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Join other book lovers for adventures in reading and real life! LOVE TO READ AND TRY NEW ACTIVITIES?
Join this unique book club where we will casually discuss a book while engaging in an activity or exploring a location inspired by the book! This will be a no-pressure book club. If you don't finish the book or didn't like it, no problem. Please join us anyway for a meal and an event. We’d love to get to know you!
Newsletter/FB group: Meetup isn’t great at sending out notifications, so to stay up to date with the latest book and activity pairings, sign up for the newsletter at https://mailchi.mp/fc5e0725650d/thenoveltourist and join the community on our Facebook group: [https://www.facebook.com/share/z7aGScVNC95MEbi6/ ](https://www.facebook.com/share/z7aGScVNC95MEbi6/)
Audrey, the club founder also posts regularly on books and book pairings on Instagram via @thenoveltourist
This will be a great way to meet fellow book lovers who also want to live a well-read and well-rounded, adventurous life. Most of the activities will take place in and around Cecil and Harford Counties and surrounding areas. Sometimes we will branch out to further areas.
Are you ready for a new book and a new activity? Grab that book (or eBook) and let's go explore together!
Diane and Audrey
Upcoming events
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- $50.00
Fairwinds Farm and Riding/Read: “Bed, Breakfast and Beyond” by Jo Ann S. Dawson
Fairwinds Farm & Stables, Inc, 41 Tailwinds Lane, North East, MD, USHave you ever wondered what it’s like to run a Bed and Breakfast? Want to trail ride for an hour? Join us for horseback trail riding, lunch and a tour of Fairwinds Farm B&B. The owner, Jo Ann S. Dawson has written a book outlining her experiences. The book is available at the library or on Amazon or wherever else you can find it. Plus, there will be copies for sale at the bed and breakfast.
FEE: Option 1: $75(Includes lunch) - One hour trail ride before lunch/book discussion, author presentation and tour - Eight person limit
First paid, first confirmed
Time: 11:00 AM(Please arrive by 10:45 to prepare for the ride)Option 2: $25 - Lunch/book discussion, author presentation and tour Only - No limit on attendees
Time: 12:30 PMMenu: Tea sandwiches: Egg Salad, Chicken salad, Cucumber, and Maraschino cherries and cream cheese. Desserts: Chocolate chip cookies, chocolate covered strawberries, and chess cake. All food is homemade. Brewed tea is Constant Comment and there are a variety of other teas to choose from.
LOCATION: Fairwinds Farms Stables
41 Tailwinds Lane, North East, MD
410.658.8187IMPORTANT PLEASE READ FULLY If you are riding: Don't forget to sign the waiver and bring it with you. Also, please note, if you are signing up for trail riding and either don't show up or are refused the ride, there will be a $10 charge for any horse reserved and not used (I will return the remaining $40 to you). Please read the refund policy and mandatory attire and instructions in this link. Therefore, I'm asking everyone to pay in advance before the event (so I'm not responsible to pay for you if there is an issue). If you need to cancel, please do so with enough time to modify the attendance. The lunch is being specifically catered to our group; please let us know of any allergies or dietary restrictions. Thank you.
PAYMENT: Directly to Diane at:
Venmo: @Diane-Flemming-2 - Last 4 of phone number: 0137
PayPal: @DianeFlemmingREAD: "Bed, Breakfast & Beyond: Twenty Years of Kooky Guests, Gentle Ghosts, and Horses in Between" by Jo Ann S. Dawson
FROM AMAZON: BED, BREAKFAST & BEYOND is set at Fairwinds Farm, a 52 acre riding stable nestled in Maryland horse country. In September of 1998, Ted and JoAnn Dawson purchased the property to fulfill their lifelong dream of owning a bed & breakfast. Little did they know what they were getting themselves into!
Restoring a filthy, dilapidated, nearly condemned Victorian house to a charming and welcoming country inn while raising two rowdy young boys was only the first of their challenges. Dealing with shady former owners, a string of ghostly events, and a wide variety of colorful guests opened their eyes to a whole new world.
With the fortitude and life lessons born of years on a dairy farm, the rare good fortune of choosing the perfect partner in life, and a boatload of humor thrown in to preserve their sanity, they have managed to keep Fairwinds Farm B&B running for nearly twenty years, fifteen years longer than the average B&B in the U.S.Happy Reading,
Diane and Kelly
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Our Missing Hearts - Online Book Club Discussion
·OnlineOnlineWe have a winner! May's online book will be Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng. I know you're probably saying, but waaaaiiittt when was the vote? Well...we didn't have one. Instead we went with the book that was chosen by the Philadelphia Free Library as the One Book One Philadelphia title. Talk about cred!
Online discussion as always on the last Monday of the month at 7pm.
⭐️☝️Ohhhh, hey! Did I tell you Audrey finally started a YouTube channel full of books and adventures inspired by books? I'd love it if you took a moment to subscribe and share! https://www.youtube.com/@thenoveltourist
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‼️Stay tuned for the paired in-person adventure! Of course we're going to make life as fun as fiction!
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🌟Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheNovelTourist📚**NOVEL: Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng
Genre: Fiction, Dystopia, Contemporary
From the #1 bestselling author of Little Fires Everywhere, comes the inspiring new novel about a mother’s unshakeable love.
Twelve-year-old Bird Gardner lives a quiet existence with his loving father, a former linguist who now shelves books in a university library. His mother, Margaret, a Chinese American poet, left without a trace when he was nine years old. He doesn’t know what happened to her—only that her books have been banned—and he resents that she cared more about her work than about him. Read more...❓Event Review Guidance:
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