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Is Paradise Lost in Elin Hilderbrand’s “Winter in Paradise”?

In Elin Hilderbrand’s Winter in Paradise, (Little, Brown and Company) Irene Steele leads an idyllic life. She is the mother of two adult sons, Baker and Cash, and the editor of Heartland Home & Style, a magazine that depicts the "bread-and-butter values of the Midwest." She's healthy and naturally slender…

Cecilia LyraOctober 11, 2018

Book Club Network

GBC Boston Chapter is a Melting Pot for Out-of-Towners

That wasn’t how it was scripted, but it made for one of the more unusual sessions of the Girly Book Club’s Boston Chapter. The chapter is hosted by Lauren Hughes, who moved to Boston from Seattle in early 2017 and was looking to get back into reading more and making…

BookTribOctober 10, 2018

Book Club Network

Book Club Guest Blog: “The Witch of Willow Hall”

It’s a daunting task writing about witches and ghosts and keeping an adult audience captivated with realism and empathy. So I had low expectations for Hester Fox's The Witch of Willow Hall (Graydon House) but found myself pleasantly surprised. The plot line was so enthralling, I couldn’t put the book down. It read…

Karina KaushalOctober 2, 2018

Book Club Network

December Decisions: Dramatic Marriages and a Cherished Past

Members of the Girly Book Club are voting on the following four titles to determine the book selection for its December club meetings in 70 chapters around the world. Other People's Houses by Abbi Waxman (Berkley Publishing Group) Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and…

BookTribOctober 3, 2018

Book Club Network

Take Me Out To The Book Club, A Reader Celebration

“My drinking club has a book problem,” said a wise humorist somewhere. As the hours wind down on National Reading Group Month, we have this to say to anyone who is not a member of a book club: our deepest sympathies. But of the many subscribers to the BookTrib newsletter…

Jim AlkonOctober 31, 2018

Book Club Network

Closeup: Putting Oakville, Ontario on the Reading Map

The vision of Oakville, Ontario, according to its website, is to be “the most livable town in Canada.” If Karina Kaushal and Soni Sharma have their way, it might be the most well-read town in Canada. That’s because they are hosts of the Oakville chapter of the Girly Book Club.…

BookTribNovember 5, 2018

Book Club Network

Chapter Closeup: The Real Booklovers of Orange County

“It was the loudest discussion for sure. Women who normally sit back and listen were getting involved in the discussion! I think this is one of the books that 98 percent of the group liked, and really got into the discussion.” Jennifer says that friendships made through the chapter extend…

BookTribAugust 8, 2018

Book Club Network

November Choices: WWII, Titanic and Unlikely Friendships

Members of the Girly Book Club are voting on the following four titles to determine the book selection for their November club meetings in 70 chapters around the world. On April 15, 1912, three women climbed into Lifeboat 21 and watched in horror as the Titanic sank into the icy…

BookTribSeptember 9, 2018

Book Club Network

Guest Blogger: When Being Thrifty With Words Matters

This sentence has five words. This entire review has 485. Jean's limit is 100 words per day.

Cecilia LyraSeptember 5, 2018

Book Club Network

Chapter Closeup: Living a New York State of Mind

When Sam Flores volunteered to host the New York Chapter of the Girly Book Club (G.B.C.), she had no idea what she was signing up for. But she’s never looked back. As one would expect, the New York chapter is one of the network’s largest, with 3,500 members. Naturally, they…

BookTribSeptember 11, 2018

Book Club Network

Toronto Closeup: “The Book Club That Changed My Life”

Sometimes a book can change your life. Sarah Wreford says the Girly Book Club changed hers. As one of the co-hosts of GBC’s 3,200-member Toronto chapter, Wreford, a grade 9-12 schoolteacher, credits the book club with bringing “so many incredible friends into her life. I love meeting with the other…

BookTribDecember 3, 2018

Book Club Network

This Month’s Pick: Jesmyn Ward’s “Sing, Unburied, Sing”

For the month of September, all chapters of the Girly Book Club are reading Jesmyn Ward's Sing, Buried, Sing (Scribner). Here's the review that BookTrib filed shortly after the title was published late last year: Sing, Unburied, Sing is a beautifully written, character-driven, heartfelt novel that takes place in the…

Jennifer BlankfeinAugust 8, 2018

Book Club Network

October Choices: Secret Lives, and a Stirring Memoir

Members of the Girly Book Club are voting on the following four titles to determine the book selection for their October club meetings in 70 chapters around the world. My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward (Harper Wave) by Mark Lukach (320 pages) A heart-wrenching yet hopeful memoir of a young…

BookTribAugust 5, 2018

Book Club Network

Guest Blogger: Of Fame and the Absurd in “Hits and Misses”

Hits and Misses, a collection of humorous short stories, is a backstage pass to Simon Rich's fears and neuroses. And that is a good thing. In “The Baby,” we meet Ben, a writer struggling to finish his book before the birth of his son. During a routine ultrasound, Ben discovers…

Cecilia LyraAugust 8, 2018

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One Woman’s Healing Journey Among a Group of Total Strangers

Group: How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life (Avid Reader Press) by Christie Tate is an engaging and entertaining memoir of one woman's experiences with the healing power of group therapy. The author goes deep as she brings us with her to her sessions and shows…

Jennifer BlankfeinOctober 27, 2020

Better Self Book Club Network Nonfiction

Much to Ponder About Self and Social Norms in “For Deep Thinkers Only”

Do you carry guilt, shame or embarrassment for things you've done (or haven't done) or for who you are as a person? Do you feel you don't "measure up" to certain standards or you don't "fit in"? If so, John J. Ivers, professor of International Studies at Brigham Young University-Idaho,…

David ToddFebruary 5, 2021

Is Paradise Lost in Elin Hilderbrand’s “Winter in Paradise”?

GBC Boston Chapter is a Melting Pot for Out-of-Towners

Book Club Guest Blog: “The Witch of Willow Hall”

December Decisions: Dramatic Marriages and a Cherished Past

Take Me Out To The Book Club, A Reader Celebration

Closeup: Putting Oakville, Ontario on the Reading Map

Chapter Closeup: The Real Booklovers of Orange County

November Choices: WWII, Titanic and Unlikely Friendships

Guest Blogger: When Being Thrifty With Words Matters

Chapter Closeup: Living a New York State of Mind

Toronto Closeup: “The Book Club That Changed My Life”

This Month’s Pick: Jesmyn Ward’s “Sing, Unburied, Sing”

October Choices: Secret Lives, and a Stirring Memoir

Guest Blogger: Of Fame and the Absurd in “Hits and Misses”

One Woman’s Healing Journey Among a Group of Total Strangers

Much to Ponder About Self and Social Norms in “For Deep Thinkers Only”

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