National Book Award Fiction Winner

Here he is ... Denis Johnson, writer of Tree of Smoke: A Novel and winner of the 2007 National Book Award. It's a big book, over 600 pages described as a Vietnam novel.

James Beard Foundation

For the best in cookbooks, look at the James Beard Foundation award nominations. Notice how good food is being promoted lately? I know some of you have got to be Bravo TV fans and watch that Top Chef competition on a regular basis.

The Last Lecture

First there was the video on YouTube, now there is the book, The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch.

ThrillerFest

Imagine a meeting place for writers, readers, wanna-be writers, plus publishers! Well, all these groups of people will be meeting in New York in July for ThrillerFest.

Thriller lovers, check this site out.

April Meeting

We finally had our March meeting in April. We want to meet again this month. April 25 is our date and our book club selection is Eat Pray Love.

Books to Read

Here are some of the books that historical fiction writer, Philippa Gregory, is recommending in the March 28 edition of The Week:

History Play by Rodney Bolt

Lottery by Patricia Wood

The Year of Henry James by David Lodge

The Needle in the Blood by Sarah Bower

Phillippa Gregory wrote The Other Boleyn Girl and the movie version is now showing in theaters.

Meeting Date Change

We've had to change our book club meeting date y'all. We'll meet on April 4 to discuss New York Times bestseller, Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen. This novel is Sara's third. She's also written Riding Lessons and Flying Changes and is working on a fourth novel, Ape House.

Have you noticed ...

.. that I have added to the blog? I added a widget. Right now it features Nathan McCall, writer of Them. I added a poll. I even changed the template. Enjoy!

Read Books By Email

That's the idea behind the DailyLit website. DailyLit sends you books by email or RSS feed according to your pre-agreed schedule. You can have access to over 750 classic and contemporary books. Some are free and some are on a pay-per-read basis.

New Book byJoshilyn Jackson

Here is a new book by one of the book club's favorite southern writers, Joshilyn Jackson. The title is The Girl Who Stopped Swimming.

Anne Rice and Son

This mother son team makes an interesting read from USA Today.