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Category: Book Clubs

Three of our book club's all time top 10
Book Clubs, Book Reviews Posted onMay 22, 2020May 22, 2020

Book Clubs :: Top Ten (and maybe more)

I recently caught up on the book keeping for my book club – which basically means making sure all the book ratings are loaded into […] Read More

Ratings for 2019 Book Selections
Book Clubs, Book Reviews Posted onMay 18, 2020May 19, 2020

Book Clubs :: That’s a Wrap (on 2019-2020)

This month we wrapped up our book club’s 2019-2020 year of reading. As I’ve said before, these end of year posts are probably the best […] Read More

Short List for 2020-2021
Book Clubs, Books Posted onMay 6, 2020May 6, 2020

Book Clubs :: Short List, 2020-2021

Our short list is here! Voting is over, and our SOC Book Club has selected its 2020-2021 reading slate. Two things are different about this […] Read More

Virtual Book Pitch
Book Clubs, Books Posted onApril 23, 2020April 23, 2020

Book Clubs :: Virtual Meetings Continue, Book Pitch Long List

April is “book pitch month” for our book club, where each member will pitch 2 or 3 books for our next year’s reading. This time, it was virtual!

Book Club and Social Distancing
Book Clubs Posted onMarch 21, 2020March 26, 2020

Book Clubs :: In the Days of COVID-19

Social distancing is requiring that we all adjust – and my book club is no different. But we adjusted and proved that COVID be damned, the Sistas will overcome.

Book Review of A Woman of Independent Means
Book Clubs, Book Reviews Posted onMarch 8, 2020March 8, 2020

Book Review :: A Woman of Independent Means

I can’t remember when my book club has had such a spirited discussion as we did for A Woman of Independent Means. This is proof-postive of the book club-discussion-worthiness of this 1978 epistolary novel.

Review of Elizabeth Strout's Olive Again
Advanced Reader Copy, Book Clubs, Book Reviews Posted onSeptember 7, 2019September 7, 2019

Book Review :: Olive, Again

With Olive, Again, Elizabeth Strout delivers exactly what book clubs across the globe have been wanting – more of that surly and cantankerous but also lovable, Olive Kitteridge.

2018-2019 Book Recommendations
Book Clubs, Books Posted onAugust 29, 2019August 29, 2019

Book Club :: 2018-19 End of Year Wrap Up

If you’re looking for book recommendations for selections for your book club, I think these yearly wrap up posts are probably the best place to […] Read More

2019 Summer Reading Guides
Book Clubs, Books Posted onJune 8, 2019

Literary Roundup :: 2019 Summer Reading Guides

Last May I posted a roundup of various summer reading guides that had been released and it was one of my most popular posts of […] Read More

How many of these books have you read?
Book Clubs, Books Posted onMay 30, 2019October 15, 2019

Book Award Winners :: How Many Have You Read

How many of these books have you read? List challenges abound on social media from the BBC to BuzzFeed and even PBS. The groups of […] Read More

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Elisabeth's bookshelf: read

Thunderstruck & Other Stories
it was amazing
Thunderstruck & Other Stories
by Elizabeth McCracken
This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage
it was amazing
This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage
by Ann Patchett
The Great Alone
liked it
The Great Alone
by Kristin Hannah
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
really liked it
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
by Taylor Jenkins Reid
When Rabbit Howls
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When Rabbit Howls
by Truddi Chase

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