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Book Group Store Tour: Parnassus Books

August 07, 2018 Book Group Store Tour, Bookmark

Parnassus Books | Nashville, TN

Co-owners novelist Ann Patchett and Karen Hayes at Parnassus Books

You may have already heard of Nashville, Tennessee as a vibrant center for music, arts, and entertainment, but did you know that it is also home to an active book club and bookstore scene? Look no further than Parnassus Books as proof of a richly-populated literary community in Nashville.

Parnassus Books—so named for Mount Parnassus in Greek mythology, which was a center for the arts—has made its home in Nashville since November 2011. Novelist Ann Patchett with publishing representatives Mary Grey James and Karen Hayes began the store after the closing of Nashville’s two large bookstores,

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Reading Group Choices Interview with Emily Fridlund

July 27, 2018 Author Interviews, Bookmark
One of our recommended books is Catapult by Emily Fridlund

Author Emily Fridlund pens her second book, the darkly comic short story collection Catapult.

Author Emily Fridlund recently visited Reading Group Choices to meet fans and read from her new book, Catapult. She kindly took the time to answer a few questions about her formative influences, favorite books, and fictional characters she most identifies with.

Winner of the Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction, Catapult follows Emily Fridlund’s acclaimed debut novel History of Wolves.

Reading Group Choices: What book changed your life?​
Emily Fridlund: Beloved by Toni Morrison.

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Books With a Magic Touch

July 26, 2018 Bookmark, Themed Book Lists
Otherworldly Books

Reading Group Choices presents books with a magic touch

Consider a magic touch…

Whether you’re looking to be transported to a world full of ogres and demons, or prefer just a surreal touch, there’s a book out there ready to dazzle and delight your imaginative affinities.

Reading Group Choices has compiled a list of books that range from dystopian visions of the future to historical romps with witches and everything in between…including a magical bookshop and a love story spanning space and time. Whether you’re looking to escape daily routine for a moment or are interested in exploring new landscapes, these books can take you as far as you’re willing to go.

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Reading Group Choices Interview with Avi

July 24, 2018 Author Interviews, Bookmark
One of our recommended books is The Button War by Avi

Avi talks about war, childhood, and his inspiration for The Button War.

In The Button War, master of historical fiction Avi delivers a fierce account of the boys in a war-torn Polish village who are determined to prove themselves with a simple dare that spins disastrously out of control. Reading Group Choices interviewed him about the book, his methodology for writing, and the culture created in his striking novel.

Reading Group Choices: Why did you pick buttons as the object of the boys’ dare in The Button War?

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The July Spotlight Group Is…

July 02, 2018 Bookmark, Spotlight Book Groups

The Sassy Sisters is our July 2018 spotlight group on Reading Group Choices

July 2018 Spotlight: Sassy Sisters

Our July Spotlight Group hails from Granite Bay, California!

Originally known as the Granite Bay Book Club, Sassy Sisters started meeting around January 2000.  They recently decided to call the group “Sassy Sisters” because they’re mostly LDS “sisters” who attend the same church and love to socialize. They meet once a month in a group member’s home and have evolved from having potlucks to eating at a restaurant beforehand or having dessert at the hostess’s home. They read a variety of books, including LDS literature, historical novels, fiction and non-fiction,

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