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Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, Jamie Ford’s Seattle-set debut novel, is officially your June book. Discussion leader Lindsay Funston, Real Simple’s food assistant, will say hello and talk a little about the book and reading schedule later this week. Are you reading this via an e-mail or RSS feed? If you wish to comment, please click here.

Yes, you, Bookie! Remember, you have until this Sunday, May 23, to vote for your favorite of the four books below. Real Simple Food Assistant Lindsay Funston will lead the discussion of the winning June book. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, by Jamie Ford Ford’s debut novel, set in the Seattle of World War II, is a […]

As always, it comes from our friends down the hall on the print side of Real Simple; your answer could appear in the September issue. And the question is: What is the most memorable book you read in school? And, of course, why? Did you bawl your eyes out while reading Wilson Rawls’ Where the Red Fern Grows, stumble your […]

Hello, Bookies: So what’s in the mix this time? Everything from a debut novel to an indisputable classic, a short story collection to intriguing historical fiction. Real Simple Food Assistant Lindsay Funston will lead next month’s discussion of the winning book. Pick your favorite of the four below by Sunday, May 23! Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, […]

Hey, Bookies: What is your favorite biography or autobiography? Are you, perhaps, a big fan of Philip Norman’s definitive biography of the Fab Four, Shout: The Beatles in Their Generation? Or are you more about firsthand accounts of history—say, Bill Clinton’s My Life? So tell us: What’s your favorite biography or autobiography? Give us a few lines below on your […]

Yes! Club member favorite Jodi Picoult topped the May poll with her 18th novel, House Rules. Please join us later this week when RealSimple.com blogger Kate Parker, our discussion leader next month, will say hello and talk a little bit about your next book. Are you reading this via an e-mail or RSS feed? If you wish to comment, please […]

Hello, Bookies: At the moment, the popular author’s latest, House Rules, is in the lead, but the May book poll doesn’t close until Sunday, so any of the books below could still come out on top. Sit tight. . .unless you haven’t voted yet. In which case, definitely don’t sit tight: Make your pick from these four choices by April […]