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Up from the Blue Reading Guide
Posted On: December 2, 2011
Posted In: Extracts, Reading Groups
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Up from the Blue Reading Guide

Download the reading guide to Susan Henderson’s achingly real depiction of mental illness, Up from the Blue….

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The Virgin Suicides Reading Group Guide
Posted On: October 20, 2011
Posted In: Reading Groups
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The Virgin Suicides Reading Group Guide

The story of the five Lisbon sisters and the effects of their suicides on their small suburban community. Jeffrey Eugenides explores the heady territory of adolescent sexuality through the collective narrative voice of the young boys, now men, who fell under the sisters’ spell…

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Middlesex Reading Group Guide
Posted On: October 13, 2011
Posted In: Reading Groups
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Middlesex Reading Group Guide

Sprawling across eight decades – and one unusually awkward adolescence – Jeffrey Eugenides’ long-awaited second novel is a grand, utterly original fable of crossed bloodlines, the intricacies of gender, and the deep, untidy promptings of desire.

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Pigeon English Special #2!
Posted On: August 30, 2011
Posted In: Interviews, Reading Groups, Video
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Pigeon English Special #2!

Watch an interview with Stephen Kelman, author of Pigeon English, and download the Reading Guide.

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The Far to Go Reading Guide
Posted On: August 9, 2011
Posted In: Reading Groups
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The Far to Go Reading Guide

Download the reading guide to Alison Pick’s Booker long-listed novel, a powerful and profoundly moving story about one family’s epic journey to flee the Nazi occupation of their homeland in 1939, and above all to save the life of a six-year-old boy…

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The Lake Shore Limited Reading Group Guide
Posted On: August 1, 2011
Posted In: Reading Groups
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The Lake Shore Limited Reading Group Guide

Three years after the death of her brother Gus, Leslie still thinks about what might have been if Gus hadn’t got on that plane on September 11th…

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The Lost and Forgotten Languages of Shanghai Reading Group Guide
Posted On: July 28, 2011
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The Lost and Forgotten Languages of Shanghai Reading Group Guide

A sensitive exploration of the power of words and of silence, The Lost and Forgotten Languages of Shanghai, by Ruiyan Xu is a wonderfully evocative debut about love and language, duty and passion, in a vibrant modern city.

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The Monsieur Montespan Reading Guide
Posted On: April 27, 2011
Posted In: Reading Groups
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The Monsieur Montespan Reading Guide

If you need ideas for what your reading group should tackle next, look no further than Bookhugger’s reading guide to Jean Teulé’s humourous historical revenge drama.

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The Pindar Diamond Reading Guide
Posted On: April 26, 2011
Posted In: Reading Groups
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The Pindar Diamond Reading Guide

These discussion questions are designed to enhance your group’s conversation about The Pindar Diamond, a novel of fortune and romance set in Venice at the turn of the seventeenth century.

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127 Hours Reading Group Guide
Posted On: February 3, 2011
Posted In: Reading Groups
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127 Hours Reading Group Guide

This reading group guide for 127 Hours includes an introduction, discussion questions, and ideas for enhancing your book club. The suggested questions are intended to help your reading group find new and interesting angles and topics for your discussion.

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September reading groups round-up
Posted On: September 1, 2010
Posted In: Reading Groups
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September reading groups round-up

Looking for a new title for your bookgroup or reading circle? Look no further – here are three titles that have reading group resources available right here on Bookhugger.

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July reading groups round-up
Posted On: July 26, 2010
Posted In: Reading Groups
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July reading groups round-up

Looking for a new title for your bookgroup or reading circle? Look no further – here are two very different titles that have reading group resources available right here on Bookhugger.

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June Reading Groups Round-up
Posted On: June 22, 2010
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June Reading Groups Round-up

Looking for ideas for new titles to read with your reading circle or book group? Let us help. Here are some titles which have reading guides ready and waiting for you to stimulate discussion and debate.

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May Reading Groups Round-Up
Posted On: May 27, 2010
Posted In: Reading Groups
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May Reading Groups Round-Up

Looking for inspiration for books to read with your book group or reading circle? Here we present a selection of titles for which reading groups are available.

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April Reading Groups Round-up
Posted On: April 30, 2010
Posted In: Reading Groups
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April Reading Groups Round-up

Looking for a new title for your bookgroup or reading circle? Look no further – here are four very different titles that have reading group resources available right here on Bookhugger.

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Stardust reading group guide
Posted On: April 29, 2010
Posted In: Interviews, Reading Groups
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Stardust reading group guide

This reading group guide for Stardust includes an introduction, discussion questions, ideas for enhancing your book club, and a Q&A with author Joseph Kanon. The suggested questions are intended to help your reading group find new and interesting angles and topics for your discussion. We hope that these ideas will enrich your conversation and increase your enjoyment of the book.

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The Book of Love reading group guide
Posted On: April 21, 2010
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The Book of Love reading group guide

Cultures throughout Europe believed there was once a gospel written in Christ’s own hand, a treasure of almost unimaginable magnitude. It was referred to by the Cathar culture in France, who claimed to be direct descendants of Christ, as The Book of Love.

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Jane Slayre reading group guide
Posted On: April 16, 2010
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Jane Slayre reading group guide

This reading group guide for Jane Slayre by Charlotte Brontë and Sherri Browning Erwin includes an introduction, discussion questions, and ideas for enhancing your book club. The suggested questions are intended to help your reading group find new and interesting angles and topics for your discussion. We hope that these ideas will enrich your conversation and increase your enjoyment of the book.

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February Reading Groups round-up
Posted On: February 17, 2010
Posted In: Reading Groups
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February Reading Groups round-up

Looking for ideas for new titles to read with your reading circle or book group? Let us help. Here are some titles which have reading guides ready and waiting for you to stimulate discussion and debate.

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January Reading Groups Round-up
Posted On: January 27, 2010
Posted In: Reading Groups
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January Reading Groups Round-up

If you’re looking for a new book for your reading group look no further – here are a selection of titles with discussion questions ready and waiting.

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Best of the Web: Inspector Pekkala
Posted On: January 26, 2010
Posted In: Articles, Reading Groups
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Best of the Web: Inspector Pekkala

It is the time of the Great Terror. Inspector Pekkala – known as the Emerald Eye – was once the most famous detective in all Russia, the favourite of the Tsar. Now he is the prisoner of the men he once hunted.

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October Reading Groups Round-up
Posted On: October 28, 2009
Posted In: Reading Groups
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October Reading Groups Round-up

If you need ideas for what your reading group should tackle next, look no further than Bookhugger’s bumper October guides.

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