A reader's circle is a book club where people attend with whatever they're reading. The only structure is if participants decide to have an 'optional book.' Otherwise, people just bring their own books, articles, magazines, and conversation goes from there.
The idea is to loosen the usual format so participants can select their own reading and attend if they're still in the middle of a book. Conversation inevitably covers the books brought and many other subjects as well.
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The Beekeeper's Question Christina Baldwin This is a dramatic family saga of generations daring to ask the questions that shape their destinies,a story of enduring love in an era of American life that still echoes in society today. It’s 1942 and War War II looms over the lives of the Cooper family—a son in the fight whose pregnant war bride arrives to their... |
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Grote verwachtingen Geert Mak Grote verwachtingen is het vervolg op het immens succesvolle In Europa dat vijftien jaar geleden verscheen. Enkele jaren later volgde de 35-delige gelijknamige serie met de schrijver in de hoofdrol. Waar In Europa handelde over de twintigste eeuw en hoe die, in veel opzichten gruwelijke periode... |
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Rejection&Revenge KM Neale Livia Bowman has been commissioned to write a formulaic detective novel for adaptation to a television mini-series – something to compete with the likes of Vera and Morse. At the same time, she’s living her own mystery: someone is threatening to kill her and her husband – insanely jealous of the happiness they’ve found together. To throw him... |
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Louisburg Square A. Dudley Johnson, Jr. How does a woman divorce her husband in a time when only men had the right to "grant divorces?" It’s the Gilded Age and Anna Tattersall has taken her two boys and left her husband who was seen in the embrace of one of her closest friends. She’s now staying with her true love, a wealthy... |
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The Juju Girl Nikki Marsh The Great Storm of 1893 evicts 15-year-old Gabbie from her small-town home near the banks of the Mississippi and thrusts her into the world of New Orleans’ Creole High Society. It's a world of debutantes, extravagant balls, and handsome young men in uniforms. Steeped in superstition, spells, mystery, and magic, it counts conjurers, holy... |
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Wisdom for Living Reynold Ruslan Feldman & Sharon Clark We live in uncertain, even dangerous times. If we were ships, we’d be traveling in rough waters and dense fog. Without a navigation system, we’d soon be sunk - literally. We need to know where and how to navigate to keep ourselves safe as we pursue our individual life journeys. Wisdom for Living is an invaluable... |
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Crossing Paths: The Road to Destiny Nina Purtee Annie's destiny awaits. Will it be smooth sailing or turbulent seas as she tries to navigate this new positive romance? After a life-changing journey, Annie's decision to accept a proposal from Ramone, a dashing Spanish matador who defies his own father to keep Annie and her father safe, opens the next chapter in their... |
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How I Escaped From Bloody Hell Mary LaForge Escaped shines a light on cosmically unanswered questions, and offers a perspective that outlines phases of reality from birth to deaths. Escaped is written with flowing words, without fluff, and with insights about the nature of reality that you can adopt and apply simply by journaling. Upon the death of her... |
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Tuesdays with Ted Russ Woody To be with a parent while they are dying is one of the most human of experiences. It is what we are supposed to do. And while those months, for the author, were difficult in myriad ways, they were also the most rewarding of his life. They were also full of humor—as nearly any comedy writer will tell... |
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One in a Billion Nancy Pine This heart-wrenching story immerses readers in the dramatic survival of one outspoken man who illuminates the souls of a billion ordinary Chinese citizens. An Wei—a stubborn, hardworking peasant who has lived by his values and stood up for his convictions—has succeeded against all odds in the authoritarian environment of China. |
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Three in the Key KC Avalon Sydney Fox is from a small beach town in Sea Isle City, New Jersey. Jax Jones is from a small town in Elgin, Texas. They spend a weekend filled with chemistry and passion. He is about to be drafted into the NBA. She is excited to try a long-distance relationship with him since he is a good man, unlike her ex. Will the relationship survive... |
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Beneath a Veteran's Honor Naomi Elie As a mother and 20-year military veteran caregiver, Naomi Elie shares the stages of the onset of schizophrenia encountered by young Navy Corpsman London Elie while on active-duty at Balboa Navy Medical Center in San Diego, California. As Corpsman Elie enthusiastically assumes his military career role at Balboa... |
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Breathe for Me Donna B. Comeaux Robert Aaron Jaeger no longer has the emotional fight to outlast his grief. Less than a month ago, his wife and four-year-old daughter were in a terrible accident on the downtown streets of Seattle. The four-year-old came away with scratches. His wife, Christina, succumbed to her injuries. Under the disguise of rafting through the Glenwood... |
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Someday Everything Will All Make Sense Carol LaHines Someday Everything Will All Make Sense follows Luther van der Loon, an eccentric harpsichordist and professor of early music, as he navigates the stages of grief after the untimely death of his mother. Luther obsesses over burial practices, rails against the funerary industry, and institutes a suit against the Chinese takeout whose "sloppy... |
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The Great Derangement Amitav Ghosh Are we deranged? The acclaimed Indian novelist Amitav Ghosh argues that future generations may well think so. How else to explain our imaginative failure in the face of global warming? Ghosh examines our inability—in literature, history, politics—to grasp the scale and violence of... |
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Onslaught K.O. Samuels An impulsive decision. A chance to gain a lot or lose everything. An odd discovery catapults Sam Whayler into a world of crime and intrigue. Just when he thinks he's on the verge of a breakthrough the worst happens. Sam finds himself on a spine chilling quest for answers. He soon realizes that nothing is as it seems. Onslaught... |
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