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Veni, Vidi, Legi! The book club newsletter of the Batavia Public Library 2020 - no.4 (Fall/Winter) |
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Welcome back to our fourth issue of Veni, Vidi, Legi! - the Library's Book Club newsletter. (It means "I came, I saw, I read" in Latin.) Twice a year we will bring you articles, websites, and other items we hope your book club will find interesting and helpful. 2020 has certainly been a year like no other and book clubs had to adjust to a new way of communicating, many suspending in-person meetings and going online instead. “Zoom” no longer means to move with great speed or refer to a camera function but has become a synonym to meet up online. Whether your club is back to meeting face to face or still zooming or skyping, etc., we hope you find something useful in our newsletter. |
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Want to Read in Silence? Or Just About Black Heroines? There's a Book Club for That
The Guardian, October 12, 2020 "In a year when we have found ourselves physically apart and cooped inside, people around the world have rediscovered the magic of books..." |
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Bookmark: In Praise of Mail-Order Book Clubs Minneapolis StarTribune, September 11, 2020 "I don’t remember the first book I read. But the first book that I do remember I remember very well...." |
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How a Book Club Became My Joint Los Angeles Review of Books, October19, 2020 "Back in 1999, the 15 or so women who called themselves Sisters With Books, or SWB for short, were all strangers to me. Except for Angela...." |
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What to Do When Members Come to Book Club Without Reading the Book? The BookBrowse Blog, September 4, 2020
"Has your book group ever become frustrated by members who join in book discussions without having finished the book -- or, in some cases, without even starting it?..."
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What To Do When a Book Club Member Talks Too Much The BookBrowse Blog, May 20, 2019
"In our research we've found that one common cause of conflict are overly dominant personalities (ODPs) - people who, whether intentionally or not, occupy too much of the limelight and overpower one or more elements of the book club, such as book selection or the discussion itself...."
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Food...Don't Forget the Food! - (Once normality returns, of course)
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The TODAY show knows "the best part of book club is the food!"
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Courtesy of the folks at BookRiot. |
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Other Notes of Interest...
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Let us know how you like our newsletter and send feedback and suggestions for features you'd like to see to askus@bataviapubliclibrary.org - we'd love to hear from you.
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