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BookBalloon July Reading Club: The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
“Daniel, a 10-year-old boy dangerously grieving for his mother’s death some years before — ‘I can’t remember Mommy’s face’ — is taken by his solicitous bookseller f… more →
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BookBalloon July Reading Club: The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
wrote 11 months ago: “Daniel, a 10-year-old boy dangerously grieving for his mother’s death some years before … more →
BookBalloon Reading Club: Logicomix
wrote 1 year ago: June Reading Club: Logicomix by Apostolos Doxiadis “Covering a span of sixty years, the graphi … more →
BookBalloon April Reading Club: Fortunes of War by Olivia Manning
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wrote 1 year ago: Discussion begins April 2 at BookBalloon: NYRB Classic: Fortunes of War: The Balkan Trilogy “T … more →
Focus on Film at BookBalloon (in addition to books, of course)
wrote 1 year ago: Announcing a new feature coming to BookBalloon: Excitement! BookBalloon would like to announce anoth … more →
Mark Lawrence at BookBalloon.com September 20-21
wrote 1 year ago: From BookBalloon: Prince of Thorns has been heralded as the fantasy debut of 2011. On September 20 a … more →
BookBalloon September reading club selection: The Sisters Brothers
wrote 1 year ago: BookBalloon Reading Club September Selection: The Sisters Brothersby Patrick Dewitt”If Eli and … more →
BookBalloon August Reading Club selection: The Mountain Lion
wrote 1 year ago: BookBalloon Reading Club August Selection The Mountain Lion by Jean Stafford “Eight-year-old M … more →
Q and A with Katharine Weber July 26 at BookBalloon
wrote 1 year ago: Q and A with Katharine Weber July 26 It’s a story with enough glamour, intrigue, romance, and heartb … more →
BookBalloon Reading Club July Selection: The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell
wrote 1 year ago: BookBalloon Reading Club July Selection The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell … more →
BookBalloon June Reading Club Selection: Corrigan
wrote 1 year ago: BookBalloon Reading Club June Selection Corrigan by Caroline Blackwood “Corrigan is at once a … more →
BookBalloon Reading Club: May Selection
wrote 2 years ago: BookBalloon Reading Club May Selection Galore by Michael Crummey “As the title promises, Micha … more →
BookBalloon April Reading Club Selection: The Unpossessed
wrote 2 years ago: BookBalloon Reading Club April New York Review of Books Selection The Unpossessed by Tess Slesinger … more →
March Reading Club: Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter
wrote 2 years ago: BookBalloon Reading Club Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin “If you’re looki … more →
BookBalloon: February Reading Club Selection
wrote 2 years ago: February BookBalloon Reading Club Selection: Manservant and Maidservant by Ivy Compton-Burnett … more →
BookBalloon October Reading Club selection: Broken April
wrote 2 years ago: October BookBalloon Reading Club selection: Broken April by Ismail Kadare “Broken April is wri … more →
BookBalloon's September reading club selection: Lolly Willowes
wrote 2 years ago: BookBalloon September Reading Club Selection: Lolly Willowes, or The Loving Huntsman by Silvia Towns … more →
Spooner by Pete Dexter -- BookBalloon's August Reading Club Selection
wrote 2 years ago: BookBalloon August Reading Club Selection Spooner by Pete Dexter “In Spooner, his autobiograph … more →
Discussion of Next by James Hynes begin June 1 at BookBalloon
wrote 2 years ago: June Reading Club Selection at BookBalloon: Next: A Novel, by James Hynes “Over the novel’s ei … more →
BookBalloon discussion of Cassandra at the Wedding begins May 1
wrote 3 years ago: May NYRB Classics Reading Club at BookBalloon: Cassandra at the Wedding by Dorothy Baker “Doro … more →
