With playlists, decorating tips, online salon goes beyond your average book club

CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Teen girls should listen to KT Tunstall's "Suddenly I See" while reading "Nothing but the Truth (and a Few White Lies)," suggests author Justina Chen Headley.

Headley considers "Suddenly I See" her novel's theme song, both for the words and the singer, who is half-Asian like the main character.

It's part of a playlist Headley compiled for Readergirlz, a new online book salon for teen girls. The free book club goes beyond the traditional author Q&A to offer MySpace discussions and book-party decoration ideas and menus (in Headley's case, she suggests dim sum and sweetened green tea).

Headley is one of four authors who organized the club ( www.readergirlz.com). The others are Dia Calhoun ("Avielle of Rhia" and "The Phoenix Dance"); Janet Lee Carey ("The Beast of Noor" and next month's "Dragon's Keep"); and Lorie Ann Grover ("On Pointe" and "Loose Threads").

Geared to girls ages 12 to 17, the selections will focus on critically lauded works with "gutsy" female protagonists.

Book discussions will take place on a MySpace group forum (a safety feature allows organizers to preview comments before they're posted). Girls without MySpace access can send e-mails to the Web site instead.

"With this, we can chat back and forth," Grover says. "The impact is completely different than just reading a book and setting it aside."

The site also will link to non-profit organizations, and will suggest community-service projects related to each book.

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