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It's Top 10 Tuesday! Which Author is #2 in the Book Club Girl on Air Countdown?

I'm counting down our Top 10 Book Club Girl on Air shows every Tuesday this summer. These are the shows that have gotten the most live listens and subsequent downloads since they first aired!

We started it off at #10 with Mary Kay Andrews' show on which we discussed Deep Dish and then Thrity Umrigar came in at #9 for her show on The Space Between Us. Clocking in at #8 was Adriana Trigiani for her show on Very Valentine and at #7 was Debra Dean discussing The Madonnas of Leningrad. The 6th most popular show featured Elizabeth Noble discussing Things I Want My Daughters to Know and  #5 in the countdown was Jessica Anya Blau discussing her newest novel, Drinking Closer to Home. The 4th most popular show was Wally Lamb's on which he discussed I Know This Much is True and the 3rd was Adriana Trigiani (again!) discussing Viola in Reel Life. Each week readers just need to give the show a listen and post a comment and they are entered to win that week's discussed book (US and Canadian entrants only please). To that end, I'm pleased to announce that the winner of Adriana Trigiani's Viola in Reel Life and Viola in the Spotlight, and a totebag is Laurel! Thanks for entering and congratulations!

So which author's show comes in at #2 on the countdown? Well, she just so happens to be one whose new book is also out today--Laura Lippman, who joined us to discuss her novella, The Girl in the Green Raincoat! Listen in to the show now and leave a comment about something you learned or liked from the show and you'll be entered to win a copy of The Girl in the Green Raincoat as well her brand-new hardcover, just out today, The Most Dangerous Thing, plus a totebag in which you can take them both to the beach!

Listen in to the show now and leave a comment about what you've learned or liked from it to be entered to win (US and Canada residents only). I'll pick one random winner from all comments posted by midnight, Friday August 26th!

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It's Top 10 Tuesday! Which Author is #3 in the Book Club Girl on Air Countdown?

I'm counting down our Top 10 Book Club Girl on Air shows every Tuesday this summer. These are the shows that have gotten the most live listens and subsequent downloads since they first aired!

We started it off at #10 with Mary Kay Andrews' show on which we discussed Deep Dish and then Thrity Umrigar came in at #9 for her show on The Space Between Us. Clocking in at #8 was Adriana Trigiani for her show on Very Valentine and at #7 was Debra Dean discussing The Madonnas of Leningrad. The 6th most popular show featured Elizabeth Noble discussing Things I Want My Daughters to Know and  #5 in the countdown was Jessica Anya Blau discussing her newest novel, Drinking Closer to Home. And last week we revealed that Wally Lamb's show on The Hour I First Believed was the 4th most popular show. Each week readers just need to give the show a listen and post a comment and they are entered to win that week's discussed book (US and Canadian entrants only please). To that end, I'm pleased to announce that the winner of Wally Lamb's The Hour I First Believed and I Know This Much is True, and a totebag is Kelly from My Utopia! Thanks for entering and congratulations!

So which author's show comes in at #3 on the countdown? Well, she's the only author who appears TWICE in the Top Ten - as she should given her massive popularity with book clubs. Our third most popular show featured book club maven Adriana Trigiani, who joined us to discuss her first YA novel, Viola in Reel Life! Listen in to the show now and leave a comment about something you learned or liked from the show and you'll be entered to win a copy of Viola in Reel Life as well the follow-up novel, Viola in the Spotlight, plus a totebag in which you can take them both to the beach!

Listen in to the show now and leave a comment about what you've learned or liked from it to be entered to win (US and Canada residents only). I'll pick one random winner from all comments posted by midnight, Friday August 19th.

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It's Top 10 Tuesday! Which Author is #4 in the Book Club Girl on Air Countdown?

I'm counting down our Top 10 Book Club Girl on Air shows every Tuesday this summer. These are the shows that have gotten the most live listens and subsequent downloads since they first aired!

We started it off at #10 with Mary Kay Andrews' show on which we discussed Deep Dish and then Thrity Umrigar came in at #9 for her show on The Space Between Us. Clocking in at #8 was Adriana Trigiani for her show on Very Valentine and at #7 was Debra Dean discussing The Madonnas of Leningrad. The 6th most popular show featured Elizabeth Noble discussing Things I Want My Daughters to Know and last week we announced that #5 in the countdown was Jessica Anya Blau discussing her newest novel, Drinking Closer to Home. Each week readers just need to give the show a listen and post a comment and they are entered to win that week's discussed book (US and Canadian entrants only please). To that end, I'm pleased to announce that the winner of Jessica's books, Drinking Closer to Home and The Summer of Naked Swim Parties, and a totebag is Diane! Thanks for entering and congratulations!

So which author's show comes in at #4 on the countdown? It's bestselling author Wally Lamb, who joined us to discuss The Hour I First Believed! Listen in to the show now and leave a comment about something you learned or liked from the show and you'll be entered to win a copy of The Hour I First Believed as well as his other book club favorite, I Know This Much is True, plus a totebag in which you can take them both to the beach!

Listen in to the show now and leave a comment about what you've learned or liked from it to be entered to win (US and Canada residents only). I'll pick one random winner from all comments posted by midnight, Friday August 12th.

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It's Top Ten Tuesday! Which Author Comes in at #5 on the Book Club Girl on Air Countdown?

I'm counting down our Top 10 Book Club Girl on Air shows every Tuesday this summer. These are the shows that have gotten the most live listens and subsequent downloads since they first aired!

We started it off at #10 with Mary Kay Andrews' show on which we discussed Deep Dish and then Thrity Umrigar came in at #9 for her show on The Space Between Us. Clocking in at #8 was Adriana Trigiani for her show on Very Valentine and at #7 was Debra Dean discussing The Madonnas of Leningrad. Last week we announced the 6th most popular show featuring Elizabeth Noble discussing Things I Want My Daughters to Know. Each week readers can give the show a listen and post a comment and they are entered to win that week's discussed book (US and Canadian entrants only please). To that end, I'm pleased to announce that the winner of Things I Want My Daughters to Know, The Reading Group and a totebag is Melissa C! Thanks for entering and congratulations!

So which author's show comes in at #5 on the countdown? It's an author who has published two successful paperback originals with Harper Perennial - Jessica Anya Blau who joined us to discuss her second novel, Drinking Closer to Home! Listen in to the show now and leave a comment about something you learned or liked from the show and you'll be entered to win a copy of Drinking Closer to Home as well as Jessica's first book, The Summer of Naked Swim Parties, plus a totebag in which you can take them both to the beach!

Listen in to the show now and leave a comment about what you've learned or liked from it to be entered to win (US and Canada residents only) (I'll pick one random winner from all comments posted by midnight, Friday August 5th), and be sure to check out Jessica Anya Blau's website. Jessica is also one of the authors in attendance at the Club Read weekend getaway for book clubs this October in Virginia - check out that site and perhaps you can meet her, and many others, there! 

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It's Top 10 Tuesday! Which Author is #6 in the Book Club Girl on Air Countdown?

I'm counting down our Top 10 Book Club Girl on Air shows every Tuesday this summer. These are the show that have gotten the most live listens and subsequent downloads since they first aired!

We started it off at #10 with Mary Kay Andrews' show on which we discussed Deep Dish and then Thrity Umrigar came in at #9 for her show on The Space Between Us. Clocking in at #8 was Adriana Trigiani for her show on Very Valentine and at #7 was Debra Dean discussing The Madonnas of Leningrad. Each week readers can give the show a listen and post a comment and they are entered to win that week's discussed book (US and Canadian entrants only please). To that end, I'm pleased to announce that the winner of The Madonnas of Leningrad, Confessions of a Falling Woman, and a totebag is Laura from the blog Book Snob! Thanks for entering and congratulations!

So which author's show comes in at #6 on the countdown? It's none other than the author of The Reading Group herself, Elizabeth Noble, who joined us to discuss her wonderful and heartfelt novel Things I Want My Daughters to Know. Listen in to the show now and leave a comment about something you learned or liked from the show and you'll be entered to win a copy of Things I Want My Daughters to Know as well as Noble's classic bestseller, The Reading Group, and a totebag in which you can take them both to the beach!

Listen in to the show now and leave a comment about what you've learned or liked from it to be entered to win (US and Canada residents only), and be sure to check out Elizabeth Noble's website as well.

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It's Top Ten Tuesday! Which Author Comes in at #8 on the Book Club Girl on Air Show Countdown?

I'm counting down our Top 10 Book Club Girl on Air shows every Tuesday this summer. These are the show that have gotten the most live listens and subsequent downloads.

We started it off at #10 two weeks ago with Mary Kay Andrews' show on which we discussed Deep Dish and then last week Thrity Umrigar came in at #9 for her show on The Space Between Us. Each week readers can give the show a listen and post a comment and they are entered to win that week's discussed book. To that end, I'm pleased to announce that the winner of the Space Between Us, a totebag and an advance reading copy of Thrity Umrigar's new novel coming in Winter 2012, The World We Found, is Grace! Thanks for entering and congratulations!

So which author comes next in our countdown? None other than the book club maven herself, Adriana Trigiani, for her show about Very Valentine! Listen to the show and let us know something you liked or learned from it and you'll be entered to win copies of Very Valentine and Brava, Valentine as well as a Book Club Girl tote in which you can cart them to the beach!

Be sure to visit Adriana Trigiani on her site, friend her on Facebook and follow her Twitter and look for an exciting book club retreat we'll announce later this week at which you could meet her in person! I'll pick a winner for the books and tote from all comments received by midnight, July 15th! Listen in to the show now!

 

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It's Top Ten Tuesday! A Giveaway Every Week this Summer!

It's Top Ten Tuesday-I'm counting down the Top Ten Book Club Girl on Air shows every Tuesday this summer. These are the shows that have had the most listens, including during both their initial airing and subsequent downloads.

Each week I'm asking you to give a listen and comment with something you learned from the show. One commenter will be chosen to win that week's featured book and a tote bag. Last week we started the countdown at #10 with our show featuring Mary Kay Andrews discussing her novel, Deep Dish. Mary Kay Andrews was kind enough to also donate a copy her her brand new book, Summer Rental, to the prize package. And the winner of both books and  the tote bag is....Susan from Susan's Literary Cafe! Congratulations Susan! Send your snail mail address to me at bookclubgirl AT gmail DOT com.

Coming in at #9 on the Book Club Girl on Air countdown is our show with Thrity Umrigar discussing her bestselling book club favorite The Space Between Us. Listen to the show and leave a comment with something you learned from the show and you'll be entered to win The Space Between Us, plus an advance copy of Thrity's new novel, coming in January 2012, The World We Found, and of course, a Book Club Girl tote bag to tote them both the beach! I'll choose one random commenter from all those received by midnight, Friday, July 8th to win.

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Introducing Top Ten Tuesdays! A Giveaway Every Week this Summer!

To celebrate the 10 weeks of summer, I'm going to reveal our Top 10 most popular Book Club Girl on Air shows every Tuesday for the next 10 weeks! These are the 10 shows that got the most live listens plus downloads since their initial airing on Book Club Girl on Air and I think it's high time to celebrate them! And to make it more fun, each week I'll offer the book discussed during that week's show for giveaway plus a tote bag. To enter to win, simply give the show a listen anytime during the week and post a comment a bout something interesting you learned from the author during the show. I'll choose 1 random person from all comments received by that Friday to win the book plus a Book Club Girl tote bag to take with you to the beach this summer!

So without further ado...the 10th most popular Book  Club Girl on Air Show featured an author whose newest book is on the bestseller lists now... it's none other than Mary Kay Andrews, who joined us to discuss her novel, Deep Dish! Listen in to the show below and leave a comment with something you learned or liked from the show. I'll choose one random commenter to win a copy of Deep Dish, a tote bag and courtesy of Mary Kay herself, a signed copy of her new book Summer Rental, from all comments received by midnight, Friday, July 1st.  And be sure to check out Summer Rental, which has just gone on sale and is a perfect summer read!

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Listen to Mary Kay Andrews Discuss Deep Dish Now!

For those who missed it, here's tonight's show with Mary Kay Andrews! Thanks so much to Mary Kay for joining us!

Talk to Mary Kay Andrews Online Tonight!

Tune in on the web at 7 pm EST tonight to talk to the hilarious Mary Kay Andrews about her new book in paperback, Deep Dish! Set your reminder for the show here, listen at the same link tonight! Can't wait to hear from all of you!

Reminder! Our Book Club Girl on Air Show with Mary Kay Andrews is This Wednesday!

Just a reminder that our show with bestselling author Mary Kay Andrews, about her latest book in paperback, Deep Dish, is this Wednesday March 25th at 7 pm EST! Set your reminder for the show here, and return to the same link to listen and participate live on Wednesday night! If you can't join us live, but have questions for Mary Kay, please send them to me at book club girl AT gmail DOT com and we'll be sure to ask them!

Mary Kay Andrews on Book Club Girl on Air!

I'm thrilled to announce that the next Book Club Girl on Air show (after next week's show with Judith Ryan Hendricks discussing The Laws of Harmony) will feature Mary Kay Andrews, discussing her hilarious new novel in paperback, Deep Dish!

After years of hard work, Gina Foxton, chef extraordinaire and former runner-up Miss Teen Vidalia Onion, is hosting her own show, Fresh Start, on Georgia public television. She's also dating the producer. But when Fresh Start goes bad—and her boyfriend is caught in flagrante delicto with the boss's wife—Gina decides it's time to pursue bigger dreams. Namely a gig on national television. Gina knows she's destined to be the Cooking Channel's next superstar. But the execs also have their eyes on Tate Moody, Mr. "Kill It and Grill It" himself, host of the hunting, fishing, and cooking show Vittles. The ultimate man's man, Tate is a tasty side of beef with a large, swooning female fan base. Gina's loyal devotees consist of her free-spirited college-dropout sister and her mother . . . who calls every single day. When the smoke clears there can be only one TV chef standing, and Gina and Tate are ready for the cook-off of their lives.

Browse inside the book here and set your reminder for the show here. The first 15 people to comment that they'd like to participate in the show on Wednesday, March 25th at 7 pm EST will receive a copy of Deep Dish.