What does publishers' research show about book clubs?
All book clubs have their own ways of operating. My "personal book club" has been together nearly 25 years now. We've evolved as we've...
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Michelle Duclos
- Mar 15, 2021
- 3 min
Books for Lunch Bunch Recommendations for March
Ten of us had a lively book discussion via Zoom last week and shared recommendations. While every book club, such as the book worms'...
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Michelle Duclos
- Mar 8, 2021
- 1 min
Goodreads helps us get our Irish on
As we continue thinking about a variety of genres, we find that Irish authors deal in all of them -- and that Irish literature itself is...
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Michelle Duclos
- Mar 8, 2021
- 3 min
Time to get your Irish on
St. Paddy’s Day is only half a week away from spring, so even if there’s no Irish in your family line, it’s a good holiday to enjoy....
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Michelle Duclos
- Mar 1, 2021
- 3 min
The difference between an autobiography and a memoir
By Roz Weedman When definitions are too general, concepts remain fuzzy. For example, if you look up a basic definition of a memoir you...
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Michelle Duclos
- Dec 24, 2020
- 3 min
Remembering John le Carre
Tradecraft. The Circus. The Cousins. John le Carre, the British writer who recently died at 89, changed the vocabulary of how we speak of...
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Michelle Duclos
- Dec 20, 2020
- 3 min
Christmas Stories that never get old
Ten classic Christmas stories at least a couple of which you haven’t read Why not compile an oddball little list of Christmas stories,...
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Michelle Duclos
- Dec 20, 2020
- 3 min
A sampling of new books in December
What’s new in December If there’s a theme to several of these selections, it is with the most anticipated authors. Do they thrill or...
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Michelle Duclos
- Nov 20, 2020
- 3 min
November Books for Lunch Picks
(This column was published in the Frankenmuth News on Nov. 18, 2020, by Roz Weedman.) Nine of us, including a first-time person (welcome,...
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Michelle Duclos
- Nov 12, 2020
- 3 min
What's new in Chick Lit
What’s new in Chick Lit (and is that even a thing?) (The following column was published in the Frankenmuth News on Nov. 11, 2020, by Roz...
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Michelle Duclos
- Nov 5, 2020
- 3 min
Mysteries: We know what we like but do we know why?
We know what we like but do we know why we like it? There’s a big difference between an intellectual exercise and a good story. For many...
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Michelle Duclos
- Oct 24, 2020
- 3 min
The Books for Lunch Bunch Recommendations from March
(This article was published in the Oct. 15, 2020, Frankenmuth News.) The October Books for Lunch Bunch has feedback for us on newer books...
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Michelle Duclos
- Oct 22, 2020
- 3 min
Let's get creepy . . . with Susan Todd
Some years it just isn’t enough to write about creepy books all alone. Indeed, “all alone” are words that create anxiety and fear in many...
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Michelle Duclos
- Sep 26, 2020
- 1 min
Featured Author - Mystery Writer Ann Cleeves
Ann Cleeves is an award winning best selling British author of two mystery series -- the Shetland series and the Vera Stanhope series --...
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Michelle Duclos
- Sep 15, 2020
- 2 min
Like "a bookclub in your ears," Podcasts help build reading lists.
Today we're going to add two book podcasts that many of you might enjoy listening to. A podcast is like a radio show that you can access...
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