No-Obligation Book Club
You love curling up with a classic novel. You love talking with friends about the latest Jodi Picoult bestseller. But you can’t stand the obligations of a book club. (What time? What place? Who’s bringing the chip dip?)

We feel your pain. That’s why RealSimple.com has started the No-Obligation Book Club.

No time frame, no deadlines, no obligations: just the pleasures of reading good books, as suggested―and led―by Real Simple editors. The goal is to get the benefits of a book club...without feeling overwhelmed by rigid schedules.

Recent Posts By No-Obligation Book Club

We’re Already Thinking About Our July Question for You

March 1, 2011 | By | Comments (0)

Hi, Bookies: Yes, out in the world it’s March 1, but here at Real Simple we’re already into July—or, at least, our friends on the print side are deep into planning the July issue. So here’s what they would like to know: What is your favorite beach read? Tell us below—be sure to include the book’s title, its author, and […]

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Welcome to March’s Book Club!

February 24, 2011 | By | Comments (0)

Hi, everyone! I'm Kathleen Harris, the managing editor of RealSimple.com. My job is to make sure that the website keeps producing great new stories and features (like the No-Obligation Book Club) for you, our devoted audience. So if you ever want to let me know how we're doing, don't hesitate to e-mail me at kathleen_harris@realsimple.com. Back to the books: I […]

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Announcing Our March Book

February 21, 2011 | By | Comments (0)

Hi, Bookies: It was a tight race, but Emma Donoghue’s Room: A Novel maintained its slight lead over The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks to win the poll. RealSimple.com Managing Editor Kathleen Harris, our March discussion leader, will be back later this week to say hello, so look for that and for Maggie Shi’s final post on Half Broke Horses. […]

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Remember: Vote Before the Poll Closes

February 16, 2011 | By | Comments (0)

Hello, Bookies: We have just a few more days until our March book poll comes down, so if you haven’t cast your vote yet, now’s the time. Vote for your pick of the books below before 11:59 p.m. EST this Sunday, February 20. Room: A Novel, by Emma Donoghue Told from the perspective of a 5-year-old boy, the emotionally provocative […]

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We’re Looking for Answers for Our June Issue

February 11, 2011 | By | Comments (0)

Hola, Bookies: This month, our friends down the hall on the print side would like us to ask you this: What is your favorite book series? Tell us below in a sentence or two, and you may see your answer printed in the June issue. Thanks, as always, and have a great weekend, everyone! Are you reading this via an […]

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One Day’s David Nicholls Answers Your Questions [SPOILER ALERT!]

February 8, 2011 | By | Comments (0)

Hello, Bookies:

 

 

In the NOBC in-box this morning: author David Nicholls’ answers to your questions about One Day. Big note: There are major plot spoilers discussed below, so we urge you not to read this post without first finishing the book.

 

From Danielle Virgin, discussion leader:

1. At any point did you consider the possibility of Emma and Dex not being together?

 

2. Was it difficult to write how these characters evolved, considering we have only a glimpse of their lives from one year to the next?

 

 

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And the March Book Poll Is Now Open

February 2, 2011 | By | Comments (0)

Hello, Bookies: We’ve just barely kicked off February, true, but it’s a short month so we need to start thinking about March already! Our choices this month come courtesy of RealSimple.com Managing Editor Kathleen Harris, who—you may remember—led the club in discussing The Art of Racing in the Rain back in November 2009. This time around, along with fiction, Kathleen […]

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One Day, Part 4, Late Thirties [SPOILER ALERT!]

January 25, 2011 | By | Comments (0)

Hi, Bookies: I have to admit that as much as I wanted Dex and Emma to get together, when it happened I was surprised that they were finally able to admit their feelings and fears, but frankly was more surprised that the two of them seemed to finally grow up. Did anyone else find themselves a bit taken aback that […]

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Our February Book

January 24, 2011 | By | Comments (0)

And our winner is. . . Half Broke Horses, Jeannette Walls’ novelistic recounting of the life of the beloved grandmother she introduced in her best-selling memoir, The Glass Castle. Later this week, join RealSimple.com Deputy Editor and food blogger Maggie Shi, who will say hello and talk a little bit about our February pick.

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We’re Winding Down the February Poll

January 20, 2011 | By | Comments (0)

Hello there, Bookies: If you haven’t yet voted for the February book, now’s the time: The poll closes this Sunday at 11:59 p.m. EST. And the nominees are… Half Broke Horses, by Jeannette Walls The follow-up to Walls’ best-selling memoir, The Glass Castle, is a novelistic re-creation of the amazing life of her intrepid, indomitable grandmother. Born Round, by Frank […]

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