Good Books Lately
Ellen Moore & Kira Stevens
(Reviewer - Narayan Radhakrishnan)
2004 St. Martins
ISBN: 0312309619

The One-Stop Resource for Book Groups and Other Greedy Readers. The inside scoop on book groups -- from the nation's leading experts!

As book group members across the country have discovered, Ellen Moore & Kira Stevens know everything there is to know about book groups, & then some. The founders of the country's first book group consulting company, in Good Books Lately they dish out fun, stimulating advice based on their own experiences & those of hundreds of book group members on everything from:
 • ;How to start a group -- & keep it going
 • How to tell a book by its cover (really!)
 • How to generate a lively discussion
 • Behind-the-scenes anecdotes, dirt, & favorite book lists
 • The best and worst book group books
 • Book group troubleshooting,
no matter what sort of group you belong to ... & much, much more!

Sr. Associate Reviewer Narayan Radhakrishnan writes:

This book caught my attention immediately -- & I judged the book by its subtitle!

Book Groups or Reading Clubs are familiar to readers on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean -- but the fad has not yet reached this part of the world -- India -- & it is with a keen curiosity that I read this book -- to know what exactly is a book group, its range, its gambit & how it serves to protect & share ideas on good books. & let me say -- Good Books Lately is the best book I could have asked for.

There is absolutely everything & anything you need to know about a book group in this work. The information content is aplenty -- how to start a book group, how to maintain it, how to promote it, & even the tactful way to ease out an obnoxious member.

& one thing is sure, the authors are voracious & passionate readers -- their passion being clearly reflected in the pages.

Good Books Lately is a good read, a unique one, & for the voracious reader -- a most essential companion. Buy it & put it right beside your copy of John Baxter's A Pound Of Paper: Confessions of a Book Addict.
(05/16/04)

Narayan
2004©Narayan Radhakrishnan
A RebeccasReads.Com Sr. Associate Reviewer

Reviewer's Bio:
I am a 26 years old lawyer practicing in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. Along with my legal practice, I have finished post-graduate studies for both Business Law & Human Rights. I am a self proclaimed numero-uno legal thriller lover & am the proud owner of all of Grisham's & Turow's novels. I enjoy John Mortimer's Rumpole & relish an occasional Martini & a rare Scot(ch)t-oline with a Patterson on the side.

My work A FICTION OF LAW is now about 500 pages in length & features 500 lawyer authors & 2000 legal thrillers covering a 300 year period - inclusive of entries from the USA, UK, Asia, Europe, China, Middle East etc. Still in search of a publisher.
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