Welcome back to the show. We are so glad you are here, joining us for the book group discussion!.

Our full shown notes page, with links to information on the genre, with links to the books we share, and links to the beverages we enjoyed, is found right here.

This is a genre filled with all kinds of interesting books. Some are sad, some are scary, some are uplifting. We are not being pejorative about these families by grouping them into this week’s genre – we approach all these books with admiration for the lessons learned and the adventures we can share. Not everyone involved in an organization labeled as a cult is damaged by it, but the more exciting stories tend to be the ones made into books. And the line between “religion” and “cult” can be very fine, and may depend on the perspective of the person telling their own story.

We suggest all of the books we are sharing today, to read yourself or to recommend to people who want suggestions on interesting or unusual family stories!

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Welcome to Happiness in Libraries bonus episode! Each month we are looking at a few stories about happy things that happen in libraries, or happy things that libraries contribute to their communities.

You can get links to all of the stories we shared on our website.

And if you have happy library stories of your own, send them to us! We are at admin@cmle.org, and would like to hear from you.

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Welcome back to the show. We are so glad you are here, joining us for the book group discussion. This week we look at books on natural disasters.

Check out our show notes page, with links to the books we share, other resources for finding this genre, and the beverages we are enjoying!

Who is joining us this week? Our returning Guest Host is Ariel Kirst from the Great River Library System.

Natural disasters in books are kind of contradictory. On the one hand, it’s scary and potentially sad to read about terrible things happening. And on the other hand – it’s exciting and can be very inspirational to hear about the ways people banded together and overcame the disasters facing them.

When disaster happen around us, or the world feels like a huge dumpster fire of disaster, it can be comforting to read books about people who have had the worst happen – and have made it through. We can learn lessons, we can take comfort in their survival, we can be inspired by their struggle.

And if some days you are having a lousy life experience, and just want to check in on people who are having an even worse day – well, we’ve got suggestions for you!

Become a full book group member on Patreon! Click here to be part of the “inner circle” of this book group, and get access to behind-the-scenes info and photos. Support levels start at $1/month – and you get a postcard from Official Office Dog Lady Grey! More swag is available at higher levels of support; check it all out today.

We love doing this, but podcasts aren’t free to create; so thank you so much to our book group members who have joined us. We love having you as part of the team.

Check out this episode!