Patricia BeCraft, of Wytheville, shares her favorite reads of the last month with the Sharing Novels Book Club. Gabbie Frazier looks on.
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Gabbie Frazier, of Richmond, joined the Sharing Novels Book Club for their December meeting in Marion. She worked with many of the retired teachers, but last month celebrated their bonds by reading a children’s book to the group.
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Students at Rural Retreat High School constructed four little libraries for the Sharing Novels Book Club. This one sits at the playground at Riverbend Park in Marion.
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This Free Little Library is at Food City in Marion.
This group is not your typical book club. There’s not a chosen book to be read, studied, and discussed each month. There’s no timetable. Members read whatever they want. For most of their about 35 years, the group was even nameless. However, as of December, they’re trying a moniker: The Sharing Novels Book Club.
Gabbie Frazier, of Richmond, joined the Sharing Novels Book Club for their December meeting in Marion. She worked with many of the retired teachers, but last month celebrated their bonds by reading a children’s book to the group.
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Students at Rural Retreat High School constructed four little libraries for the Sharing Novels Book Club. This one sits at the playground at Riverbend Park in Marion.
