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 discussion a year to 3 discussions on ZOOM and 1 face to face at ALA ANNUAL.
I marveled at the variety of prompts and the many participants that we have had. We have missed several of you on the Zoom and ALA Annual discussions and hope you will join us again. We also love when we get new participants!
Join us December 7th 2025 on ZOOM at 3 pm CT as we discuss books centered on the prompt "traveler's tales".
RMRT BOOK CLUB PROMPTS
Read a book that fits your interpretation of the prompt. Prompts from past years are:
2015 – Nan Hilyard proposed an RMRT Book Club
2016 – 2 books, 2 minutes . give a two-minute book talk about each one.
2017 - a new book, a book you've always meant to read and finally did, and something out of your comfort zone
2017 - a book you've recently read that you recommend 0R a book you read when you were a child -- one of those you read and re-read -- and that you would recommend to a kid today. [It should be a book from your childhood, not one you discovered when you were a librarian.]
2018 - recommend a SERIES you have particularly enjoyed
2019 – a book you've read recently that you recommend OR a book that took you out of your comfort zone (or "reading rut").
2020 - a book that you have never read that you were "supposed" to read, or that everyone assumes you've read – and why haven't you read it? OR a book you've read recently that you recommend
2020 - an ARC you got at Midwinter 2020 that you really enjoyed OR If you weren't at Midwinter, then choose a new-this-season book that you really enjoyed. Audiobooks, picture books, and picture books count, too!
2021 – a Louise Penny book OR a personal favorites and/or books that they are currently reading or have recently read.
2022 - a book about food OR your go-to cookbook
2022 - a book that was published the year you graduated from high school OR a book you read years ago OR choose one you've never read.
2022 - "self-help" book
2022 - recommend and review a Newbery book winner that you read and loved AND review a Newbery book that you were "forced" to read (maybe) that you did not like.
2022 – Travel
2023 – biography
2023 - a book that takes place in our home state and can talk about the setting as it applies to our lives.
2023 - a book with diverse content
2024 a book about /concerning politics
2024 – a book that is a translation to English from another language
2025- humor
2025 - a book that has inspired or inspires you 2025
2025 - a book that was published at least 100 years ago
2025 - traveler's tales
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Ann Marie Pipkin
apipkin1@bellsouth.netRMRT Chair-elect 2025
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