In our books, summer means one thing: READING! With May nearly behind us and reading’s favorite season about to begin, we’re already looking forward to diving into all the books, swimming in all the books, and drinking in all the books (and cocktails). Before we get ahead of ourselves, we thought we’d take a beat to highlight all of the amazing happenings in the club over the last few weeks.
Hot off the Presses: Reese’s Book Club Featured in Time Magazine!
Talk about perfect timing! Our virtual book club with Patricia Engel got a shout-out in Time Magazine as part of its 100 Most Influential Companies issue. The article captured the energy and vibrance of our club chats and is definitely worth a read or re-read. Speaking of re-visiting amazing conversations, and you can see a few video highlights of the inspiring conversation between Patrician Engel + Reese below:
On the book’s inspiration
On the word undocumented
On the ending (spoiler alert!)
We Made World Book Day One for the Books
To celebrate World Book Day, Flynn Berry, author of (April ‘21 Pick) dropped by to answer your questions about the sister-centered spy novel. Highlights of the discussion included Flynn’s revelation that while fiction, the book included several nods to her real-life experiences, especially around motherhood. “One example is that when my son was a newborn, I had a conversation about nursing and my stress cortisol being bad for the baby, and stuck that in word for word! And the mix of love and fear and tenderness and exhaustion that Tessa feels as a new mother came from my experience.”
If you added Flynn’s Author AMA to your events, you can find it under SEE ALL EVENTS –> PAST to revisit everything that went down in the chat.
Impact Update: The Readership Stepped Up for Teachers
Give your shelf a hand! This Teacher’s Appreciation Week, your purchase of the Gift of Reading Box helped us donate books to teachers in need. With your help we were able to pay it forward and share our book joy with classroom heroes around the country, so thanks! If you missed out on the First Edition Box, stay tuned…we’ll be restocking soon!
