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September 22, 2016 Spotlight Book Groups

September’s Spotlight is The Grant Book Club!

The Grant Book Club began meeting in the library just 3 years ago. We grew from a beginning of 6 to the 10 regulars we are today. Our group of ladies is multi-generational bringing a wealth of experiences and reading choices to the table. Monthly books range from current bestsellers to time worn classics. We have read Wuthering Heights and A Light Between Oceans, Ernest Hemingway and Fannie Flagg and much in-between.

Last fall we gathered for a murder mystery dinner party at a member’s home where everyone was assigned a character ahead of time.

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Tips for Author Skype Chats

September 21, 2016 Advice, Bookmark

A Few Tips for Successful Author Skype Chats!

1. Prepare questions for the author in advance of your meeting. You can use your own questions, and consider questions from Reading Group Choices and other sources too.

2. Meet 30 minutes prior to the Skype Chat so you can get set-up and comfortable, and ask each other any last minute questions.

3. You can choose to have a moderator with a loud clear voice handle the questions, or you can take turns asking questions. You’ll know what will work best for your group!

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Belle Boggs at the Decatur Book Festival!

September 20, 2016 RGC Events
One of our recommended books is The Art of Waiting by Belle Boggs

We were more than pleased to recommend Belle Boggs’ nonfiction book, The Art of Waiting: On Fertility, Medicine, and Motherhood, in Reading Group Choices 2017. So we were excited to find out that Belle would be speaking at the Decatur Book Festival where Reading Group Choices had a booth. And it was even more special because it was Belle’s first event for the book!

The Art of Waiting includes Belle’s personal experience struggling with infertility. But it also explores the cultural, psychological, and political views on fertility. Belle uses other people’s experiences (IVF,

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Reading Group Choices Interview with Allison Amend

September 12, 2016 Author Interviews, Bookmark
One of our recommended books is Enchanted Islands by Allison Amend

We talk to Allison Amend about her novel inspired by the Galapagos, Enchanted Islands.

Reading Group Choices enjoyed following Frances, the protagonist of the novel by Allison Amend, to Chicago, Nebraska, San Francisco, and of course the Galapagos Islands. And we found it an especially fitting read for the end of the summer. We had an interesting discussion about chance and circumstance, and Allison kindly agreed to answer a few questions for us!

Reading Group Choices: Once you decided you were going to write about Frances Conway,

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Our 2015 Survey Winners Are. . .

August 31, 2016 Annual Favorite Books, Bookmark

Thank you to everyone who filled out our 2015 survey!
We hope you enjoy looking at the 2015 Favorite Books Lists!


The Winners of our 2015 Favorite Books Survey Are. . .

North Versailles Book ClubNorth Versailles Book Club

In 2013 our ten members met at the local library and decided to organize the North Versailles Book Club. Even though we have different backgrounds (Artists, Teacher, Salesman, Homemaker, Minister, Business Owner and administrative assistant), we have one thing in common: our love of reading. Our meetings are the first Friday of the month at a local family restaurant.

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Favorite Books of the Year

August 30, 2016 Themed Book Lists

Reading Group Choices Favorite Books Lists

Each year we survey our readers, and compile a list of the most popular books of the year. In the past we created one list that included every genre, but beginning in 2015, we created three lists for our readers’ favorite fiction, nonfiction, and young adult books.

You can view the past and current lists here.

Be sure to sign up for the newsletter to find out about the annual survey so you can enter your groups’

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