Books and Adventures: Novel Tourists Cecil & Nearby Counties

Planes, trains, boats, cars, subway, or more! Transportation: Here, There and Everywhere is July's theme! So, give us your ideas for books we should read that take place on or prominently feature a method of getting from here to there. Use the Google Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe42QQCOuwKMHOZGQ72A6forfNdcAylYfBSvyo4cTIX35WeSA/viewform?usp=sharing

After we get your ideas, we’ll pick 4 for you to select a winner!
The poll will close on May 22, so don’t delay!
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Each month we put out a call for ideas for one book that will have both an online discussion event as well as an inperson event. After you share your ideas, we'll pick four to put out for vote as the Member Choice Book for the month. After the book is chosen…well that’s when the fun begins! Stay tuned for the exciting paired online discussion and in person event!

This is not an "event" it is just a post to share the link to suggest the Member Choice Book for this month's theme. But feel free to click "attend" because then Meetup will show this to more people and we'll get lots of great book club book ideas!

Thanks for participating! Reading books and doing stuff together as a book club brings us all so much joy. 🤩

Diane and Audrey

We have a winner!!! It was really close this month! You picked A Memory of Violets as the member choice book for the theme of a book with flowers in the title. Woot woot!

This unforgettable historical novel tells the story of two long-lost sisters—orphaned flower sellers—and a young woman who is transformed by their experiences.

Our online discussion will be the last Monday of May at 7 PM! The event with zoom link will be posted soon!

Stay tuned for the paired inperson adventure to a flower garden!

This is our online book club discussion night (last Monday of each month). Zoom link will be posted on the day of the event.

NOVEL: A Memory of Violets by Hazel Gaynor
Genre: Historical Fiction
Flower: Violets

"For little sister. . . . I will never stop looking for you."

1876. Among the filth and depravity of Covent Garden's flower markets, orphaned Irish sisters Flora and Rosie Flynn sell posies of violets and watercress to survive. It is a pitiful existence, made bearable only by each other's presence. When they become separated, the decision of a desperate woman sets their lives on very different paths.

1877. Twenty-one-year-old Tilly Harper leaves the peace and beauty of her native Lake District for London to become assistant housemother at one of Mr. Shaw's Training Homes for Watercress and Flower Girls. For years, the homes have cared for London's orphaned and crippled flower girls, getting them off the streets. For Tilly, the appointment is a fresh start, a chance to leave her troubled past behind.

Soon after she arrives at the home, Tilly finds a notebook belonging to Flora Flynn. Hidden between the pages she finds dried flowers and a heartbreaking tale of loss and separation as Flora's entries reveal how she never stopped looking for her lost sister. Tilly sets out to discover what happened to Rosie—but the search will not be easy. Full of twists and surprises, it leads the caring and determined young woman into unexpected places, including the depths of her own heart.

Happy Reading!
Audrey

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Reading books everywhere including is such a fun way to make new friends and be social with book loving book club members who like to read and explore urban areas and try new activities such as hiking, reading, craft, hobbies, museums and more! It's especially