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Since November's theme is thrillers, (and it's NaNoWriMo!) I'm curious: If you were writing a thriller about our current political situation, what would your main plot line be and how would your protagonist save the day?

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VOTE TODAY to select November’s book for Let’s Read About Feminism!

This month, our theme is thrillers!

Our options:

The Girl on the Train, by Paula Hawkins

The Other Typist, by Suzanne Rindell 

The Winter People, by Jennifer McMahon

VOTING ENDS TONIGHT AT MIDNIGHT!

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Discussion Question 1: Have you ever watched any of the film or tv adaptations of Anne of Green Gables? How do they compare to the book?

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Welcome to day one of our three day discussion of Anne of Green Gables, by L.M. Montgomery!

You can submit your questions, comments, or favorite quotes to us HERE.

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Our winning book for October is Anne of Green Gables, by L.M. Montgomery!!!

Join our book club, @lets-read-about-feminism, to  read along and be a part of our discussion!

You can get the e-book for FREE from Amazon and Barnes & Noble!

We will be discussing the book October 29-31. 

Happy Reading!

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Voting is now open to select our book club book for October!!!!

Our theme this month is Middle Grade, and we will be discussing the winning book October 29-31. 

You can join us at @lets-read-about-feminism and on Facebook!

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Our book options for this month are:

Harriet the Spy, by Louise Fitzhugh

Ninth Ward, by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Anne of Green Gables, by L.M. Montgomery

VOTE NOW to select which book we will be reading and discussing in October!

Voting closes at midnight (cst) on Wednesday, October 4th! 

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Therefore I would ask you to write all kinds of books, hesitating at no subject however trivial or however vast.

Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own

Discussion Question 5: What’s a topic you’ve never read about, but would love to read up on?

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Speaking crudely, football and sport are 'important''; the worship of fashion, the buying o f clothes 'trivial.' And these values are inevitable transferred from life to fiction. This is an important book, the critic assumes, because it deals with war. This is an insignificant book because it deals with the feelings of women in a drawing room.

Virginia Woolf, A Room on One’s Own

Discussion Question 4: What are your favorite “chick lit” books?

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[T]hey say to themselves as they go into the room, I am the superior of half the people here, and it is thus that they speak with that self-confidence, that self-assurance, which have had such profound consequences in public life and lead to such curious notes in the margin of the private mind.

Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own

Discussion Question 3: When boys are taught that they are entitled to self-confidence, and girls are taught that thinking too highly of themselves makes them snooty, it can be thrilling to read about a girl who knows she’s awesome and doesn’t hold back from showing it. Who are you favorite self-confident women and girls in fiction?

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The most transient visitor to this planet, I thought, who picked up this paper could not fail to be aware, even from this scattered testimony, that England is under the rule of a patriarchy.

Virginia Woolf, A Room on One’s Own

Discussion Question 2: What subtle (or not so subtle) reminders of patriarchy have you picked up on while reading fiction?

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Fiction here is likely to contain more truth than fact.

Virginia Woolf, A Room on One’s Own

Discussion Question 1: What is something you have learned about feminism from reading fiction?

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Welcome to our discussion day for “A Room of One’s Own,” by Virginia Woolf!

I will be posting discussion questions throughout the day, but you can send us your questions/comments/favorite quotes as well, or post them on your blog and tag us! 

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The only people who get upset when you set boundaries are the ones who benefited from you having none.

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September’s winning book is A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf!

Join the online, feminist book club, @lets-read-about-feminism to join in the discussion!

Our discussion day will be Saturday, September 30th!

Where to buy the book:

The e-book is available from Barnes and Noble for $0.97 and from Amazon for $0.99. 

For a physical copy, Abe Books has several editions under $4 (including US shipping) or Book Depository has it for $5.02 (including international shipping). 

HAPPY READING! 

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VOTING IS NOW OPEN TO SELECT SEPTEMBER’S BOOK!

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VOTING WILL END SEPTEMBER 4th!

This month, each of our book options are under 150 pages!

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This our library here in Spring, Texas, in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. When I think of people who have lost everything, I hate how sad I feel about a library. But this is where I’ve taken my kids for story time since they were infants. It’s where I’ve met my closest mom friends. It’s a place that means the world to me. But beyond that, this is a place that my community needs. It offers free educational programming, resources, information, language classes, Internet, human connection, a place that is clean and safe, free lunches for kids in the summer when school is out. It’s not just a bunch of books. For some people, the library is their only access to these things.