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Dear Reader:
Thanks to all of you who weighed in with your thoughts about Oprah discontinuing her Book Club. While a couple of you lamented its passing, many more of you felt that the Club's popularity had waned in the past year. The emails that I really sparked to were the ones from readers mentioning that they found themselves turning to Word of Mouth more than Oprah these past few months.
More good news this week as ReadingGroupGuides.com was cited by USA Today as one of the top websites of the day. In Wednesday's USA Today Online Web Guide, our site was highlighted as a terrific alternative to Oprah for book clubs to use for their reading selections. As always, I encourage you to take a look at these guides for ideas of what to read as well as a place to get a new take on a book after you finish it.
Over 1182 of you answered last week's poll asking what authors you felt deserved recognition for their contributions to literature. Ann Bruns, our Editorial Manager noted last night the diverse number of genres selected in both the men's and women's categories. Here are your top votes:
Female Authors: Maya Angelou, J.K. Rowling, Anne Rice, Barbara Kingsolver and Anne Tyler
Male Authors: John Grisham, Issac Asimov, Tom Clancy, E.L. Doctorow and James Clavell
In the next few weeks we plan to in delve into some authors and titles that have become classics in the past 75 years as we celebrate the 75th Anniversary of Random House publishers with them. I think you will like what we are cooking up.
Publisher's Pick
The House on Sprucewood Lane by Caroline Slate combines psychological insight
with gripping suspense in a story of the sexualization and abuse of a young girl.
"[The] characters are so rounded you can hear their ragged breathing" --- Publisher's Weekly
"Setting off from a news story that intrigued us all, Slate has made the story her own
and a compelling read." --- Judith Rossner, author of Looking for Mr. Goodbar
This Week's Question/ Poetry Month Contest
On February 22, 1952, Dylan Thomas made his first recording for Caedmon Records, launching not only Caedmon, but the spoken-word industry as well. In celebration of 50 years of spoken-word publishing and National Poetry Month, we are giving away 5 copies of THE CAEDMON POETRY COLLECTION. Five readers will be randomly chosen from those responding to this week's question: What is your favorite poem and who wrote it? Respond to the question of the week by sending mail to: Question@bookreporter.com.
Bookreporter Readers Say...
Who is your favorite Classic author? See how readers responded.
Poll:
Last week marked the beginning of our month-long celebration of Poetry. In this week's Poll we want to know your feelings on the subject.
Poetry to me is:
- The way I express important feelings
- Where I go for for comfort and relaxation
- Words to memorize and quote
- The works of Dr.Seuss or other authors who rhyme
- A Hallmark greeting card
Word of Mouth
Tell us what YOU are reading, even the books you didn't love, and you could win a copy of SEA GLASS by Anita Shreve. Need more details on how to participate in Word of Mouth? Click here. Send your replies to WordOfMouth@bookreporter.com.
New This Week
Author Talk:
Anita Shreve shares the inside story about the house that inspired her trilogy of novels: THE PILOT'S WIFE, FORTUNE'S ROCKS, and SEA GLASS.
Bookreporter.com Talks To:
Poetry Author Roundtable
AuthorsOnTheWeb brought together 16 poets to discover why poetic expression is so appealing to them and how they would respond to those who find poetry more than a little intimidating. The participants in the Poetry Roundtable included Mary Jo Bang, Billy Collins, Cornelius Eady, Jeffrey Greene, Richard Matthews, Honor Moore, Marge Piercy and Marc Woodworth who write for adult audiences as well as Betsy Franco, Robin Hirsch, Mary Ann Hoberman, Paul B. Janeczko, Alan Katz, X. J. Kennedy, Marilyn Singer and Sonya Sones who write poems for children and teens.
Features
SEA GLASS by Anita Shreve (Fiction)
Reviewed by Jami Edwards and excerpted.
THE PALE GREEN HORSE by Michael Leahey (Mystery)
Reviewed by Joe Hartlaub.
ONE MORE FOR THE ROAD: A New Short Story Collection by Ray Bradbury (Fantasy)
Reviewed by Joe Hartlaub and excerpted.
POEM OF THE WEEK:
"Hemingway Dines on Boiled Shrimp and Beer" from FLORIDA POEMS by Campbell McGrath
NEW IN PAPERBACK
A roundup of marvelous fiction being released in paperback for April. Be sure to check back for nonfiction releases next week.
AWARDS:
The winners of the 2002 Pulitzer Prize have been announced!
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REVIEWS:
THE BOOK OF SHADOWS by James Reese (Fiction)
Reviewed by Sarah Rachel Egelman
LOSING GEMMA by Katy Gardner (Fiction)
Reviewed by Kate Ayers
THE MAGDALEN by Marita Conlon-McKenna (Fiction)
Reviewed by Melissa Morgan
PROVINCES OF NIGHT by William Gay (Fiction)
Reviewed by Stephanie Sorensen
MAKING SCENES by Adrienne Eisen (Fiction)
Reviewed by Sarah Rachel Egelman
ReadingGroupGuides.com
Cited by USA Today Online as a Hot Site
Over 820 reading group guides
New Guides Include:
The Black Madonna by Louisa Ermelino...Garden of Faith by Lynne Hinton...Gob's Grief by Chris Adrian...The House of Sight and Shadow by Nicholas Griffin...In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick...The Ice Storm by Rick Moody...Ruin Creek by David Payne...Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand...To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Message Boards
For all of you who love to share your thoughts with others on Bookreporter Message Boards (they are only available for AOL members at this time), we have added a new feature for your enjoyment. We've added links in our Message Board area to the author websites featured at AuthorsOnTheWeb.com that have a place for you to post comments and questions. We hope you'll enjoy discovering these websites (if you haven't already) and exchanging thoughts with other fans.
Contests and Giveaways
For this contest we're giving away a copy of SEA GLASS by Anita Shreve to one lucky winner! Submit to Word of Mouth and your name will go in the hat for your chance to win one. By the way, if you would prefer your contribution remain anonymous, just let us know when you send in your submission.
Every month one Bookreporter.com newsletter subscriber wins a $50 Amazon.com gift certificate. To subscribe to the newsletter and automatically be entered to win, send an e-mail to newsletter@bookreporter.com with SUBSCRIBE in the subject line. If you already receive this newsletter in your e-mailbox every week, why not forward it to a friend?
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Have a great week...
--- Carol Fitzgerald (Carol@Bookreporter.com)
for The Book Report Network
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