Winter 2022
Issue No. 89
Upcoming Programs 
Halfway to Halloween
Join authors and librarians from the Horror Writers Association as they discuss the 2022 Summer Scares adult and YA picks and promoting horror in your library. More information coming soon!
 
Book Club Study
Book Club Study
Wednesday, February 23, 2022, from 2-4 p.m.  via Zoom.

BOOK
Professional Troublemaker: The Fear Fighter Manual 
by Luvvie Ajayi Jones.

LEADERSHIP TOPIC
How Book Clubs Have Changed: Reading Habits During Stressful Times, What’s Working (or Not) for Book Discussions During the Pandemic, Virtual/In-Person/Hybrid Meetings, and Where We’re Headed Next!
The first half of the meeting will be a traditional book club setting where library workers have the opportunity to participate in a discussion as “patrons.” The second half will be devoted to our leadership topic, or nut-and-bolts session, where we share practical solutions to the  problems and concerns of discussion leaders. 
 
Genre Study
True Crime  
Thursday, February 2, 2022, from 2-4 p.m. via Zoom. 
Find the assignment and registration information on
the Narrative Nonfiction Genre Study page.
2022 Membership 
Happy New Year! 
It's time to renew your ARRT membership for the year ahead.  Members have the opportunity to participate in our Narrative Nonfiction Genre Study and Book Club Study.  To renew or join, you can print out the membership form or become a member online
 
ARRT Recommends 
The Lincoln Highway
by Amor Towles
In June of 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson, released after serving fifteen months for involuntary manslaughter, discovers that two friends from the work farm have hidden themselves in the trunk of the warden's car and have hatched a different plan for Emmett's future.
The Sentence 
by Louise Erdrich
The Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author presents this unusual novel in which a small independent bookstore in Minneapolis is haunted from November 2019 to November 2020 by the store’s most annoying customer.
Great Circle
by Maggie Shipstead
After being rescued as infants from a sinking ocean liner in 1914, Marian and Jamie Graves are raised by their dissolute uncle in Missoula, Montana.  Epic and emotional, meticulously researched and gloriously told, Great Circle is a monumental work of art, and a tremendous leap forward for the prodigiously gifted Shipstead.
Termination Shock 
by Neal Stephenson
In a near-future world plagued by superstorms, rising sea levels, global flooding, heat waves, and deadly pandemics, one man has a big idea for reversing global warming despite the possible consequences for the planet and all of humanity. 
ADULT READING ROUND TABLE
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