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List of books discussed at the December 7, 2025 RMRT Book Club

Posted By Ann Marie Pipkin Dec 12, 2025 03:15 PM
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RMRT BOOK CLUB LIST 12/25 The prompt for this discussion is to read a book that is about traveler's tales · The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams by Daniel Nayeri · Life Along the Silk Road by Susan Whitfield · The Teacher of Nomad Land: A World War II Story by Daniel Nayeri · On ...

REMINDER: RMRT Fifth Sunday Book Club

Posted By Ann Marie Pipkin Dec 03, 2025 09:36 PM
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Join us for this discussion about the prompt: traveler's tales. Dec 7, 2025 03:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89992898644?pwd=4eyAa0hdPD96Veesapl5A3yh5ZaVt7.1 Meeting ID: 899 9289 8644 Passcode: 727331 ------------------------------ Ann Marie ...

RE: Ideas for Chicago 2026 programming and tour ideas from Nann Hilyard

Posted By Ann Marie Pipkin Oct 23, 2025 10:44 AM
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So many great ideas. Thank you for sharing! Ann Marie Pipkin

Book prompts from the past

Posted By Ann Marie Pipkin Sep 24, 2025 03:48 PM
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I have been delving into RMRT ALACONNET BOOK CLUB posts from the past. We have discussed many different books since Nann Hilyard proposed a book club discussion group at ALA Midwinter and Annual in 2015. As you can see from the prompts, we gathered more steam as the years rolled on. We grew from 2 book ...

RE: Prompt for 5th Sunday in November

Posted By Ann Marie Pipkin Sep 10, 2025 11:06 AM
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Good to hear from you and your suggestion. I am working on a summary of all of our prompts since we began. Would love to hear your thoughts on the list of prompts! We only meet 4 times a year. If you are at ALA annual, look us up! We have a Friday night dinner and face to face Book Club chat on Saturday ...

Prompt for 5th Sunday in November

Posted By Ann Marie Pipkin Sep 06, 2025 05:36 PM
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The next RMRT Book Club discussion is December 7th as the November date is too close to the Thanksgiving holidays. We hope that you will have time to join us as we discuss books that we read centered around "traveler's tales". The prompt is there for you to interpret ! In fact , if you want to change ...

RMRT Final Procedures and Rules

Posted By Ann Marie Pipkin Sep 04, 2025 04:16 PM
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RE: RMRT and AI

Posted By Ann Marie Pipkin Jul 30, 2025 04:24 PM
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Katharine, what a profound and very relevant committee to be on. AI fascinates me, and I am always looking to learn more about it. Can't wait to hear about your experiences on the committee! Ann Marie Pipkin When the impossible has been eliminated, all that remains no matter how improbable is possible.Arthur ...

RE: Retired Members Round Table (RMRT) Creates Advocacy Committee!!!

Posted By Ann Marie Pipkin Jul 11, 2025 10:29 AM
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So proud of and thankful for our RMRT liaisons and members who keep us informed and continue to make a meaningful contribution to the organization and their local and national communities! When the impossible has been eliminated, all that remains no matter how improbable is possible.Arthur Conan Doyle, ...

RMRT BOOK CLUB LIST @ALA2025

Posted By Ann Marie Pipkin Jul 07, 2025 02:27 PM
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RMRT BOOK CLUB LIST @ALA2025 Prompt: Read a book published in 1925 or earlier · An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser · Bread Givers by Anzia Yezierska · Drums by James Boyd · Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain · Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf · Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse · The Enchanted April ...

Book prompt for ALA Conference June 2025

Posted By Ann Marie Pipkin Jun 13, 2025 03:24 PM
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Are you ready? Have you registered for ALA Annual Conference 2025 in Philadelphia? Have you printed your personal schedule? Have your read your RMRT Book Club book to discuss? I hope that the RMRT Book Club discussion is on your schedule for Saturday, June 28th from 4 pm to 5:30 pm after the RMRT Membership ...

RE: New Members and Retired Members get together for a Mixer during ALA Annual in Philadelphia

Posted By Ann Marie Pipkin May 23, 2025 04:23 AM
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😊 ------------------------------ Ann Marie Pipkin apipkin1@bellsouth.net RMRT Board Member ------------------------------ ...

Volunteer opportunity

Posted By Ann Marie Pipkin Mar 07, 2025 05:31 PM
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ALA 150th Anniversary Commemorative Committee Update Informz remove preview ALA 150th Anniversary Commemorative Committee Update Dear colleagues, The American Library Association (ALA) will celebrate its 150th anniversary in 2026, and we could not be more excited! Not only will we ...

March 2025 zoom link

Posted By Ann Marie Pipkin Mar 07, 2025 11:14 AM
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Topic: RMRT Book Club Zoom Link Time: Mar 30, 2025 03:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88031359532?pwd=AAcTFL9Y5TOvo42tt3aEwhEbx2tpvJ.1 Meeting ID: 880 3135 9532 Passcode: 816038 ------------------------------ Ann Marie Pipkin apipkin1@bellsouth.net RMRT ...

March 2025 Fifth Sunday Prompt

Posted By Ann Marie Pipkin Mar 07, 2025 11:11 AM
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RMRT March 2025 Fifth Sunday Prompt The prompt for the RMRT March Fifth Sunday Book discussion is to read a book that has inspired or inspires you. The term "inspire" is defined as "to exert an animating, enlivening, or exalting influence on" and "to influence, move, or guide by divine or supernatural ...

Viting

Posted By Ann Marie Pipkin Feb 13, 2025 10:59 AM
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What is Viting? An informal invitation to vote. From the ALA Governance Office; One benefit of your ALA membership is to vote for the Association's future member leaders. The upcoming 2025 election is an important opportunity for your voice to be heard! The 2025 ALA Election electronic ballot ...

Voting

Posted By Ann Marie Pipkin Feb 07, 2025 05:01 PM
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Each year around this time before the voting for different ALA positions and concerns, I always encourage our RMRT members to let us know if you are running for a position. Please give us a heads up if you are on the ballot (besides a position in RMRT) so that we may support you! And, please everyone…VOTE! ...

RE: ALA Intellectual Freedom Committee report from your RMRT liaison

Posted By Ann Marie Pipkin Jan 21, 2025 03:23 PM
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Thank you, Shelly, for being the RMRT liaison for RMRT to this important committee and keeping us informed. Being retired, it's easy to lose touch with what's going on in libraries. Thanks for all the information! Art is the triumph over chaos.John Cheever, writer

January Sunday Book Discussion

Posted By Ann Marie Pipkin Jan 01, 2025 04:21 PM
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I hope Jan 1 finds you with a book in your hand reading a humorous book for our discussion on January 26, 2025. I am fortunate to have a stack of TBR books that I received at "The Laugh's on Us" wine and cheese event at the ALA Conference this summer in San Diego. I haven't read any of them, but ...

RE: Statement from the Freedom to Read Foundation

Posted By Ann Marie Pipkin Nov 21, 2024 12:10 PM
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Thanks, Judi, for the information and being the RMRT liaison. Ann Marie Pipkin "I can't give you a surefire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: Try to please everybody all the time." - Herbert Bayard Swope, journalist

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