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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

Books, Miscellaneous Posted onFebruary 23, 2019February 11, 2024

Happy Blog-versary to Me! Ten Years!

This week is my 10th anniversary of blogging! In these years, I’ve learned a few things. Mostly, content is hard. So hard that even though […] Read More

Review of On Reading Well
Book Reviews, Books Posted onOctober 16, 2018May 1, 2019

Book Review :: On Reading Well

Karen Prior’s On Reading Well is a love story. It is not only the story of her love of reading good literature, but it is also […] Read More

stack of books
Books Posted onOctober 12, 2018

On Reading :: Why Leaders Should Read Good Fiction

I remember vividly a conversation from twelve years ago at a networking event. It was a discussion with a fellow avid reader about how many […] Read More

stack of books
Book Clubs, Books Posted onJuly 17, 2018July 14, 2018

Book Clubs :: On Book Keeping Records

I love a good milestone and earlier this week I realized that as of this month, our book club has a book record keeping spreadsheet […] Read More

Middlesex Perfume East of Eden
Book Reviews Posted onMay 5, 2018July 6, 2018

Book Reviews :: My Kind of Beach Read

It should be obvious from the title that what I consider a wonderful beach read is not what most people call a “beach read.” For […] 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

Book Clubs, Book Reviews, Books Posted onJanuary 2, 2018July 10, 2018

Book Review :: Best of 2017

I realize this post is two days late, but since I’m still seeing some residual “Best of 2017” on TV, I decided I’d go ahead […] Read More

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