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International Literacy Day 2020

  Yesterday, September 8, marked International Literacy Day.by The United Nations Education Scientific & Cultural Organisation. This means that every year, September is declared Literacy month. It also means that our reading time should heighten this month.  And perhaps, you are not an avid reader like myself and all others who are addicted to books, it is still very possible to develop the culture of reading. Try reading for 10 minutes daily . It could be just reading the daily newspaper or just anything readable that you can google up quickly on your mobile device. If you can do this six days in a row, it becomes a habit. Then, you can grow your reading life from there.  Stick with materials that are simple and can grip your interest. And as you do this, you will find yourself wanting to explore more complex reading materials and books. So, for our bookclub this month, I have chosen two books for our reading delight off the Goodreads Platform. You can log on to: goo...
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Now August...!

I just got an email from Good reads with new book releases for the month of August, and I perused the titles on the fiction, non-fiction, young adult, children’s, History &Biography; Memoirs & Autobiography; Mystery & Thriller, Romance, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Graphic Novels & Comics. I must say the titles this month are engaging. But since we are all adults on this online book club, we will exempt picking books from the Children’s and Young Adult categories.  You can log on to Good reads.com and take a look. So therefore, I have decided to pick three good books for our reading delight this month of August and the reading challenge begins. The titles are: The Mother Code by Carole Stivers  (Science Fiction)                        The Come Back. by Ella Berman  (Fiction)                        The Night Swim ...
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Summer Is Here Again!

#Summer is here again and with it comes various activities to indulge in this season. And one all important activity one can leisurely embrace despite the pandemic in the world today is reading. There are so many new books to enjoy this season to get you preoccupied, leaving you with no room for gloomy thoughts about Covid-19. The Goodreads reading community has set up a reading challenge for readers to read 237 million books before the new year, 2021. So what are you waiting for ? Why don’t you jump in and join the bandwagon of readers to achieve this irresistible challenge! As long as you’re reading this blog post, you are already part and are welcome to join this online book club: MyBookClub. So, you can log on to www.goodreads.com and sign up if you’re not already a member and start reading to join the Goodreads reading challenge for 2020. You can also leave your suggestions and comments about the books you have decided to read from the Goodreads Library or Store to join th...
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#Book Suggestions..

On #WorldBookDay, I introduced this online book club and promised to get information of the latest books recently published for our reading delight across to you. And also to keep our minds busy during the lockdown brought on by the Covid-19 virus pandemic. As a member of the Goodreads community, I receive emails on a regular basis of updates on new books trending, authors; and interviews with favorite authors with new and upcoming projects. For this month of May, there have been numerous #books advertised for the summer period. But you don’t have to wait till June or July to begin digging into these wonderful books. You can start now. And so I have selected two books I hope we all would like and enjoy both from the classic and contemporary categories. The first one is Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. The second one is Beach Read by Emily Henry. You can get these two books on goodreads.com. We will be discussing and reviewing these books as we read along. Please feel free to...
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World Book Day!

It's #WorldBookDay today, and for avid reading enthusiasts like myself and many other readers in the  reading and writing community world wide,  we get to celebrate books today. April 23, is the day that The United Nations Education Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has set aside to promote books, writers and copyright issues. And it is also no coincidence that this online book club is being launched though informally today too. This means we have entered the season of books and incessant reading again. I'm a keen observer of times and seasons, and by the Grace of God I move accordingly. So we would be starting with links to #books, #readingcommunity and #writingcommunity to interact with the many fine writers, authors and readers you will find there.  In the following weeks however, we will pick books of different genres, read and discuss. I hope to have an interesting time with fellow readers as we go on this reading spree! Your suggestions and commen...
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