

The highly anticipated sequel follows our four best friends as they take their book dub to Italy for the fun girl's trip they never had. When things go off the rails and secrets are revealed, their relaxing vacation turns into a once-in-a-lifetime cross-country adventure.

Four exceptional novels together in one box set! The Book Club by Mary Alice Monroe For five women, their monthly meeting is a place of sanctuary and community. These women from different walks of life are each embracing the challenge of change in their own circumstances. And as they share their hopes and fears and triumphs, they will hold fast to the true magic of the book club-friendship. The Kommandant's Girl by Pam Jenoff In Poland...