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The month's selection for
store-sponsored groups is discounted 20% for group participants.
Literary
Fiction: The Open Fiction Book Group,
led by Elli Meeropol, meets on the third Monday of the month at 7 p.m.
Crime
Fiction: Neil Novik, co-owner of the Odyssey, leads
the Odyssey Crime Club
at 7 p.m. on the second Monday of every month.
Sundays
with Shakespeare: This discussion group is led by Arthur
Kinney, director of Renaissance Studies at UMASS. It meets at 11 a.m. on
the third Sunday of every month.
Check out the Odyssey staff's favorite paperbacks for book group
discussions here.
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Book
Group Discounts
The
Odyssey offers 20% off book group selections, if you order five or more
per title at least two weeks in advance of the date you need them, to
be picked up by one person. To participate in
this discount program, you must register your group with the Odyssey.
Click here for a simple online
registration form. The
best way to place a book group discount order is using our online request. You may also call the store with the necessary information. When the books
come in, we’ll call the contact person and place the books behind the
counter to be picked up. Please give us plenty of time, so we can have the books available
– most groups like to have the books in hand a full month before the
meeting at which they’ll be discussed.
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Book Group Review: Tumultuous
Affairs, by Durham Caldwell
from the Ludlow Senior Center Book Club
We found that the author
provided a very realistic description of “character behavior” in this
book. He used true to life situations concerning racial prejudices
and the political “fever” during this timeframe.
A good example of this is the school segregation problems of that
era. We feel that this book
was a good read and that others will enjoy it regardless of geographical
location or setting. Many
will relate to similar situations in their own areas.
Everyone, regardless of their age, should read this book.
Resources
for Book Groups
IndieBound
is the website of the independent bookstores of America. Their monthly
"picks" showcase new fiction, and they also list book group
favorites and specialty recommendations. Check them out at http://www.indiebound.org/indie-next-list.
General
Reading Group Websites:
www.readinggroupchices.com
www.readinggroupguides.com
Book
Review Sites:
http://www.reviewsofbooks.com
http://www.bookpage.com
http://www.bookreporter.com
Printable
reading guides from publishers:
Algonquin Books: http://algonquin.com/etcetera/readers-guides
Curbstone Press: http://curbstone.org/index.cfm?webpage=24
Random House: http://www.randomhuse.com/rgg/
Penguin Group: http://us.penguingroup.com/static/html/readingguides/index.html
HarperCollins: http://www.harpercollins.com/readers/readinggroups.aspx
Henry Holt: http://www.henryholt.com/readingguides/index.htm
St. Martins: http://www.readinggroupgold.com/guides/guides.aspx
Houghton Mifflin: http://houghtonmifflinbooks.com/readings_guides/fiction.shtml
Simon&Schuster: http://www.simonsays.com
WW Norton: http://wwnorton.com/trade/rgg.htm
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