'Lime Tree' makes Top 10 New Novels List!

Earlier this week, Lime Tree Can't Bear Orange was picked as one of ten Best Debut novels for 2009 by Booklist Online!

This is very exciting news for Amanda Smyth (Lime Tree's author), can you even imagine how that might feel? I'm so grateful that she'll actually be joining us here at pnn.com next Sunday for our online book club event!

So on that note, this is your one week until our online Book Club gathering friendly reminder ... next Sunday October 25th (at 11:30am PT / 2:30pm EST / 7:30pm in the U.K.),

Amanda Smyth will be joining Diva and I for a discussion about Lime Tree Can't Bear Orange, here in the live chat room at pnn.com  The link will be posted in advance of the event - and we plan to gather for one hour.

I've listed potential discussion questions below ~ and I invite you to please use the Comments box to leave questions or discussion topics you'd like to see covered during our gathering.

Finally, please feel free to congratulate Amanda in the comments area below ~ this has got to be a very exciting time for her and gosh, how lucky we are that she'll be making time in her schedule to join us in the book's discussion!

Here are potential discussion questions:

Did you like Celia?

Who was your favourite character in the book?

If you were to sum up the way you felt about the book when you finished reading it in one word - what would that one word be? (This is where my friend and I differed.)

How do you think the story actually ends - after we walk away, when the future, for the characters, continues to unfold?

If Celia were to suddenly show up on pnn.com with her story ~ would you feel the same towards her here as you do in the pages of the book?

Who, in the book, do you think would benefit most from participating in the Authenticity Workshop that is presently running here at pnn.com under Brene Brown's leadership?

What do you think the title of the book means - and does it reflect a message contained within the story? (As an aside, the book was originally titled Black Rock - and is called that in some countries. I believe it was changed to Lime Tree Can't Bear Orange here in North America because a corporation had the rights to the name Black Rock already.)

And one last thing: Two fabulous PNN Community Members are vying for the position of Good Mood Blogger at another site. To make it to the second round of applicant consideration - they need to be in the Top 20 with regards to Vote Count.

Please, take a moment to right click on each of their names (and select Open in New Tab so you don't leave this page) and give them a Vote. You don't have to register or leave any sort of personal information to do so. And making it to Round 2 will mean the world to them both. Thank you!!  Writergrrl    Tragicomical/Roberta