Book for May & September, and a call for votes for June and July
Hello readers!
We've chosen the books for May and September; you'll find the links below.
Also, please click on the link below to vote on books for June and July. If I did not include your book suggestion on the form, my apologies, it wasn't intentional. Please do email me with a link, and I'll add it to the list for the August book.
We'll come up with a book for August at the June or July meeting.
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May book: The Black House by Peter May. This is book 1 in a series, but we will just read #1 for our club. The genre is Mystery/Thriller.
Location of the meeting will be Isabelle's house in Beaulieu.
DESCRIPTION
A brutal killing takes place on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland: a land of harsh beauty and inhabitants of deep-rooted faith. A MURDER: Detective Inspector Fin Macleod is sent from Edinburgh to investigate. For Lewis-born Macleod, the case represents a journey both home and into his past. A SECRET: Something lurks within the close-knit island community. Something sinister. A TRAP: As Fin investigates, old skeletons begin to surface, and soon he, the hunter, becomes the hunted.
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Vote on June and July books: CLICK HERE
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The book for September (when we're all ready to start the new business/school year!) is non-fiction, something new for us. A few of us had a conversation about it Sunday after hearing about it from Noël, and we think it would lend itself not only to great discussion but also a little personal empowerment (and who can't use some of that from time to time, right?)
The book is called Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead, written by the #2 at Facebook who's a woman named Sheryl Strandberg.
"Sandberg is the chief operating officer of Facebook and is ranked on Fortune’s list of the 50 Most Powerful Women in Business and as one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People in the World. In 2010, she gave an electrifying TEDTalk in which she described how women unintentionally hold themselves back in their careers. Her talk, which became a phenomenon and has been viewed more than two million times, encouraged women to “sit at the table,” seek challenges, take risks, and pursue their goals with gusto."
Links to two of her TedTalks:
Why we have too few women leaders: https://www.ted.com/talks/sheryl_sandberg_why_we_have_too_few_women_leaders
So we leaned in... now what? (which obstensibly should be watched after you read the book) https://www.ted.com/talks/sheryl_sandberg_so_we_leaned_in_now_what
DESCRIPTION
Thirty years after women became 50 percent of the college graduates in the United States, men still hold the vast majority of leadership positions in government and industry. This means that women’s voices are still not heard equally in the decisions that most affect our lives. In Lean In, Sheryl Sandberg examines why women’s progress in achieving leadership roles has stalled, explains the root causes, and offers compelling, commonsense solutions that can empower women to achieve their full potential.
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In Lean In, Sandberg digs deeper into these issues, combining personal anecdotes, hard data, and compelling research to cut through the layers of ambiguity and bias surrounding the lives and choices of working women. She recounts her own decisions, mistakes, and daily struggles to make the right choices for herself, her career, and her family. She provides practical advice on negotiation techniques, mentorship, and building a satisfying career, urging women to set boundaries and to abandon the myth of “having it all.” She describes specific steps women can take to combine professional achievement with personal fulfillment and demonstrates how men can benefit by supporting women in the workplace and at home.
Written with both humor and wisdom, Sandberg’s book is an inspiring call to action and a blueprint for individual growth. Lean In is destined to change the conversation from what women can’t do to what they can.
We've chosen the books for May and September; you'll find the links below.
Also, please click on the link below to vote on books for June and July. If I did not include your book suggestion on the form, my apologies, it wasn't intentional. Please do email me with a link, and I'll add it to the list for the August book.
We'll come up with a book for August at the June or July meeting.
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May book: The Black House by Peter May. This is book 1 in a series, but we will just read #1 for our club. The genre is Mystery/Thriller.
Location of the meeting will be Isabelle's house in Beaulieu.
DESCRIPTION
A brutal killing takes place on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland: a land of harsh beauty and inhabitants of deep-rooted faith. A MURDER: Detective Inspector Fin Macleod is sent from Edinburgh to investigate. For Lewis-born Macleod, the case represents a journey both home and into his past. A SECRET: Something lurks within the close-knit island community. Something sinister. A TRAP: As Fin investigates, old skeletons begin to surface, and soon he, the hunter, becomes the hunted.
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Vote on June and July books: CLICK HERE
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The book for September (when we're all ready to start the new business/school year!) is non-fiction, something new for us. A few of us had a conversation about it Sunday after hearing about it from Noël, and we think it would lend itself not only to great discussion but also a little personal empowerment (and who can't use some of that from time to time, right?)
The book is called Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead, written by the #2 at Facebook who's a woman named Sheryl Strandberg.
"Sandberg is the chief operating officer of Facebook and is ranked on Fortune’s list of the 50 Most Powerful Women in Business and as one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People in the World. In 2010, she gave an electrifying TEDTalk in which she described how women unintentionally hold themselves back in their careers. Her talk, which became a phenomenon and has been viewed more than two million times, encouraged women to “sit at the table,” seek challenges, take risks, and pursue their goals with gusto."
Links to two of her TedTalks:
Why we have too few women leaders: https://www.ted.com/talks/sheryl_sandberg_why_we_have_too_few_women_leaders
So we leaned in... now what? (which obstensibly should be watched after you read the book) https://www.ted.com/talks/sheryl_sandberg_so_we_leaned_in_now_what
DESCRIPTION
Thirty years after women became 50 percent of the college graduates in the United States, men still hold the vast majority of leadership positions in government and industry. This means that women’s voices are still not heard equally in the decisions that most affect our lives. In Lean In, Sheryl Sandberg examines why women’s progress in achieving leadership roles has stalled, explains the root causes, and offers compelling, commonsense solutions that can empower women to achieve their full potential.
...
In Lean In, Sandberg digs deeper into these issues, combining personal anecdotes, hard data, and compelling research to cut through the layers of ambiguity and bias surrounding the lives and choices of working women. She recounts her own decisions, mistakes, and daily struggles to make the right choices for herself, her career, and her family. She provides practical advice on negotiation techniques, mentorship, and building a satisfying career, urging women to set boundaries and to abandon the myth of “having it all.” She describes specific steps women can take to combine professional achievement with personal fulfillment and demonstrates how men can benefit by supporting women in the workplace and at home.
Written with both humor and wisdom, Sandberg’s book is an inspiring call to action and a blueprint for individual growth. Lean In is destined to change the conversation from what women can’t do to what they can.
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