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Reading Group Choices Interview with Kim Michele Richardson

February 01, 2020 Author Interviews, Bookmark
Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson

Author Kim Michele Richardson talks about her novel The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, inspired by the true story of the Pack Horse Librarians in Kentucky.

For her interview with Reading Group Choices, Kim Michele Richardson talks about the power of literacy and librarians, surviving prejudices and abuse, and how history and her homeland inspired her latest novel…

Reading Group Choices: The local Pack Horse supervisors, Harriett and Eula, ceaselessly taunt and belittle Cussy Mary. Yet when she gives Harriett a book that will please her, the torments are momentarily forgotten.

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The February Spotlight Group Is…

January 31, 2020 Bookmark, Spotlight Book Groups
The Wildflowers Bookclub is the February 2020 Spotlight Group on Reading Group Choices

February 2020 Spotlight: Wildflowers Bookclub

Our February Spotlight Group members each have the name of a flower!

The Wildflowers Bookclub is comprised of 10 friends who all have chosen a flower name when we began 18 years ago: they are Rose, Magnolia, Hyacinth. Hydrangea, Lilac, Briony, Sweet Pea, Iris, Bird of Paradise, and Dahlia. We rotate turns in choosing a book. In 2019, we read Unsheltered, Educated, Born a Crime, The Island of Sea Women and seven other books!

Seven of us are retired educators and all of us are good friends!

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Best of the Best Books 2019

January 15, 2020 Bookmark, Themed Book Lists
Pile of books

Reading Group Choices has sorted through the numerous best book lists out there to compile our annual “best of the best” reads!

Did you read all of the books that you wanted to in 2019? If the year passed too quickly, not to worry. We searched for the fiction, nonfiction, and young adult titles we recommended in 2019 that also appeared on one (or more) of the favorite lists from:

BookRiot, Indiebound, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, Parnassus Books, Powell’s, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, Washington Post

Check out these best of the best books below!

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Most Popular Books 2019

January 14, 2020 Bookmark, Themed Book Lists
Monthly calendar

In our monthly newsletter, we share the two most popular books on the Reading Group Choices site for that month. It always brings a bit of excitement, and we’ve gathered the top picks for a look back at 2019!

Here are the titles — a mix of fiction, nonfiction, and young adult — that caught our readers’ attention from January to December. Do you remember these great reads? See if they match your own group’s most popular books…

January

The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris is is one of our book group favorites for 2018One of our recommended books is Women Rowing North by Mary Pipher
1. Tattooist of Auschwitz
by Heather Morris

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Reading Group Choices Interview with Tracey Garvis Graves

January 06, 2020 Author Interviews, Bookmark
The Girl He Used to Know by Tracey Garvis Graves

New York Times bestselling author Tracey Garvis Graves talks about her latest novel, The Girl He Used to Know.

For her interview with Reading Group Choices, Tracey Garvis Graves discusses her path as a writer, exploring a character with autism, and what makes romance and relationships work…

Reading Group Choices: The story shifts back and forth in time from 1991 to 2001. Annika and Jonathan both reflect on how they are not the people they used to be, something readers can all relate to on some level. What sort of person were you ten years ago versus now,

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The January Spotlight Group Is…

January 03, 2020 Bookmark, Spotlight Book Groups
Morse Lakes Ladies is the January 2020 Spotlight Group on Reading Group Choices

January 2020 Spotlight: Morse Lakes Ladies

Our January Spotlight Group hasn’t missed a monthly meeting in 17 years!

We are the Ladies of the Lake, living in Morse Lakes in Bloomingdale, NJ. We’ve just finished up
our 17th year of book club, and are eagerly awaiting the beginning of our 18th year together.

We meet on a monthly basis: the second Monday of the month is sacrosanct. We are proud to say that we haven’t missed one of our monthly meetings in the 17 years we’ve been together. We enjoy the camaraderie and thought-provoking discussions.

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