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Book clubs (Discussion groups) Book-Clubs-Resource.com: A Guide to Book Clubs and Reading Groups 
 This site, for "readers who love to talk about books," contains a guide to help "organize, run and moderate a successful book club." Also includes links to online book clubs and discussion forums, and sites providing free discussion guides for specific works. http://www.book-clubs-resource.com/ Topics: Hobbies Last updated Jul 11, 2004 BookSpot
"A free resource center that simplifies the search for the best book-related content on the Web. Featured sites are hand-selected by BookSpot.com editors and organized into intuitive categories, such as bestseller lists, genres, book reviews, electronic texts, book news and more." Coverage includes children's books, comic books, mystery, poetry, romance, science fiction, young adult, first chapters, awards, literacy, reading groups, and reading lists. http://www.bookspot.com/ Topics: Hobbies, Literature & Books, Mysteries and More, Poetry Last updated Feb 9, 2005 The Jewish Reader: A Guide for Book Groups
The National Yiddish Book Center offers readers an opportunity to study new and classic works. Each month's book selection is accompanied by various features such as a summary, an interview with the author, selected passages, a critical review essay, and discussion questions. Past months' selections are archived, among them Isaac Bashevis Singer's "Shosha," Michael Chabon's "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay," and Sholem Aleichem's "Tevye the Dairyman." http://yiddishbookcenter.org/story.php?n=12 Topics: Hobbies, Judaism, Literature & Books, Literature: Fiction, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Feb 9, 2005 RandomHouse.com: Reading Group Guides
Hundreds of titles (all published by Random House) are grouped into themes, including African American, books made into movies, nonfiction, historical fiction, women, short stories and essays, biography, and young adult. Provides a description of each book, discussion topics, and a brief biography of the author. http://www.randomhouse.com/rgg/ Topics: Hobbies, Women Last updated Feb 17, 2007 Reader's Circle
"An online directory for book clubs, reading groups, and literary salons of all kinds" in the U.S., Canada, and Australia. Search by zip code or type of club (such as social or academic). http://www.readerscircle.org/ Topics: Hobbies, Literature & Books Last updated Feb 17, 2007 The Reading Cure: How to Organize a Book Group With a Social Conscience
This opinion piece provides suggestions for starting a reading group centered on "socially conscious and political novels." It includes ideas for forming and running the group and a briefly annotated list of reading suggestions that includes both classics and contemporary novels. From the website for Mother Jones magazine. http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2005/10/reading-cure Topics: Activism, Hobbies, Literature & Books Last updated Sep 15, 2009 ReadingGroupGuides.com
This site was "built especially for reading groups, providing them with all they need to make their book club experience better than ever." Presents the publisher's reading guides by category, title, and author name, along with advice, interviews, recipes, a newsletter, and online community for readers and book clubs. From The Book Report Network. http://www.readinggroupguides.com/ Topics: Hobbies, Literature & Books Last updated Jun 20, 2007 Web Sites for Book Lovers
An annotated directory of online bestseller lists, booklists, book awards sites, book discussion resources, genre fiction sites, online literary magazines, and more. Includes links to other libraries' reader's advisory pages. From the Morton Grove (Illinois) Public Library's Webrary. http://www.webrary.org/rs/rslinks.html Topics: Hobbies, Librarianship, Literature & Books Last updated Feb 9, 2005 |
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