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Migrations: Finding Home in a Changing World

August 31, 2020 Bookmark, Featured Books

The loss of home and environment is keenly present in Migrations, the debut novel for adults by Charlotte McConaghy.

This tale of a woman with a tortured past in pursuit of a disappearing species gives readers and book groups much to discuss about finding home in a changing world.

The Final Journey

Franny Stone, the protagonist of Migrations, feels drawn again and again to the sea. Eternally restless, she follows where her passions lead her, whether sneaking into university lectures given by her yet-to-be future husband,

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Book a Day: August Reading List & Author Chats

August 28, 2020 Book a Day, Bookmark, Themed Book Lists

Reading Group Choices Book a Day Reading List and Author Chats

Our Book a Day program rounds out the summer with these August reads for your enjoyment and morale!

We’re posting a new or classic book recommendation each day to boost your book intake, with absorbing reads to occupy and entertain. Some of our Book a Day selections also feature Facebook Live events with authors. See our August recommendations below!

Even though your book groups might not be meeting right now, we are lucky to still have ways to communicate. Share the news and follow us on Facebook and Twitter to never miss a dose…

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Welcome to Book a Day!

August 06, 2020 Book a Day, Bookmark, Themed Book Lists

Welcome to the Reading Group Choices Book a Day program for your reading enjoyment and morale!

We’re posting a new or classic book recommendation each day to boost your book intake, with absorbing reads to occupy and entertain.

Though created by conversations over what a book vitamin might look like during these uncertain times, we also hope it creates a pattern for more reading in the future.

Some of our Book a Day selections feature Facebook Live events with authors. We hope to receive questions from you and encourage interactive conversation.

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Book Group Store Tour: Books on the Loose

August 06, 2020 Book Group Store Tour, Bookmark

Books on the Loose | Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Celebrating 15 years in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, Books on the Loose offers a variety of new books, non-book items, story hours, and a cafe. Owner Rosemary Adomokai talks to Reading Group Choices about the challenges of starting and continuing to run a bookstore. She also shares what her brick-and-mortar store offers that online retailers cannot, what her customers are reading, and recommendations for Nigerian authors!

Reading Group Choices: Based on where you are now, what advice would you go back and give yourself when you were first opening the store?

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The August Spotlight Group Is…

August 01, 2020 Bookmark, Spotlight Book Groups

Reading Group Choices August 2020 Spotlight Group

August 2020 Spotlight: Kathy’s Book Group

Our August Spotlight gives the gift of reading back to their community!

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven,

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Take a Dip! Books About Swimming

July 10, 2020 Bookmark, Themed Book Lists

Cool off and get your pool fix with these books about swimming — for all genres and ages!

Summer usually means time at the beach or in the pool. Usually. But though many of us aren’t able to swim right now, that doesn’t mean we can’t dive into a good book about the topic! What follows are our picks for nonfiction, novels, young adult and children’s titles that all share a connection to swimming. Essays about what draws us to water, the history of swimming, novels that feature the sea. Dip your toe into one of these great summer reads for now —

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