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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a girl with five ties Dr. N N Chloe is a Ph.D. student struggling to survive in a ruthless environment of academic bullying and exploitation. We accompany her through a deepening crisis of mental and physical health and slowly uncover the traumas which lead her to develop a severe eating disorder. Her world is dominated by the tyrannical Dr. Rein, her... |
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Elly Uncomposed Valerie Niemerg Rehearsal pianist Elizabeth Kirtenpepper loves her cramped, corner studio and the cool, unseen depths of the orchestra pit. But when she's mysteriously transported into a real-life 18th-century opera—The Marriage of Figaro—Elizabeth finds herself in a very different kind of pit: the scullery of the ruthless and domineering Count... |
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A Story of Bad Edward M. Krauss The relationship between the police and the media has always been a strange one; adding romance creates serious complications. A Story of Bad is the tale of a cop and reporter entering into a controversial romance, where they both try to stay loyal to their employers' rules and ethics, while... |
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In Search of Courage Steve Friedman Loner. Anti-social. Broken! These words are often used to describe over 40% of Americans who consider themselves introverts today. Do you struggle to voice your opinions at work? Do social situations drain your battery? Friedman's award-winning book is more than a compelling memoir. It offers a... |
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Phoebe's Money Rhonda Kings Maddie Montgomery and her mother, Phoebe meet the charming and mysterious Jack Stone at an expenses-paid weekend getaway. Completely flattered by Jack, Phoebe invites the man to a family gathering in their hometown of Quinn Dixie, Maryland. Not all are as impressed with Jack, especially Adam, a local detective who... |
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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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Turn Within Vibha Sharma People think that they cannot have spiritual life if they have to become successful in their professional and personal life. This thinking is far from reality. The reality is you enjoy your life more when you connected with the spirit inside, your formless self, your eternal self. A 'missing link' that everybody is... |
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The Colour of the Sun Gillian Thorp One hot June afternoon in Durban, South Africa, a child is born. Doctors and nurses marvel because the birth is one of the rarest in the world. The child, Gillian August, is born still shrouded in her amniotic sac. She is a caul baby, and in 1970s South Africa, this heralds greatness. Or it might have, had August's caul not been stolen within... |
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23 Miles and Running Ty Pinkins In 23 Miles & Running, Pinkins shares his journey—with a deep sense of humility and the realization that he is not an anomaly. Just as there were many others like him walking those rows of cotton back then, there are many children still in the Mississippi Delta who continue to grow up in... |
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Modern Day Jouliete S. Storm Jouliete first join the Army in 1998 because her first husband, Mike, said she would never make it as a soldier. Not only did she become a soldier, but she also eventually become one of approximately 500 living female Purple Heart Medal recipients for injuries sustained in combat and serve three years overseas, along the way meeting her... |
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Sinister Summer: Cars, Cruisers, and Close Calls C.A. Hartnell Surf's up! Make the summer scene for friendship, fun, adventure, and mystery that fill the pages of Sinister Summer: Cars, Cruisers, and Close Calls, the second volume in a four book series, The 1950s Adventures of Pete and Carol Ann... |
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Grace listens to a story told to her by her Grandmother. Her Grandmother shares her wisdom. Grace learns the lessons of nature and of the heart. The greatest lesson of all is that we are all "Kin." Grandmother talks about basic traits that are appreciated and important. She focuses on our common humanity. Most of all... |
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The Marriage Audit Jane Ashley Sophia and Beau LeBlanc built a life together—a quiet rhythm of coffee, courtrooms, and Sunday dinners in their beloved New Orleans home. But now, on the edge of separation, they agree to one final session with a marriage mediator. A last-ditch effort. Over the course of a single day, they move through rooms layered with memory, answering... |
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The Image: A Quantum Portal Has Opened Guy Morris A CERN black hole experiment creates a portal to a higher dimension, unleashing a quantum signal that entangles every computer on Earth. Only SLVIA, a rogue NSA AI, can decode its dire warning for humanity. Convinced civilization has entered the end of days, SLVIA... |
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God Bless Our Divided America David W. Marshall History is a powerful tool we can use to study the past, as well as its sometimes complex relationship with the present. To understand our nation's history is to also know its relevancy to today's current events. Over the centuries, the United States has been marked by divisions of race, class, religion, culture... |
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This Ain't That Michelle Dartis Forty-four-years-old, unmarried and childless, Cleo Stinson works professionally in the field of social services along with her best friend Shelby James. Initially, she desires to find a husband and start a family. She’s even gone as far as choosing a name for her future baby. However, as Cleo navigates the dating scene in Indianapolis... |
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