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Tag: book clubs

Long List of Book Selection Options for 2022-2023
Book Clubs Posted onMay 30, 2022May 30, 2022

Book Clubs :: Long List for 2022-2023

The years are flying. It doesn’t feel like it has been that long since posting last year’s book club long-list and subsequent short-list, but here […] Read More

2020-2021 Ratings
Book Clubs Posted onJune 27, 2021July 7, 2022

Book Clubs :: Ratings Round Up 2020-2021

It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. Dickens’ infamous intro pretty much sums up this past year with our Book […] Read More

2021-2022 Short List
Book Clubs, Books Posted onJune 21, 2021June 20, 2021

Book Clubs :: Short List for 2021-2022

It feels like our book club is getting more and more expert at selecting books. This year, we’ll finish with eight of our eleven books […] Read More

Book Club Long List
Book Clubs Posted onMay 25, 2021May 25, 2021

Book Clubs :: Long List for 2021-22

It is that time of year when my book club pitches the selections for our upcoming year’s books. And, as usual, the number of great […] Read More

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!

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

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Consequences
really liked it
Consequences
by Penelope Lively
The Four Winds
it was ok
The Four Winds
by Kristin Hannah
Oh William!
it was amazing
Oh William!
by Elizabeth Strout
All Our Wordly Goods
liked it
All Our Wordly Goods
by Irène Némirovsky
Crucial Conversations Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High
it was amazing
Crucial Conversations Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High
by Kerry Patterson

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