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Andrea of Great Thoughts is back today to announce our book club pick for June! In honor of our big unveiling, we’re giving away 20 copies of our upcoming book club choice. Read on to learn more and enter!
Why do we have a book club?
We are all busy with jobs inside and outside of our homes. Many of us have children, blogs, husbands, pets and quite crazy lives. So why do we also throw a book club at you?
The answer is simple: because we need it! Reading calms you, educates you and enlightens you. I am ALWAYS asked, “How do you have time to read?” My reply is that reading is my oxygen. I work and have twins. I am as busy, just like you are, but I make reading daily a priority because it opens my mind to other cultures and places, people and events and quite simply, makes me better.
Our goal is to choose books for the SITS Book Club that are easy reads. We want books that you will sail through and are glad to read. The books chosen are chosen for a reason. If I have read it and loved it, and if there is a message we can all relate to, then the book is a candidate for the SITS Book Club.
I encourage you to step out of your busy life and try the book club. Many of you are reading The Dressmaker of Khair Khana by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon in anticipation of our May 5th Twitter Party. Did I mention that this book is now number 10 on the New York Times’ Best Seller List? Did I mention that the fabulous author will be participating in our Twitter party? This is a very quick read, so you easily can buy the book and read it before May 5th.
If you believe in empowering women and in women’s ability to change the world, then this book is for you. While non-fiction, it reads like a gripping novel.Even if you haven’t read the book, we encourage you to join us on May 5th on Twitter to see what it is all about.
June Book Club Pick and Giveaway
I am pleased to announce the June SITS Book Club pick….

The Bird Sisters by Rebecca Rasmussen
Join us for our book club chat on Thursday, June 9th from 8-9 pm CST. You can find us on Twitter using the hashtag #SITSBooks. What’s more, Rebecca Rasmussen, the wonderful author, will be joining us!
This is a debut novel for Rebecca and it is FABULOUS! To get a sneak peek of the book, you can read my review here. Rebecca also wrote an unbelievable guest post on my blog, Great Thoughts. Read this and tell me you don’t want to have a glass of wine with her ASAP!
From the publisher:
When a bird flies into a window in Spring Green, Wisconsin, sisters Milly and Twiss get a visit. Twiss listens to the birds’ heartbeats, assessing what she can fix and what she can’t, while Milly listens to the heartaches of the people who’ve brought them. The two sisters have spent their lives nursing people and birds back to health.
But back in the summer of 1947, they knew nothing about trying to mend what had been accidentally broken. Milly was known as a great beauty with emerald eyes and Twiss was a brazen wild child who never wore a dress or did what she was told. That was the summer their golf pro father got into an accident that cost him both his swing and his charm, and their mother, the daughter of a wealthy jeweler, finally admitted their hardscrabble lives wouldn’t change. It was the summer their priest, Father Rice, announced that God didn’t exist and ran off to Mexico, and a boy named Asa finally caught Milly’s eye. And, most unforgettably, it was the summer their cousin Bett came down from a town called Deadwater and changed the course of their lives forever.
The Bird Sisters Book Club Giveaway
Thanks to Crown, the publisher of The Bird Sisters, we are able to offer 20 free books to our community. To enter, simply leave a comment below.
For extra entries, you can:
- Let us know that you’ll be participating in the May 5th Twitter Party discussing The Dressmaker of Khair Khana. (You can find us at 6:00 pm PST / 7:00 pm MST / 8:00 pm CST / 9:00 pm EST using #SITSBooks.)
- Tweet about the book club using the hashtag #SITSBooks.
Join us. You just may love it!
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I would love to read this book! Fingers crossed, i hope i win:)
I would love to win a cpoy of this book for my book club to read. Sounds amazing
I would love to win a copy and follow along with the book 😀
Souns like an intriguing book. Maybe i ‘d better win one just to be sure.
I am so excited to have found your site today! I look forward to empowering and being empowered! In addition to being a makeup artist, I also have taught Reading and English—so needless to say, I would love to win this book and add it to my collection!
I love reading and finding new & interesting books to read! And this one looks like it’ll fit the bill perfectly!
I’ll try to make it for the last half hour. I won’t be home until then.
Looks like a good book. Granted, I am judging by its cover.
I’ve never been involved in a book club. This sounds like fun!
The book sounds really good and I love the virtual twist of your bookclub. Maybe I will be a winner!
I just retweeted:
http://twitter.com/#!/SITSGirls/status/65829331200524289
I’ve never been a part of a book club before! I’m definitely joining =)
I tweeted!
I LOVe book club! and make sure I prioritize reading into my everyday life. Can’t live without the downtiem it provides…
I didn’t know you had a book club! What a great idea, ladies.
I want to follow along. The book clubs I’ve tried to organize always turned into a bunch of women guzzling my wine and confessing “You know, I didn’t really read it. Ooh! I think I’ll try a glass of white this time!”
Book club fail.
I just tweeted about the book club. 🙂
https://twitter.com/#!/lemondroppie/status/65832853463773184
I finally got the only copy of the Dressmaker that my library had. I had it on hold since March! Whether or not I finish the book, I’m coming to the twitter party tomorrow!
I would love to win a copy of the Bird Sisters! Hope I’m not too late.
Looks like an amazing book to read. Would love to win! thanks for the chance
The book club sounds like a wonderful idea. I’d love to participate and I’m always looking for a good book to read!
I’m in BlogHer’s Book Club, and I LOVE it. I need to be in your book club too. You would complete me. hehe
I’m a reader. Always have been, always will be. The more, the better.
And it’s even more fun to discuss books with others!
Count me in!
It would save me an hour drive to the bookstore so pick me!! Please!!
I will be posting on the 5th… I also tweeted. http://twitter.com/#!/hootowl1978/status/65228025595297793. I WANT to win this book and participate!!!
This sounds like a great book! I’d love to read this!
Would love to win a copy!
Looks like an interesting book to read. I’m trying to get back into reading again and would love to be able to win something like this to get started.
I’ve already read “The Bird Sisters” and thought it was a very fine novel. If I should win one of the books I intend to donate it to the library I work for as a Summer Reading Club raffle prize. I am tweeting a comment also.
@jewelsbytrish tweeted the #SITSBooks giveaway!! =D
Oh I love to read!!! So excited to find a book club here! Hope I win & good luck to everyone! 🙂
Always looking for a good book to read this sounds great!
The book sounds great. Congrats to Rebecca on her first book!
I tweeted about the giveaway:
http://twitter.com/#!/inluvwithbookz/status/63434878275960832
~Hira~
Email: Enamoredsoul(at)gmail(dot)com
Twitter: @inluvwithbookz
I am RSVP-ing for the May 5th Twitter Party discussing The Dressmaker of Khair Khana by Gayle Lemmon. I’ve been DYING to read that book as well, especially since I have roots in that region (not Afghanistan, but Pakistan).
Can’t wait! 😀
~Hira~
Email: Enamoredsoul(at)gmail(dot)com
Twitter: @inluvwithbookz
Thank you SO much for this AMAZING giveaway opportunity, I am REALLY looking forward to reading “The Bird Sisters”. I have interacted with author Rebecca Rasmussen on Twitter, and she is an incredibly charming and sweet person – which makes you wonder if her book will be just as amazing (which I am sure it is!). I can’t WAIT to read it! Thank you SO very much for this opportunity! 😀
~Hira~
Email: Enamoredsoul(at)gmail(dot)com
Twitter: @inluvwithbookz
This sounds like a really interesting book, would love a chance to read it.
If I don’t win this, I’d better get out and buy one quick. I hear they’re flying off the shelves!!
Rebecca was just featured over at The Red Dress Club as well, and her book was already on my Mother’s Day wish list. Count me in for June. Thanks Francesca!
I love the cover of this book (not that I judge a book by it’s cover – never, never, no, no – maybe) it does kind of make me want to read!
I am so very excited about this bookclub and this book! I am an avid reader and have been looking for an AWESOME Bookclub and I think I found it. Looking foward to joining you al! I have my fingers crosses that I’m a winner!
HI
I AM so glad to have found you on the internet. i will be attending your book club on June 9. I look forward to it
I tweeted:
http://twitter.com/#!/TheEclecticE/status/63078335021977601
Ooooh, I’m always on the lookout for new books to read! And since I have plenty of time on my hands, I’m going through books like no other xD
Thank you so much for this opportunity!
I’ve read the Dressmaker which had me turning each page with anticipation/trepidation. Would she get caught? How could they succeed against such obstacles?
I am now looking forward to reading The Bird Susters!!
I am always looking for a new book! thanks!
I would love to win a copy!
I would love to read this book and be ready to participate in the chat on June 9. I discovered TheBirdSisters via Margaret Roach on Twitter. I’ve read the enthusiastic comments about the book.
I’m very excited to read this first novel. Thank you. (Pick me! Pick me!!)
This book looks great! Fingers crossed that I’m selected as a winner.
I’m so excited! I love a good book! Looking forward to reading with everyone and hopefully winning the book!!!
I am so excited about this book! Going to keep my fingers crossed for a win, because its on my must read list!
+1 tweet!
I tweeted about #SITSBooks!
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