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* 1. With our Member Exclusive Summer Book Club occurring May-August: What are your preferred 2 days and times that you would like to attend on?

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* 2. What titles are you most interested in joining us for book club if offered?

1. Buffalo Dance: The Journey of York (Kentucky Voices) by Frank X Walker | Genre: Poetry
Though Buffalo Dance purposely references historic accounts and facts, it is fictionalized poetry, and Frank X Walker's rare blend of history and art breathes life into an important but overlooked historical figure.

2. The Bourbon Thief : A Southern Gothic Novel by Tiffany Reisz | Genre: Historical Fiction
A million-dollar bottle of bourbon, Louisville, and a 150-year-old mystery are the foundation for this story of betrayal, revenge and a family.

3. Breakfast Served Anytime by Sarah Combs | Genre: Fiction, “Coming of Age”
An honest and touching story of growing up is imbued with the serene atmosphere of Kentucky’s natural landscape.

4. I’ve Got A Home in Glory Land by Karolyn Smardz Frost | Genre: Biography
Runaway slaves, Thornton & Lucie Blackburn sparked a race riot in Detroit & a diplomatic incident with Canada. Eventually settling in Toronto & worked tirelessly against the slavery they had left behind in the Southern States.

5. The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes | Genre: Romance, Historical Fiction
A breathtaking story of five extraordinary women and their remarkable journey through the mountains of Kentucky and beyond in Depression-era America. These women become known as the Packhorse Librarians of Kentucky, who face all kinds of dangers in a landscape that is at times breathtakingly beautiful, at others brutal, they're committed to their job: bringing books to people who have never had any. Based on a true story rooted in America's past. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER.

6. Bluegrass: A True Story of Murder in Kentucky by William Van Meter | Genre: True Crime
A shocking investigation into a true crime that tore a town apart. With the keen eye of a talented young journalist returning to his southern roots, Van Meter paints a vivid portrait of the town, the characters who fill it, and the simmering class conflicts that made an injustice like this not only possible, but inevitable.

7. Crowe on the Banjo: The Music Life of J.D. Crowe by Marty Godbey | Genre: Biography, Music
In this first biography of legendary banjoist J. D. Crowe, Marty Godbey charts the life and career of one of bluegrass's most important innovators. Born and raised in Lexington, Kentucky, Crowe picked up the banjo when he was thirteen years old, inspired by a Flatt & Scruggs performance at the Kentucky Barn Dance. Godbey relates the long, distinguished career that followed.

8. Coal Miner’s Daughter by Loretta Lynn | Genre: Autobiography, Music
Loretta Lynn's classic memoir tells the story of her early life in Butcher Holler, Kentucky, and her amazing rise to the top of the music industry.

9. The Hollow Inside by Brooke Lauren Davis | Genre: Young Adult Fiction
Debut author Brooke Lauren Davis, from Louisville, KY— explores the murkiness of right and wrong, of choices and consequences, of heroes and villains, in an eerily compelling and thought-provoking small-town saga. 

10. The Unsettling of America: Culture & Agriculture by Wendell Berry | Genre: Nature Writing
Recognized as a classic of American letters. In it, Berry argues that good farming is a cultural and spiritual discipline. Today’s agribusiness, however, takes farming out of its cultural context and away from families. As a result, we as a nation are more estranged from the land—from the intimate knowledge, love, and care of it.

11. Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood by bell hooks | Genre: Autobiography
In this memoir of perceptions and ideas, renowned feminist intellectual bell hooks presents a stirringly intimate account of growing up in the South.

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* 3. During our monthly meetings, we would like to offer an additional experience to compliment the book. What would you like to see as the additional experience?

1. Guest Speaker lecture on the themes

2. Hands on program revolving around the experiences in the book

3. Tour of an exhibit with matching themes, people or items.

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* 4. How would you prefer attending/participating in our Summer Book Club?

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* 5. What would you like to see as a door prize?

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