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You hear me say it over and over… the women who participate in the Manic Mommies Book Club are amazing! Last night we met to discuss our April selection The Good Daughter, with Jane Porter. Tears were shed, emails and texts passed through the evening. TODAY I’m thrilled to announce our May book selection, when [...]
We haven’t blogged about book club lately, but we still meet monthly. Last month we read a book with mixed reviews (from the group) but talked about the book for an hour. Fellow book clubbers know how divine it is to share something personal only to realize someone else has had a similar experience. The [...]
This is a guest post from our book club hostess, Mari I’m a big fan of the audio book. If the book is really good, you might catch me folding laundry, doing the dishes, or maybe listening while running errands. I know I look silly with my ipod clipped to my waist, one ear bud [...]
This is a guest post from our book club hostess, Mari Can you believe our book club has read 35 novels over the past three years? Discussing books with Jane Porter, Elin Hilderbrand, and Joshilyn Jackson… we’ve also talked to several debut authors over the years. Reading a range of books, from award winning titles [...]
This is a guest post from our book club hostess, Mari I love it when listeners recommend books for us to read, it’s even better when the author is available to discuss the book with us! This month we are reading an interesting novel about triplets, exploring the relationships between a set of identical twins [...]
This is a guest post from our book club hostess, Mari … I scold myself each morning as I walk down the stairs with three things in hand, an iPhone, iPod, and iPad. How did I become this person? A better question might be, why am I okay with this? The easy answer, I love [...]
This is a guest post from our book club hostess, Mari … Last summer, by pure coincidence, my family moved the same day Erin’s family moved to New York. Even though our paths don’t cross in real life I found comfort knowing someone else was going through something similar. I remember July passing by in a flash, spending every [...]
Ask and your wish may come true! We requested book ideas/suggestions earlier this year and we had several requests for books with a cooking theme. I’m happy to say we were able to find a great book that’s about so much more than cooking. We have several copies to give away to Manic Mommies listeners [...]
I can’t believe it’s April. The school year is winding down, summer activity sign-ups are underway, and I can’t wait to sit on the deck and relax with a glass of wine. Too bad it’s still freezing on the east coast! If I didn’t have work today I would be snuggled on the sofa, fire [...]
This is a guest post from our book club hostess, Mari … I’m pleased to say that this months book recommendation came from a regular participant with the Manic Mommies Book Club. Thank you Jill for suggesting Sand in My Eyes. I haven’t read this book yet but after hearing Jill rave about this one, [...]
It’s time for us to visit historical fiction again since we haven’t read a book in this genre in a while. Our December selection takes place long before the Salem witch trials, this is Thomas Carrier’s story (his wife plead innocent during her trial). Did you know he was seven feet tall and lived to [...]
Have you been reading along with us this year? We have read some wonderful books and talked with some amazing authors, including Joshilyn Jackson and Elin Hilderbrand – incredible women! It’s funny how ones opinion/thoughts of a book change after discussing it with the author. Every month I walk away from our talks thinking about [...]
With summer coming to an end and kids getting ready for school (I can’t believe some have started already), it’s time for us to step away from light/summer selections. Room is an amazing story, told from a young boys perspective. This book is brilliantly written and has been long listed for the Booker Prize. To [...]
We have some great summer reading planned for the book club starting with Joshilyn Jackson’s new release, Backseat Saints. In August we’ll be reading Elin Hilderbrand’s new book and later this year we are reading one of the most talked about books at BEA 2010. We understand summer is really busy so in addition to [...]
Our May book club pick is Love in Mid Air by Kim Wright and we have several copies to give away to Manic Mommies listeners and book clubbers. The author discussion is scheduled for May 19. Watch for details on how to join the conversation closer to the date. Synopsis: A chance encounter with a [...]
We’re launching February with a laugh. We’ve got several copies of Why is My Mother Getting a Tattoo and Other Questions I Wish I Never Had to Ask by Jancee Dunn to giveaway to Manic Mommies. In her early forties, Jancee Dunn began to wonder why she still felt like a 13-year-old around her family. [...]
Our February Book Club selection is The Wife’s Tale by Lori Lansens. This hardcover book is coming out in February so you can’t even get a copy at bookstores yet. However, we have several copies to giveaway to Manic Mommies. Once again, the giveaway and book club conversation will be handled by our hostess Mari. [...]
The Manic Mommies Book Club selection for January is April & Oliver by Tess Callahan. From Publisher’s Weekly: “In this memorable debut, Callahan offers a uniquely funereal love story that focuses on a stagnant friendship-turned-untenable romance between unlikely life-long friends. To deal with the death of her immediate family, as well as the scars of [...]
On December 16, the Manic Mommies Book Club will be discussing Oxygen via Skype conference call with author Carol Cassella. Simon and Shuster has generously provided 12 complimentary copies of this debut novel for Manic Mommies. This giveaway will be managed by our amazing book club hostess Mari Partyka. A Parade Magazine pick, “First-time author [...]
Thanks to author, and Escape guest, Meg Waite Clayton for contributing this post. The story of my writing starts with a ubiquitous Mom Tool: a little brown paper lunch bag, the kind my sons took their sandwiches and Oreo cookies to school in whenever they’d left their plastic Power Rangers lunch boxes behind the day [...]
