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Author: Harper Lee  Title: Go Set a Watchman  Genre: Literary Fiction, Historical  Publication Date: July 14th. 2015 Number of Pages: 278 Geographical Setting: Maycomb, Alabama  Time Period: mid 1950's Series (If applicable) : Sequel to "To Kill a Mockingbird"  Plot Summary:  Twenty years later since the events of "To Kill a Mockingbir" Jean Louise "Scout" Finch is visiting her ailing father and family, from her new home in New York. Set in the backdrop of the Civil Rights Movement, Jean Louise starts to see how her family and her community she grew up in has changed against her own views. Jean Louise starts to see people she's cared about change in ways that are controversial to what she's known and begins to see things she never thought she would. Memories of her childhood resurface, and values are thrown into the turmoil of doubt. Go Set a Watchman captures a young woman in a world in a painful, but necessary transition out of childho

1. Where is the book on narrative continuum?     Highly narrative (reads fiction) 2. What is the subject of the book?     Enchantment : awakening wonder in an anxious age: This book tells of rediscovering our sense of wonder and awe in a world where a global pandemic, social media and outside forces that have hindered that sense.  3. What type of book is this?     Nonfiction, Self-Help and Awareness  4. Articulate Appeal What is the pacing? The book reads like a fiction chapter book with and its very quick to relate to and gives a sense of discovery about yourself.  Describe the characters The author is the main character, the sense of awe and wonder are new characters to be discovered. While outside forces such a social media, the aftermath of the pandemic and other things take on their own life as a character.  How does the story feel? Eye-opening, relatable to those who have suffered from anxiety during the pandemic, thoughtful, humorous and candid  What is the intent of the author?

       As one who listens frequently to audiobooks, I happen to like the connivence of it when tracking the chapters and time. However, as Erin said in the blog the narrator can make or break it. If you do not have someone who can help keep the story flowing, and if you are able to listen to the samples that really helps whether the book will be a good listen. I know for me I don't always listen to them but look more at the popularity sometimes. Not always a good thing, but that is something people do look at. I actually was recommended to listen to "Go Set a Watchman" by Harper Lee and it was narrated by Resse Witherspoon. I listened to the sample, and I was drawn in right away. With eBooks, if I was able to get them for free (before discovering Libby and Hoopla), I only was able to get free ones. Otherwise, I would have to pay a subscription to Audible. When Libby and Hoopla came on the market for libraries, I was hooked for audiobooks. However, with the eBooks, I start

*Here is a link to a podcast my friend and from work and I did on the Romanov Family and the musical Anastasia if you're interested*  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXqm6xZahxs  Author:  Ariel Lawhorn  Title:  I Was Anastasia  Genre:  Historical Fiction Publication Date:  March 27, 2018 Number of Pages:  352 Geographical Setting:  Majority of Russia (St. Petersburg, Ekaterinburg), Romania, Germany, and Virgina   Time Period:  1917-1970s Series (If applicable) : N/A  Plot Summary : The oldest mystery in the world comes to life but we here from both sides, Anastasia Romanov and Anna Anderson. Anastasia was to be executed on July 17, 1918, by Bolshevik firing squad along with the rest of her family or so history says. July 17, 1920, a young woman is rescued by German police after a failed suicide attempt, she has a striking resemblance to that of the royal princess. The question of what really happen to Anastasia and who Anna Anderson is, will be told in this book for a long 50-year

     I never really was a fan of book clubs, the reasons being some of them have one view only mindset. They also really never liked hearing opinions of others, unless they had the same ideals of the story or characteristics. So, when I was asked to be a member of a Book Club, I initially turned my nose up at the thought. However, this book club was not a regular book club. I was asked to partake in Dekalb Mock Newberry book club.  This is a book club based on the Newberry Award for young adult/juvenile fiction award. Now I know you are probably thinking, this is not a real book club, well it is a real book club. We do offer this to our patrons, but typically its staff amongst our neighboring libraries. I am now being trained to work each meeting, which will begin sometime this summer. All our libraries in our county select books that were newly published back in 2022. We then read the books and hold a discussion as to why or why not this would be a Newberry contender. Now of course th

  My topic I chose was the growing popularity of a subgenre story type of enemies to lovers. I chose this because these books drew me in as a reader. I have always loved reading how the behavior and connections of the characters drive the plot and the choices made throughout the book. Now in my paper I covered mostly fantasy titles/series, but there are growing titles in the contemporary field of books as well. I will go through briefly of each one I mentioned in my paper. I use Pride and Prejudice as a starting point here, and that's because this in my opinion was one of the best representations of enemies to lovers. Darcy and Elizabeth have notions about each other, only to see how wrong they were. The first author is Sarah J Maas, author of Court of Thorns and Roses and Throne of Glass series. Both series have female characters caught with men who do unspeakable things to hinder their trust, but as they get to know each other that develops something more. However, these are