APUS R.E.A.D. Book Club
The APUS R.E.A.D. Book Club is an independent organization of the American Public University System.
Views expressed here do not necessarily reflect those of APUS.
We are Reading and Educating
at a Distance (R.E.A.D.)!
The R.E.A.D. Book Club provides an open forum for discussion of literature for students, alumni, faculty and staff of the American Public University System. The organization aims to unite the student and alumni body through reading and to foster community through the discussion of various literary topics using Goodreads and Facebook. This organization also promotes reading and literacy through community outreach and service projects.
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2024
January: Jack: The Almost True Story of the Molly Maguires by Jackie Fowler (GUEST AUTHOR)
February: None of This Is True by Lisa Jewelle
March: Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys' Club of Silicon Valley by Emily Chang for Women’s History Month in COLLABORATION with the IT Club and wSTEM
April: The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
May: Well of Dreams by Kayla Ann (GUEST AUTHOR)
June: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
July: You Are Not So Smart by David McRaney
August: Long Lost by Jacqueline West
September: Mexico, Margaritas, and Murder by Wendy Day
October: In My Dreams I Hold a Knife by Ashley Winstead
November: Prison Ramen by Clifton Collins and Gustavo Alvares
December: Lean, Fall, Stand by Jon McGrego
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April 2024
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2024 Reading Challenge
Want to win free books?
Participate in the 2024 R.E.A.D. Book Club Challenge, and you could win $50 from Better World Books! The club member with the most activities completed by October 31, 2024 will win.
Use this Google form to report each reading activity you complete!
What are the reading challenge activities?
Read a book written from multiple points of view.
Read a secondhand book.
Read a book written by an author with your dame initials (first and last name).
Read a book that is more than 50 years old.
Read a book in a genre you don’t normally read.
Read a book about a natural disaster.
Read a non-zombie human annihilation book.
Read a book of poetry during National Poetry Month in April. (Double Entries if you post a video of you reciting/reading poetry.)
Complete the Annual Club Member Survey in September
Recommend at least three books (with author and title) based on the provided themes in the annual club survey in September.
Participate in our Legacy Project, Random Acts of Reading, in September.
Donate a book to a Little Free Library.
Attend a Zoom Meeting. (One point per meeting with a maximum of six points)
Post on the monthly book discussion on either Facebook or Goodreads.
Post a short video review of a favorite book on social media and tag #APUSReads
Guest Authors
Jaclyn Maria Fowler
JANUARY 2024
A storyteller at heart, Jaclyn Maria Fowler comes from a long line of raconteurs and wanderers who all trace their lineage back to Ireland. She, too, travels to write and writes to travel, and following in the footsteps of her ancestors, tells stories from Celtic myth and Irish history. To pay for her obsessions, she works as Chair of the English Department at APUS. She is the author of "Jack: The Almost True Story of the Molly Maguire's," "It is Myself that I Remake," and "No One Radiates Love Alone." Fowler has also had several short stories published, including "The Other Day I Found a Penny in the Street" in the 2020 Colorado Book Award winning anthology, "Women of the Desert" in the Wanderlust Best of '20 anthology, and "In the Summer Before Third Grade" in the 2022 Fish Anthology.
Jack: The Almost True Story of the Molly Maguires
Service Projects
Random Acts of Reading
In recognition of September 11 National Day of Service, participate in our Legacy Service Project by sharing or reading a book.
Little Free Library
Leave a book in a Little Free Library.
Donors Choose
Support specific literacy and reading classroom programs.
Smithsonian Adopt-A-Book
Adopt books to build and preserve special books and collections.
READers Charity of Choice
Vote to support one charity nominated by a club member.
United through Reading
Help service members read to children from a distance.
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Meet the Officers
Kathryn Hill
I'm a chef, teacher, financial planner, event coordinator, and personal developer a.k.a stay-at-home mom. I have my Bachelor's and Master's degree from AMU.
President
A Favorite Book:
The Stand
by
Stephen King
Past Newsletters and Presentations
The club regularly presents as part of Student Affairs Lunch and Learn series.
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