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The November Spotlight Group Is…

November 07, 2023 Bookmark, Spotlight Book Groups

November 2023 Spotlight: The RaRa Sisters Book Club

 

Our November 2023 Spotlight is celebrating 23 years as a book club!

The RaRa Sisters Book Club is the November 2023 Spotlight Group

 

The RaRa (Readers Anonymous) Sisters Book Club was created in 2000. The picture is from our Roaring 20s party that celebrated our 20 years together. It’s crazy to believe that we have been together for 23 years! We’ve had many adventures together and have read nearly 150 books. Together, we have supported one another through many of life’s events: some happy, some scary, and some tragic, but we’re always there for one another.

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Book Group City Tour: Indianapolis

October 11, 2023 Book Group City Tour, Bookmark
Tomorrow Bookstore in Indianapolis

We’re excited to bring back the book group city tour blog posts! Our next stop is Indianapolis, where we explore bookstores, the public library, and more.

Did you know that this capital city earned its lovable nickname “Indy” not only because “Indianapolis” is a mouthful, but also because of all the independent bookstores present in the city?

Okay, we’re totally kidding about Indy’s namesake, but we’re not kidding about it being a hub for independent bookstores. In the past two years alone, nine bookstores in Indianapolis have opened or been announced, including Loudmouth Books, which just opened to the public on September 30,

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The October Spotlight Group Is…

September 22, 2023 Bookmark, Spotlight Book Groups

October 2023 Spotlight: Bookies With Class

 

Our October 2023 Spotlight is celebrating 20 years as a book club!

Bookies With Class is our October Spotlight Group

 

Our book club began 20 years ago with six women and has now grown to 12, ranging in age from 60 to 80+. (We took this photo a couple weeks ago to celebrate our 20 years together!) The Bookies have chosen to remain small in number, consisting of family and friends. We meet each month and take turns being the hostess, usually in our home, although during COVID, we continued to meet via Zoom.

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The August Spotlight Group Is…

August 01, 2023 Bookmark, Spotlight Book Groups

August 2023 Spotlight: NDP Alumnae Book Club

 

Our August 2023 Spotlight is keeping tradition alive with decades of alumni!

 

All members attended Notre Dame Prep high school in Towson, MD, and we range as graduates from graduation years 1972-2018! We are continually growing. We now have 35 members!!! We meet at our Alma Mater!

Here’s a recent picture from earlier this year. After we posted this picture, we gained more than 20 new members! We love to welcome new people into our group, and we love the age range –

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Our 2022 Favorite Book Survey Winners Are…

May 08, 2023 Annual Favorite Books, Bookmark, Spotlight Book Groups

Thank you to all of the great readers who filled out our 2022 Favorite Books survey!

Every year, Reading Group Choices surveys book groups and readers to compile our annual list of Favorite Books. And every year we randomly choose winners who receive a gift certificate to their local independent bookstore, copies of our 2022 annual guide, and a literary tote!

Meet our 2022 favorite books survey winners below (and sign up for our newsletter so you don’t miss the chance to take our 2023 survey!).

Lunchtime Literacy Society
Raleigh,

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