http://www.bookendbabes.com Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:36:02 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.bookendbabes.com/about-athenas-bookshelf/comment-page-1/#comment-5880 Iris Karas Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:46:50 +0000 http://www.athenasbookshelf.com/?page_id=3#comment-5880 Hello! I too just wandered in and am very impressed with your website. I wonder how I might go about having you consider my debut novel ORGANIZING ELIZABETH (Hold That Thought Publishing, 2008), a mystery-romance for a book club reading. The story centers on a driven and compulsive professional organizer who finds herself thrust into a double murder mystery and a highly unlikely romance with a grocery store owner with whom she teams up to keep herself from becoming the third victim. Among the dozens of reader comments received, most reflect a deep appreciation of the character development in the novel. I am currently working on a sequel: Everything in it's Place. Book excerpt and purchase available at http://www.iriskaras.com I am pleased to offer book club discounts! Thank you. Sincerely, Iris karas Hello!
I too just wandered in and am very impressed with your website. I wonder how I might go about having you consider my debut novel ORGANIZING ELIZABETH (Hold That Thought Publishing, 2008), a mystery-romance for a book club reading. The story centers on a driven and compulsive professional organizer who finds herself thrust into a double murder mystery and a highly unlikely romance with a grocery store owner with whom she teams up to keep herself from becoming the third victim. Among the dozens of reader comments received, most reflect a deep appreciation of the character development in the novel. I am currently working on a sequel: Everything in it’s Place. Book excerpt and purchase available at http://www.iriskaras.com
I am pleased to offer book club discounts!
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Iris karas

]]> http://www.bookendbabes.com/about-athenas-bookshelf/comment-page-1/#comment-5119 admin Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:43:20 +0000 http://www.athenasbookshelf.com/?page_id=3#comment-5119 Hi, Maya. Thanks for checking out the site and great question. I'll actually be covering this in a Q&A page for the site I'll be launching next week, so I'm glad you asked. Because the site is geared to make reading fun again, the four picks will hopefully cover the spectrum - with a keen eye on issues relating to women and those that can spark good discussion. Since our philosophy is "anything goes," we know some book clubs may want to pick a different selection and some chapters may have members that all want to individually read different titles. That's fine, too. Each month the selections will be based on what I've personally read as well as recommendations from others. Though there isn't a formula, I would guess there would be 1-2 mainstream or litfic/wom fic titles and perhaps a memoir or non-fic title and a pop fiction or romance title (or at least love story whether or not the genre is actually romance). THE VARIOUS FLAVORS OF COFFEE has a male protagonist and goes into alternating POV, so that's an example of how the picks won't all be female main characters, either. And it has a nice love story in it, too. I will also lean towards publishers and authors who have reading guides and/or the authors are willing to participate in more interaction with the readers, again making it more fun and memorable. I hope as the membership grows we'll all be able to share good titles and encourage each other to read new authors and different genres we may not have tried in the past. Oh, and none of the picks are paid for or sponsored, which is an important thing to note. -Malena Hi, Maya. Thanks for checking out the site and great question. I’ll actually be covering this in a Q&A page for the site I’ll be launching next week, so I’m glad you asked. Because the site is geared to make reading fun again, the four picks will hopefully cover the spectrum – with a keen eye on issues relating to women and those that can spark good discussion. Since our philosophy is “anything goes,” we know some book clubs may want to pick a different selection and some chapters may have members that all want to individually read different titles. That’s fine, too. Each month the selections will be based on what I’ve personally read as well as recommendations from others. Though there isn’t a formula, I would guess there would be 1-2 mainstream or litfic/wom fic titles and perhaps a memoir or non-fic title and a pop fiction or romance title (or at least love story whether or not the genre is actually romance). THE VARIOUS FLAVORS OF COFFEE has a male protagonist and goes into alternating POV, so that’s an example of how the picks won’t all be female main characters, either. And it has a nice love story in it, too. I will also lean towards publishers and authors who have reading guides and/or the authors are willing to participate in more interaction with the readers, again making it more fun and memorable. I hope as the membership grows we’ll all be able to share good titles and encourage each other to read new authors and different genres we may not have tried in the past. Oh, and none of the picks are paid for or sponsored, which is an important thing to note. -Malena

]]> http://www.bookendbabes.com/about-athenas-bookshelf/comment-page-1/#comment-5118 Maya Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:11:56 +0000 http://www.athenasbookshelf.com/?page_id=3#comment-5118 Hi, wandered in from Booking Mama. This sounds fab, and I'm thinking of floating it in my IRL bookclub,however the picks there are usually more in the litfic area. How are the four books per month chosen here? The ones I see for September look great (had two on my personal TBR already) but I wonder about the selection process. Hi,
wandered in from Booking Mama.
This sounds fab, and I’m thinking of floating it in my IRL bookclub,however the picks there are usually more in the litfic area.
How are the four books per month chosen here? The ones I see for September look great (had two on my personal TBR already) but I wonder about the selection process.

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