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Reading Group Choices Interview with Anne Nesbet

November 21, 2018 Author Interviews, Bookmark

One of our recommended books is Cloud and Wallfish by Anne Nesbet

Anne Nesbet cracks history wide open in her latest novel, Cloud and Wallfish, set behind The Iron Curtain.

Anne Nesbet recently took the time to answer some questions from Reading Group Choices. Her book Cloud and Wallfish is featured in our 2019 Guide.

RGC: Noah and Claudia’s nicknames, Cloud and Wallfish, are unique and feature creative word-play. Did you consider any other nicknames for Noah and Claudia when writing the book? What made you decide on “Cloud” and “Wallfish”?

Anne Nesbet: I just looked back at my first file names for what eventually became Cloud and Wallfish,

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Book Group Store Tour: Women and Children First

October 01, 2018 Book Group Store Tour, Bookmark

Women & Children First | Chicago, IL

Reading Group Choices visits Women and Children First bookstore in Chicago for its Book Group Store Tour

To say that Women & Children First is just an independent bookstore is only the beginning of the story. Opened in Chicago in 1979, the store will celebrate 40 years next year and has maintained its place as one of the largest and well-known feminist bookstores in the country.

More than its wide selection of children’s books, literary journals and zines, and LGBTQ fiction and nonfiction, it serves as an inclusive space and haven for the community.

(And they were awarded an honorary street name!)

In 2014,

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Reading Group Choices Interview with Robert Kurson

September 29, 2018 Author Interviews, Bookmark

One of our recommended books Is Rocket Men by Robert Kurson

Robert Kurson writes a real-life thriller in his newest work of nonfiction, Rocket Men.

Robert Kurson recently visited Reading Group Choices and took the time to answer a few questions. His newest book, Rocket Men, tells the riveting inside story of three heroic astronauts who took on the challenge of mankind’s historic first mission to the Moon.

Reading Group Choices: What book changed your life?
Robert Kurson: The Denial of Death by Ernest Becker

RGC: What book did you most recently recommend to someone else?

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Sign Up for the Reading Group Choices Newsletter

September 08, 2018 Bookmark

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Reading Group Choices Interview with Julia Fine

September 01, 2018 Author Interviews, Bookmark

One of our recommended books is What Should Be Wild by Julia Fine

Julia Fine’s newest book of literary fantasy What Should Be Wild is a darkly-funny, striking debut.

Julia Fine recently visited Reading Group Choices to read and discuss her work with an audience. Julia also kindly took the time to answer our questions after she shared part of her book!

Reading Group Choices: What book changed your life?
Julia Fine: Atonement by Ian McEwan.

RGC: What book(s) are coming out this year that you’re looking forward to reading?
JF: Everything Under by Daisy Johnson.

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Reading Group Choices Interview with Amy Stewart

August 31, 2018 Author Interviews, Bookmark

Miss Kopp Just Won't Quit by Amy Stewart is one of our book group favorites for 2018

Amy Stewart continues to delight with the newest installment in her Kopp Sisters Series!

Amy Stewart recently visited Reading Group Choices to read and discuss her work with an audience. Amy also kindly took the time to answer our questions after she shared part of her book!

Reading Group Choices: What book changed your life?
Amy Stewart: Amy’s Long Night, a Little Golden Book that I memorized long before I could read. I read it aloud to anyone who would listen, turning the pages as I went although I had no idea which words went on which pages.

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