What are YOU Reading?
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What are YOU Reading?
Join ACBVA on February 27th at 7:00 pm to hear and share your love of books.
I am a voracious reader! You will find me with my earplugs in every day, listening to one of my favorite audible books. And, like other book lovers, I can’t wait to share the latest novel or nonfiction narrative that has currently captured my attention.
The American Council of the Blind of Virginia (ACBVA) Book Club is a way for me to gather online, enjoy delightful conversations, and learn about new authors and the classic works that others have come to love.
What are you reading? The ACBVA book club welcomes everyone each month to an online gathering for fellowship and fun. We want you to be a part of the conversation. We are unique in that we do not assign a specific book for attendees to read. We all just freely share, or even just come to listen to what other book lovers have recently consumed.
Click here to go to the ACBVA website and click on Meetings and Events to learn the monthly meeting time. https://acbva.org/
For details on the book club schedule and to sign up for the ACBVA free email distribution list, go to: https://acbva.org/joining-acbvas-distribution-list/
I hope you will join me and other book lovers in the ACBVA Book Club! I can’t wait to hear what you are reading.
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Books discussed at ACBVA January 23, 2025, Book Club
1. Atomic Habits: tiny changes, remarkable results: an easy & proven way to build good habits & break bad ones-by James Clear, DB98857 – This book describes how to start new habits by making small changes. The author breaks everything down so that the changes can be easily understood. Changes are often linked to something that is already a good habit.
2. Robert’s Rules for Dummies-by C. Alan Jennings, on Audible – This book simplifies the explanation for Robert’s Rules of Order to help people conduct meetings using these rules.
3. All Creatures Great and Small-by James Herriot, DB53926–This book is the basis for the PBS series. It features farmers with quirky personalities and a veterinarian who treats large animals like pigs, horses, and cows. It is sometimes graphic.
4. This Time Next Year We’ll Be Laughing: A Memoir-by Jacqueline Winspear, DB103181 –This is a memoir of the author, her parents and grandparents. She is the author of the Maisie Dobbs series.
5. The Book Club on Waverly Lane-by Rachel Hanna, DB112345 – This book is about a woman who is new in the neighborhood and forms a book club to make new friends, but each of the women has a secret she is hiding from the others.
6. The Sisterhood-by Helen Bryan, DB123602 –The premise of the book is that Jesus had a sister who formed a convent in Spain that took in orphan girls who became nuns. During the inquisition five of these orphans were sent to America. This is the story of the young woman who researched what happened to these children.
7. The Frozen River-by Ariel Lawhon, DB117781 –Historical fiction taking place in Maine about a midwife who is very involved in every aspect of her small community and pursues the truth about a rape and murder.
8. The Briar Club by Kate Quinn, DB122866 – , DB122866 –Tells the story of the friendships and secrets of women living in a boarding house in Washington, DC, during the McCarthy era.
9. The Sweetness of Water-by Nathan Harris, DB103932 –A story of two African-American brothers who are hired to work for a white couple on their farm after the Civil War.
10. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever-by Barbara Robinson, DB38118 –A very funny story about two boisterous and unruly kids who take the leads in a Christmas pageant.
11. Becoming Mrs. Lewis by Patti Callahan Henry, DB94840 – Historical fiction about an atheist who falls in love with C.S. Lewis and the ups and downs of their relationship.
12. Shakespeare saved my life: ten years in solitary with the bard-by Laura Bates, DBC 1359-Nonfiction about a woman who taught Shakespeare to inmates and describes how the inmates often had great insight into the actions of Shakespeare’s characters and could relate those plays to their own lives.
13. The Hidden Life of Cecily Larson-by Ellen Baker, DB124269 –This book revolves around a 94-year-old woman who has a daughter, a granddaughter, and a great-grandson. Her secrets, which are finally revealed, will change the family dynamics.
14. Tell Me Everything-by Elizabeth Strout, DB124184 –This book was a beautifully written story of the lives of a number of individuals in a small community in Maine, many of them older, and relates the stories of their friendships and loves. This is the fourth in the series of this acclaimed author.
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