--My dad, 4/29/12

• #TuesBookTalk: The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane, by Katherine Howe

  #TuesBookTalk meets on Twitter every Tuesday night from 9:30-10:30pm ET. Not on Twitter? No problem! We also have a group on Goodreads where you can share your thoughts. Anyone is welcome to join us--if you're interested, click the link above to be taken to Goodreads for more detailed information!

• #1book140: The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald

  #1book140 is an international Twitter book club, created by Jeff Howe and hosted by The Atlantic. Anyone is welcome to join, and you can find more information on The Atlantic's website by clicking the link above, or by following @1book140 and the #1book140 hashtag on Twitter. There is also an unofficial website--1Blog140, the verbose extension to #1book140--where participants can contribute to the conversation using more than 140 characters.

• The Next Best Book Club (TNBBC): Fight for Your Long Day, by Alex Kudera

  TNBBC (Goodreads) is hosted by Lori of TNBBC (the blog). Discussion of Fight for Your Long Day will be taking place in the TNBBC Goodreads group from May 15 through May 30. If you're interested in joining the discussion, click either of the links above for more information.

• BOOK CLUB: The Golem and the Jinni, by Helene Wecker

  BOOK CLUB is hosted by Jen of Devourer of Books and Nicole of Linus's Blanket. The discussion for The Golem and the Jinni will be taking place on Devourer of Books on May 21. If you're interested in participating in future BOOK CLUB discussions, keep your eyes on Jen's and Nicole's blogs for their giveaway/sign-up posts!

Here's the schedule:

2012:

MAY -- The Edible Woman (1969)

JUN -- Surfacing (1972)

JUL -- Lady Oracle (1976)

AUG -- Dancing Girls (1977)

SEP -- Life Before Man (1979)

OCT -- Bodily Harm (1981)

NOV -- Murder in the Dark (1983)

DEC -- Bluebeard’s Egg (1983)

2013:

JAN -- The Handmaid’s Tale (1985)

FEB -- Cat’s Eye (1988)

MAR -- Wilderness Tips (1991)

APR -- Good Bones (1992)

MAY -- The Robber Bride (1993)

JUN -- Alias Grace (1996)

JUL -- The Labrador Fiasco (1996)

AUG -- The Blind Assassin (2000)

SEP -- Oryx and Crake (2003)

OCT -- The Penelopiad (2005)

NOV -- The Tent (2006)

DEC -- Moral Disorder (2006)

2014:

JAN -- The Year of the Flood (2009)