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Reese Witherspoon’s June Book Club pick is a gripping murder mystery
6 months, 1 week ago

Reese Witherspoon’s June Book Club pick is a gripping murder mystery

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly newsletter for insider tips and product reviews from our shopping experts Sign up for our free IndyBest email Sign up for our free IndyBest email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Reese Witherspoon was ahead of the curve when she started Reese’s Book Club …

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Spice of life: Mom’s book club forges friendships for lifetime
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Spice of life: Mom’s book club forges friendships for lifetime

Hindustan Times  

My parents bonded well over their shared love for books. After a few months, at a neighbourhood social event, mom came in contact with two like-minded ladies, both, like her, were retired academicians, who too felt stifled because of the lack of intellectually stimulating conversation with other women in the neighbourhood. Soon, they started discussing thoughts and opinions on the …

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Five minutes reading a day keeps the blues away, says Queen’s first book club study
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Five minutes reading a day keeps the blues away, says Queen’s first book club study

The Telegraph  

Reading Room successes The Queen hailed the huge leaps made over the last three years by the Reading Room, which was launched following the success of two lockdown reading lists she released during coronavirus lockdowns in 2020. “Since it began three years ago, it has reached nearly 12 million people through all its platforms, produced more than a thousand pieces …

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Natalie Portman reads about the devastating impact of a cheating husband in Nora Ephron's seminal marriage breakdown novel Heartburn for book club… amid her own relationship woes
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Natalie Portman reads about the devastating impact of a cheating husband in Nora Ephron's seminal marriage breakdown novel Heartburn for book club… amid her own relationship woes

Daily Mail  

Natalie Portman revealed that she's currently reading a novel about the impact of having a cheating husband, amid her own marital troubles. Natalie Portman, 42, revealed that she's currently reading Nora Ephron's novel 'Heartburn', about the impact of having a cheating husband, amid her own marital troubles The subject of her book seemingly hits close to home, amid rumors the …

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Book Box | Manohar Malgonkar's "The Princes": A literary journey into princely India
1 year, 1 month ago

Book Box | Manohar Malgonkar's "The Princes": A literary journey into princely India

Hindustan Times  

I am in tiger country. Our host, a long-time member of our book club, is also Manohar Malgonkar’s niece; this is her family home. Manohar Malgonkar’s ancestral house Sitting outdoors, at the breakfast table, we are enraptured by the twists and turns of this family saga- right from a young boy, his newly married wife and mother being thrown out …

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Four 80-year-old friends solve cases for a lark
1 year, 2 months ago

Four 80-year-old friends solve cases for a lark

Deccan Chronicle  

In 2020, the respected and popular English television personality, Richard Osman, published his first novel, The Thursday Murder Club. Over five million copies of Osman’s books have been sold since the first novel appeared, meriting the publishers’ tagline of ‘The Multi-Million-Copy Bestseller’ emblazoned on the top of the cover. The four friends set up something called The Thursday Murder Club …

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Noname Book Club’s Radical Hood Library offers a safe stage for up and coming artists in South L.A.
1 year, 3 months ago

Noname Book Club’s Radical Hood Library offers a safe stage for up and coming artists in South L.A.

LA Times  

The Noname Book Club Headquarters isn’t a typical meetup inside your average library. Inside the Book Club Headquarters on Jefferson Boulevard, which houses monthly events founded by Chicago rapper Noname, books are sorted by genre labels such as “constructions of race” and “chocolate cities.” The Wi-Fi password, posted on a corkboard in the lobby next to Christmas photos from the …

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Bangalore Cook Book Club BCBCBath takes on culinary giants, one book at a time
1 year, 3 months ago

Bangalore Cook Book Club BCBCBath takes on culinary giants, one book at a time

The Hindu  

“As a child, I used to watch a lot of cooking shows and the food channel was one of my favourites. He explains, “I started a cookbook club in Pune in 2017 because I made a New Year’s resolution to enhance my cooking skills and venture into diverse cuisines. When I relocated to Bengaluru, I continued this culinary journey.” Following …

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How Luis Alberto Urrea found his family’s hidden history
1 year, 6 months ago

How Luis Alberto Urrea found his family’s hidden history

LA Times  

Good morning, and welcome to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter. On July 19 Urrea joins book club readers to discuss “Good Night, Irene,” a bestselling novel inspired by his mother’s wartime secrets. It all began on June 25, 2019, when the L.A. Times Book Club debuted with Susan Orlean, author of “The Library Book,” set in Los Angeles’ Central …

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Book club: LeVar Burton takes on the State of Banned Books
1 year, 7 months ago

Book club: LeVar Burton takes on the State of Banned Books

LA Times  

Good morning, and welcome to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter. He also is known for his roles as Kunta Kinte in “Roots” and Geordi La Forge on “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” and the dramatic third season of “Picard.” This year Burton was executive producer of a new documentary, “The Right to Read,” which “frames early childhood literacy as …

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Jane Fonda turns the page in support of writers' strike, demands Hollywood payday
1 year, 7 months ago

Jane Fonda turns the page in support of writers' strike, demands Hollywood payday

Hindustan Times  

The Hollywood writer's strike, which began last week over a dispute about fair pay, has gained a new high-profile supporter: actress and activist Jane Fonda. Speaking to Sky News about her latest film "Book Club: The Next Chapter," Fonda expressed her support for the striking Writers Guild of America, stating that she and her fellow cast members Mary Steenburgen and …

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Book Club 2 review – Jane Fonda and Diane Keaton terrorise Europe in dismal sequel
1 year, 7 months ago

Book Club 2 review – Jane Fonda and Diane Keaton terrorise Europe in dismal sequel

The Independent  

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy ​​I doubt the success of 2018’s Book …

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Hollywood legends Bergen, Fonda, Keaton, Steenburgen form friendship while making ‘Book Club’ movies
1 year, 7 months ago

Hollywood legends Bergen, Fonda, Keaton, Steenburgen form friendship while making ‘Book Club’ movies

Associated Press  

Candice Bergen hatched the idea for a sequel to “Book Club” before the first had even come out. It was 2017 and they were flying to a convention of movie theater owners to drum up excitement for their movie where she, Jane Fonda, Mary Steenburgen and Diane Keaton play friends who decide to read “Fifty Shades of Grey.” Like all …

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Review: If you could take a movie to the beach, ‘Book Club: The Next Chapter’ might be it
1 year, 7 months ago

Review: If you could take a movie to the beach, ‘Book Club: The Next Chapter’ might be it

LA Times  

It seems like everyone’s going to Italy these days. Season 3 of “Succession” went to Tuscany for a wedding, “The White Lotus’” second season checked in for a stay in Sicily, while Toni Collette landed in Rome to become the “Mafia Mamma.” And now the “Book Club” gals — Jane Fonda, Mary Steenburgen, Diane Keaton and Candice Bergen — take …

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In praise of "Yellowjackets" hubby Jeff, who elevates the mediocre white man to an art form
1 year, 8 months ago

In praise of "Yellowjackets" hubby Jeff, who elevates the mediocre white man to an art form

Salon  

Earlier this year, TIME wrote, "'Yellowjackets' — like so much recent TV about young women, matriarchy, and the mixed blessing of personal empowerment — also forces us to consider whether its girls might have been better off in the off-grid society they created for themselves." "Yellowjackets," now in its second season, follows the high school girls of a champion 1996 …

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Oprah Winfrey reflects on book club, announces 100th pick
1 year, 9 months ago

Oprah Winfrey reflects on book club, announces 100th pick

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — For her 100th book club pick, Oprah Winfrey relied on the same instincts she has drawn upon from the start: Does the story move her? On Tuesday, she announced that she had chosen Ann Napolitano’s “Hello Beautiful,” a modern-day homage to “Little Women” from the author of the bestselling “Dear Edward.” The novel was published Tuesday by …

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Oprah reflects upon book club as she announces 100th pick
1 year, 9 months ago

Oprah reflects upon book club as she announces 100th pick

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “When I don’t move on, …

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Book club: Annalee Newitz dreams up a wild, more hopeful future
1 year, 9 months ago

Book club: Annalee Newitz dreams up a wild, more hopeful future

LA Times  

Good morning, and welcome to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter. Newitz says Destry, the novel’s tough but empathetic environmental ranger, gets her name from the lead character in “Destry Rides Again,” a 1939 western starring Jimmy Stewart. In the acknowledgements, Newitz explains, “I wrote this book because I wanted to dream up a more hopeful world.” Raised in Irvine …

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Book Club: ‘Rough Sleepers’ chronicles a doctor’s selfless mission
1 year, 11 months ago

Book Club: ‘Rough Sleepers’ chronicles a doctor’s selfless mission

LA Times  

Good morning, and welcome to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter. On Jan. 26, Kidder joins the Los Angeles Times Book Club to discuss “Rough Sleepers” with Times columnist Steve Lopez. His previous books include “Strength in What Remains,” “Home Town,” “Old Friends,” “Among Schoolchildren,” “House” and “The Soul of a New Machine.” In advance of January book club night, …

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Oprah picks California death row inmate’s autobiography for book club
2 years, 3 months ago

Oprah picks California death row inmate’s autobiography for book club

LA Times  

Oprah Winfrey holds up her latest book club selection, “That Bird Has My Wings,” which is the autobiography of California death row inmate Jarvis Jay Masters. Oprah Winfrey has chosen a California death row inmate’s autobiography — in which he proclaims his innocence — as her influential book club’s next read, she announced Tuesday. The move was sure to bring …

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Book Club: Silvia Morena-Garcia reimagines a sci-fi classic with feminist kick
2 years, 3 months ago

Book Club: Silvia Morena-Garcia reimagines a sci-fi classic with feminist kick

LA Times  

Good morning, and welcome to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter. “‘The Daughter of Doctor Moreau’ shifts the readers’ gaze to those often marginalized or completely ignored in literature and history — whether they be an independent-minded daughter absent from the original story, Doctor Moreau’s hybrid creatures or those Mayan rebels in 1870s Mexico.” Says Washington Post reviewer Carol Memmott, …

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Book club: New stories from Pico Iyer, Maggie Shipstead, Ibram X. Kendi
2 years, 7 months ago

Book club: New stories from Pico Iyer, Maggie Shipstead, Ibram X. Kendi

LA Times  

“Letter to a Stranger: Essays to the Ones Who Haunt Us,” edited by Colleen Kinder, and “How to Raise an Antiracist,” by Ibram X. Kendi. That’s the genesis of our May book club selection, “Letter to a Stranger,” a new collection that features 65 writers exploring fleeting encounters that changed their lives forever. On May 26, Kinder and Iyer, along …

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Book club: Amanda Gorman joins us at the Festival of Books
2 years, 9 months ago

Book club: Amanda Gorman joins us at the Festival of Books

LA Times  

Poet Amanda Gorman and the cover of her book, “Call Us What We Carry.” Good morning, and welcome to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter. She turned 24 this month and in April will join L.A. Times Book Club readers to discuss “Call Us What We Carry,” a new collection of poems set in a time of pandemic and unrest. …

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UK's bestselling novel to greet Chinese readers
2 years, 9 months ago

UK's bestselling novel to greet Chinese readers

China Daily  

Cover of the Chinese version of The Thursday Murder Club: A Novel. The Thursday Murder Club: A Novel, the debut book by British presenter Richard Osman, will hit the shelves in China this April published by Jieli Publishing House. In addition, The Thursday Murder Club: A Novel has been shortlisted for several major international Awards and won major honors such …

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