Late Fall, 2006
Book Bytes
A Newsletter for Lovers of Books and Food
from the authors of The Book Club Cookbook
Greetings!
We're thrilled to offer another terrific book giveaway for your book club. Send
us an email by November 30, and your group will be entered in a drawing to win
copies of Jenna Blum's THOSE WHO SAVE US. Click here for details.
If you plan to give copies of THE BOOK CLUB COOKBOOK as
holiday gifts, we're happy to send personalized bookplates that will adhere to
the inside of your books. Simply click here and send
us the recipients' name(s), your mailing address, and the date by which you need
the bookplates. We'll do our best to meet your deadline!
Does your group have a book it can recommend to other book club members across
the country? Simply write to us and we can share your
suggestion with our readers.
Enjoy the upcoming holidays – and give yourself the gift of time to read a good
book!
—Judy Gelman and Vicki Levy Krupp
Co-authors of The Book Club Cookbook
IN THIS ISSUE:
BOOKS AND BITES
Reading suggestions from book clubs
The Book Divas of Marlton, New Jersey
recommend:
THE KNOWN WORLD by Edward P. Jones (Amistad, 2003), Fiction, 400 pages
"What type of leadership is best in a situation where blacks own blacks? It
amazed us to consider a person, black or white or otherwise, who could
actually own another individual, let alone consider a person who has seen or
experienced slavery first-hand becoming a slave owner themselves. Some slave
owners chose to be hard-edged while others were much more easy- going and
friendly to their slaves. Does an easy- going, friendly approach make owning
slaves 'okay'? We all liked this book because it opened our eyes to a whole
world we were unaware of, and made us think about the many ways people bend
rules to fit their own situations. We also discussed the cover design and
how the author used an actual map from a slave family."
Paired with: Southern fried chicken, collard greens, sweet potato
casserole, grits with corn bread, and pecan pie from a Southern bakery.
ENTER A DRAWING...
to win books for each member of your book club
We'd like to hear from you! Send us an email by November 30, and we'll enter
your name in a contest to win free copies of Jenna Blum’s THOSE WHO SAVE US.
Set in Nazi Germany and modern-day Minnesota, this mother-daughter story
explores what happens when Anna, a young German woman, becomes an SS
officer's mistress to protect herself and her little daughter Trudy--and
when Trudy, decades later, begins investigating her mother's wartime past.
(Limit: 15 copies)
To enter the drawing, click on the link below, and send us a message saying
"ENTER DRAWING." Also include your name, the name of your book club, and the
city and state where your book club meets. The winning book club will be
drawn randomly. Please submit just one entry for each book club. You're
welcome to enter each month!
Enter the Drawing
THE LATEST BOOK CLUB CONTEST
WINNER...
Congratulations to the Bookies Book Club of Winchester, Tennessee, the
winner of last month's book club contest. Each member of the group received
a copy of Jacquelyn Mitchard's new novel CAGE OF STARS. The group will enjoy
a chat about the novel with Jacquelyn Mitchard this winter.
INVITE AN AUTHOR...
to join your book club discussion
Our directory of authors ready to chat with your book club on the phone
continues to grow. To browse our complete list of authors and their books,
click on the link below. You can also download our INVITE AN AUTHOR flier,
which makes it easy to share details of the program with your book club.
Once you've decided which author(s) you'd like to invite, contact the
author(s) directly through our website and arrange a date to speak with
them. We hope you'll give it a try!
Browse Invite an Author and Download Flier
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