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Santé! Drink Recipes for Book Groups Inspired by the French Revolution

October 07, 2019 Advice, Bookmark

Reading Group Choices offers drink recipes based on the novel Ribbons of Scarlet and the French Revolution

**Celebrate wine, cocktails, and reading with these drink recipes inspired by the French Revolution and the new novel Ribbons of Scarlet!**

Starting a Revolution

Six celebrated authors of historical fiction—Kate Quinn, Stephanie Dray, Laura Kamoie, E. Knight, Sophie Perinot, and Heather Webb—joined to create Ribbons of Scarlet, a timely story of the power of women to start a revolution and change the world.

In late eighteenth-century France, women did not have a place in politics. But as the tide of revolution rose,

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The October Spotlight Group Is…

October 04, 2019 Bookmark, Spotlight Book Groups

The Reading Group Choices Spotlight Book Group in October 2019 is Mirasol Book Group

October 2019 Spotlight: Mirasol Book Group

Our October Spotlight Group began among neighbors in Florida!

Karen started the Mirasol Book Group in 2004 in the Mirasol community of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. The community was new and the group originally was made up of her immediate neighbors. Over the years, some members left and new members joined but most still live in Mirasol. They meet once a month on the last Thursday night of the month at 7:30pm at a member’s home. They rotate the host as well as the discussion leader. The discussion leader gives information about the author as well as presents discussion questions.

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Welcome to Reading Group Choices 2020

September 27, 2019 Bookmark, Themed Book Lists

The Reading Group Choices 2020 guide lists the best book club books for discussion

Welcome to our new edition!

Reading Group Choices 2020 is now available for purchase (eBook and paperback) on our website! The new edition includes enjoyable, unique, and challenging fiction, nonfiction, and young adult titles that we chose to inspire thoughtful and lively conversation. Thank you to all of our readers who inspire us to find and recommend new books each year. We listened to your requests and searched for titles from around the globe.

Happy reading and discussing!

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Our picks for 2020

The Assasination of Brangwain Spurge by M.T.

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Novels That Take Us Back to School

September 06, 2019 Bookmark, Themed Book Lists

That time of year has arrived: Back to school! Gym uniforms, freshly-sharpened colored pencils, overpriced textbooks. Algebra homework and PhD dissertations. That touch of excitement to see familiar faces after summer break, mixed with a healthy amount of resignation.

(Non-Required) Reading

For students, that means much assigned reading. But for the rest of us, we can prepare for the season and indulge in a vicarious school experience on the page.

Reading Group Choices presents a list of fiction, both adult and young adult, with a connection to school. These titles range in subject matter from elementary to university (with some witchcraft thrown in for good measure).

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You Will Be Found: Dear Evan Hansen & Suicide Prevention Awareness Month

September 03, 2019 Bookmark, Featured Books, Themed Book Lists

Dear Evan Hansen is one of our book group favorites for 2018

I wish that everything was different. I wish that I was a part of something. I wish that anything I said mattered, to anyone.

Evan Hansen dreads the new school year. He’ll be a senior, and his arm is strapped with a cast from when he fell from a tree over the summer. His father left for Colorado and lives with a new wife, while his mother works as a nurse and takes classes, and so is rarely around. Evan has social anxiety and takes Atavan to calm down. His therapist, Dr.

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The September Spotlight Group Is…

August 27, 2019 Bookmark, Spotlight Book Groups

The Reading Group Choices Spotlight Book Group in September 2019 is The Page Turners

September 2019 Spotlight: The Page Turners

Our September Spotlight Group celebrates 25 years and awards prizes for their favorite books!

Our group is called The Page Turners, and since we began in 1994, we have turned a lot of them! We are a group of women in our 50s, and we meet monthly (except for June and July) at our members’ homes. We start with a planning weekend every August at a member’s lake house, where we organize our year, play in the lake, eat, and have fun catching up with each other. We each take a month to choose a book and lead the discussion.

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