Midtown Book Group Celebrates 10 Years & 120 Titles

Atlanta, GA (July 20, 2016) - The Midtown Book Group @ Barnes & Noble/Georgia Tech celebrates 10 years of community reading, discussion, and literary events with their meeting on September 14, 2016.

The group’s 121st Book Selection is the 2016 Pulitzer Prize Winner for Fiction:

THE SYMPATHIZER by Viet Thanh Nguyen.

Midtown Book Group - Fall 2016 Schedule:

• September 14, 2016 – “The Sympathizer” by Viet Thanh Nguyen
• October 12, 2016 – “In a Dark, Dark Wood” by Ruth Ware
• Nov 9, 2016 – “Silver Sparrow” by Tayari Jones * NEA Big Read *
• December 14, 2016 – “Skipping Christmas: A Novel” by John Grisham

The group meets on the 2nd Wednesday of every month at 8:00 p.m. at Barnes & Noble/Georgia Tech at 48 Fifth Street NW – upstairs by the fireplace.

Midtown Book Group is actively involved in the Atlanta Arts & Literary Community, and both sponsors and participates in many special events: hosting authors and book signings at Barnes & Noble; special promotion and review opportunities with publishers; movie screenings; field trips; and participation in community literacy programs with the Atlanta History Center, the Decatur Book Festival, and the NEA’s Big Read Program.

Midtown Book Group was established in September 2006, and is sponsored by Midtown Neighbors’ Association, Barnes & Noble, and Midtown Alliance.

Sherri Caldwell, Midtown Book Group Coordinator:

“We are a diverse group of Midtown neighbors and book lovers who enjoy meeting for always-lively conversation, with typically 10 – 15 members attending each month. We welcome visitors and new members to all of our meetings and special events.”

Group members are young (mid-20s) and older; male and female; professionals, professors, students and work-at-home moms. House people and condo dwellers, from Midtown and beyond-- all are welcome.

Midtown Book Group enjoys international and award-winning literature, especially from the Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award, Nobel Prize and Man Booker Prize lists. Reading is not limited to fiction:

“We often read new and different titles, in many genres, based on critical acclaim or member recommendations. We discuss monthly themes and book suggestions at each meeting and then vote in an online poll to make the selections up to three months in advance.

In 10 years and 120 titles, there have been winners & losers, stinkers & the sublime (Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie was both!): books everyone loved, books everyone hated, and every combination in-between... which makes for great conversations.” – Sherri Caldwell, MBG Coordinator

For more information, visit: www.Facebook.com/groups/MidtownBookGroup

or contact Sherri Caldwell at: sherri@rebelhousewife.com