May Poll Closing Soon!
Hi, Bookies: A quick reminder to vote for the book you’d like to read next month. Your choices are below; make your pick before the poll closes, at 11:59 p.m. ET this Monday, April 23. The winner will...
View ArticleYour May Book Winner!
Hi, Bookies: So Erin Morgenstern’s magical debut novel, The Night Circus, is your May pick. RealSimple.com’s Brigitt Hauck will say hi and introduce this imaginative story of two dueling magicians and...
View ArticleVote for Your June Book!
Hello, Bookies: Before we kick off summer, unofficially anyway, on Memorial Day, let’s pick our June book, so we can enjoy the long weekend with a good read in hand. Mary Kate McGrath, senior editor...
View ArticleJoin Real Simple’s Reader Book Review Panel
Hello, Bookies! I have a lot to share with you, starting with this big news: Our friends over on the print side of Real Simple are looking for readers to review books for them. Here’s how it will work:...
View ArticleLast Call to Vote for Your June Book
Hi, Bookies: A quick reminder that our June book poll closes at 11:59 p.m. this Wednesday, May 23. If you haven’t voted yet, be sure to pick your favorite of the four books below. I Totally Meant to Do...
View ArticleThe July Book Poll Is Now Open
Happy it-will-soon-be-the-Fourth-of-July, Bookies! Not that I’m rushing anything, mind you. But I’ve always loved the Fourth, so any excuse to conjure it up is fine with me. This year, we’ll be...
View ArticleJuly Book Poll Closing
Voted yet, Bookies? Just wanted to remind you that you have until 11:59 p.m. ET this Sunday, June 24, to pick one of the four books below. A recap: All four are thrillers, of very different sorts,...
View ArticleTwo Important Announcements, Bookies
First off, our July book: It was a resounding win for Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl, a twisting, turning, zooming-up-the-charts thriller. You’ll hear a little more about it when our July discussion leader,...
View ArticleAnswer This Question and You Might Be in the October Issue
Howdy, Bookies: I have a question for you from our friends down the hall on the print side of Real Simple. For the book club page in the October issue, they would like you to answer this: What book...
View ArticleIt’s Pick-Your-August-Book Time
Happy Fourth of July, Bookies! I hope you savor the barbecue and fireworks, and then it’s time to think about August—or, at least, what we’ll be reading in August. Our leader next month will be Claudia...
View ArticleTina Fey Answers Questions From the No-Obligation Book Club
Hi, Bookies: Between the end of shooting season 6 of 30 Rock and the beginning of shooting its final season, Tina Fey filmed the big-screen comedy Admission, which also stars Paul Rudd and Michael...
View ArticleHave You Voted for August Yet?
Hi, Bookies! Are you enjoying Gone Girl? It’s been a long time since I’ve blown through a book as quickly as I did that one: I devoured it. Emily will cover the last section on Friday, and I can only...
View ArticleYour August Winner
Hi, Bookies: By a wide margin, our winner is The History of Love, Nicole Krauss’s tender, wry, surprising novel about a novel, also called The History of Love, that ties together two lonely people: an...
View ArticleAnswer This Question for the November Issue
Hi, Bookies: Hard at work on the November 2012 issue—which will coincide with the conclusion of the current presidential race—our colleagues over on the print side of RS were inspired to ask this...
View ArticleVote for September’s Book
Hello, Bookies: I can’t believe we’re thinking September, and Labor Day, and end of summer already, but here we are. One thing we have to look forward to: spending a long holiday weekend with one of...
View ArticleRemember: Vote for September’s Book!
Hi, Bookies: A quick hello to remind you that we’re coming up on the deadline for September votes. Our group leader next month, RealSimple.com Associate Producer Erin Henry, has picked four novels—all...
View ArticleYour September Winner!
Hi, Bookies: It was pretty much no contest. M.L. Stedman’s highly regarded debut, The Light Between Oceans, zoomed out in front early on and never let up. September discussion leader Erin Henry,...
View ArticleFall Reading Lists: Mine, Yours, and Anderson Cooper’s
Hi, Bookies: We recently asked Anderson Cooper what books he’s really looking forward to reading this fall, and his three picks ranged widely in a way that, I guess, is not surprising for someone who...
View ArticleGone Girl’s Gillian Flynn Answers Your Questions
Hi, Bookies: It’s been one crazy summer for Gillian Flynn, the author of Gone Girl, but I guess that’s what happens when your book has been called the It read of the season. Still, she took time out to...
View ArticleThe October Book Poll Is Open
Hi, Bookies: October, with its falling leaves and corn mazes, apple picking and pumpkins, Halloween and trick-or-treaters. (At least, that’s this New Yorker’s version of October; what’s yours?) And for...
View ArticleDon’t Forget: Vote for Your October Book
Hi, Bookies: Your usual friendly reminder that the book poll is closing soon: at 11:59 p.m. ET this Sunday, September 23. Vote now, if you haven’t already, for one of the four books below. Cheers! An...
View ArticleWhich Book Won the October Poll?
Hi, Bookies: It was a decisive win for In the Garden of Beasts, Erik Larson’s incredible nonfiction telling of a somewhat obscure but nonetheless fascinating figure in American history: William Dodd,...
View ArticleThe November Book Poll Is Now Open
Hi, Bookies: What you see above is a paper rendering of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, an American classic. Three of our four choices this month are American classics, too; the fourth is a...
View ArticleYour November Voting Reminder
Hi, Bookies: We’re winding down on the November poll, and as I write this, no more than one vote separates the two books in the lead. Which means: Every vote counts! So if you haven’t marked your...
View ArticleAnnouncing the November Book
Hi, Bookies: By just a slim 10 votes, Kate Chopin’s 1899 classic, The Awakening, won the poll. Check in later this week, when Jenny Brown, Real Simple’s associate copy editor and our November...
View ArticleThe Light Between Oceans’ M.L. Stedman Answers Your Questions: Spoiler Alert!
Hello, Bookies: Anyone who has already read The Light Between Oceans knows that it takes some twists and turns. But for those who might stumble across this blog post without having first read the book,...
View ArticleAnswer a Question for the February Issue
Hello, Bookies: From our friends down the hall on the print side of Real Simple comes this question: What book makes a great Valentine’s Day gift? Something sweetly romantic? Something sexy? Tell us in...
View ArticleAuthor Erik Larson Answers Questions About In the Garden of Beasts
Hi, Bookies: While the Real Simple offices in midtown Manhattan were totally spared damage from Hurricane Sandy, we know that many of our readers have suffered losses and hardships from the storm, and...
View ArticleYou Can Vote Now for Your December Book!
Hello, Bookies: The last time I led the club was in December 2010, and as hard as it is to believe that two years have passed, it’s equally hard to reconcile the fact that 2012 is coming to a close...
View ArticleDid You Vote Yet for December?
Hello, Bookies: So much to talk about today! First, of course: the December book poll. Have you voted yet? See the four choices below, take the long holiday weekend to mull over your pick, if you’d...
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