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Book Clubs, Books, Justice, Out and About Posted onJune 14, 2018July 6, 2018

Literary Volunteerism :: Books for Africa

A couple of times a year, my team at work volunteers with a different not-for-profit around Atlanta. Last month, we spent a morning with Books […] Read More

Book Clubs, Book Reviews, Books Posted onMay 26, 2018July 6, 2018

Literary Roundup :: Summer Reading Guides

Based on what I’m seeing these days, summer reading guides are almost as popular as year end “best of” lists. With upcoming vacations that could […] Read More

book club recommendations
Book Clubs, Book Reviews, Books Posted onApril 27, 2018July 6, 2018

Book Clubs :: End of Year Wrap Up for 2017-18

If you’re looking for book club recommendations, this is a wrap up, including ratings, of my book club’s 2017-18 book selections. Because life happens, we weren’t […] Read More

Book Club Selections for 2018
Book Clubs Posted onApril 1, 2018August 26, 2019

Book Club :: Short List for 2018-19

We did it! The votes are in & the SOC Sistas have selected the books we’ll be reading this year. If you are looking for […] Read More

World War II novels
Book Clubs, Books Posted onMarch 18, 2018April 30, 2019

Book Clubs :: WWII Novels

There is a rash of World War II literature. In our last book club annual selection long list, there were enough books that had we […] Read More

Amor Towles
Book Clubs, Books, Out and About, Podcast Posted onMarch 13, 2018February 16, 2024

Meet the Author :: Amor Towles

Amor Towles wrote Rules of Civility and A Gentleman in Moscow – two of my favorite books from last year. When I learned that he […] Read More

long list selections
Book Clubs, Book Reviews, Books Posted onMarch 10, 2018July 8, 2018

Book Clubs :: SOC Sista Long List for 2018-2019

For the last several years, my book club has followed the same procedure for selecting its books for a whole year. Last year, when our […] Read More

Tips for Book Clubs
Book Clubs Posted onFebruary 18, 2018April 27, 2019

Book Clubs :: 5 Tips for Building a Successful Book Club

It seems everyone wants to be in a book club. And I get it – they are fun. They also don’t run themselves, which is […] Read More

Award winning books
Book Clubs, Books Posted onJanuary 7, 2018July 3, 2019

On Reading :: Book Award Winners

Since creating this list, I have come to learn that I neglected a significant number of years from 1918 – 1947 – and hence books […] Read More

Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
Book Clubs, Book Reviews, Books Posted onSeptember 17, 2017February 16, 2024

Book Review :: Rules of Civility

Twelve pages from the end of Rules of Civility, Amor Towels, in the voice of Tinker Grey, describes Manhattan as “so improbable, so wonderful, so obviously full […] Read More

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