The Women's National Book Association's annual celebration of reading groups kicks off tomorrow with the start of National Reading Group Month! As in year's past, there is a full slate of events planned at WNBA Chapters across the country. In addition, for the second year in a row, the WNBA, as part of NRGM, has selected 10 new books as Great Group Reads. So if you don't have an event near you, why not pick one of the below books when your book club meets this month as part of this national celebration of shared reading! And look for guest posts here from authors participating in NRGM events throughout the month of October.
Great Group Reads for 2010
Blame by Michelle Huneven
The Blessings of the Animals by Katrina Kittle
Cheap Cabernet: A Friendship by Cathie Beck
Eternal on the Water by Joseph Monninger
The Girl Who Fell from the Sky by Heidi W. Durrow
Little Bee by Chris Cleave
The Lotus Eaters by Tatjana Soli
Molly Fox's Birthday by Deirdre Madden
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender
The Queen of Palmyra by Minrose Gwin
Room by Emma Donoghue
Safe from the Sea by Peter Geye
Up from the Blue by Susan Henderson
National Reading Group Month Events
Sat., Oct. 9; breakfast, 9–11 a.m.; book-signing, 11–11:30 a.m.
Nashville – National Reading Group Month Signature Event
Breakfast with Authors, co-sponsored by Nashville Public Library Downtown and Davis-Kidd Nashville, in conjunction with the Southern Festival of Books, NPR Host Nina Cardona moderates a panel with
Tom Franklin, Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter
Sena Jeter Naslund, Adam & Eve
Melanie Benjamin, Alice I Have Been
Helen Simonson, Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
Lee Smith, Mrs. Darcy and the Blue-Eyed Stranger
Mon., Oct. 11; 6:30–9 p.m.
Charlotte
Bibliofest, co-sponsored by Park Road Books
Minrose Gwin, The Queen of Palmyra
Rick Rothacker, Banktown: The Rise and Struggles of Charlotte's Big Banks
Kim Wright, Love in Mid Air
Jay Varner, Nothing Left to Burn
Thurs., Oct. 14; 12–2 p.m.
San Francisco
Literary Luncheon, co-sponsored by Book Passage/Corte Madera
Joyce Maynard, Labor Day and The Good Daughters
Thurs., Oct. 14; 6–9 p.m.
Boston
Hotel 140
Ilie Ruby, The Language of Trees
Judith Nies,The Girl I left Behind
Edith Pearlman, How to Fall: Stories
Suzanne Berne, Missing Lucile: The Story of My Father's Mother
Michelle Hoover, The Quickening
Joseph Monninger, Eternal on the Water
Sat., Oct. 16, 9 a.m.–12 p.m.
Los Angeles
Beverly Hilton–Wilshire with event co-sponsor Book Soup
Marjorie Hart, Summer at Tiffany
Alan Brennert, Honolulu
Tatjana Soli, The Lotus Eaters
Sat., Oct. 16; 1–4 p.m.
Detroit
Baldwin Public Library-Birmingham
Katrina Kittle, The Blessings of the Animals
Kristina Riggle, The Life You’ve Imagined
Tues., Oct. 19; 6:30–9 p.m
New York City
Greenlight Bookstore
Rosalind Reisner, Read On...Life Stories and Jewish American Literature with
Susan Henderson, Up from the Blue
Sheri Holman, The Dress Lodger
Rick Moody, The Four Fingers of Death
Emily St. John Mandel, The Singer's Gun
Jackson Taylor, The Blue Orchard
Mon., Oct. 25; 6:30–8:30 p.m
Washington, D.C.
Busboys & Poets Café
Shireen Dodson, The Mother-Daughter Book Club with
with Joyce Hinnefeld, Stranger Here Below
Dolen Perkins-Valdez, Wench
Tuesday Oct. 26; 6:30–9 p.m.
Seattle
Event co-sponsored by Park Place Books
Nancy Pearl, Book Lust, More Book Lust, Book Crush and Book Lust to Go with
Dave Boling, Guernica
Carol Cassella, Healer
Robert Dugoni, Bodily Harm
Jim Lynch, Border Songs
Boyd Morrison, The Ark
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