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Bon Appetit! Books About Food

September 14, 2020 Bookmark, Themed Book Lists

Cooking vegetables. Photo by Max Delsid on Unsplash

Fill your plate with these books about food, ranging from memoir, fiction, and history!

It’s a combination of two great passions: reading and cooking (or just eating!). Whatever your appetite, we’ve compiled this list of books about food. Savor these picks of great fiction, memoir, and history and cultural studies. Some of them feature recipes, while all explore the joy and community that can be found in the kitchen. Pair them with your favorite dish, and enjoy a good reading and discussion around the table!

Memoir

Lunch in Paris

by Elizabeth Bard

In Paris for a weekend visit,

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Book a Day: September Reading List & Author Chats

September 07, 2020 Book a Day, Bookmark, Themed Book Lists

Reading Group Choices Book a Day Reading List and Author Chats

It’s back to school (maybe?) for Our Book a Day program, with these September 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 September picks 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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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

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

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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