81-What have you read this year? 2023 Book Fare Challenge Wrap-up, Plus YOUR Voice Messages

Book Fare: Book Club Fun, Wholesome Recommendations, Deep Discussions

Today we look back on the 2023 Reading Challenge - first by listening to some voicemails from you, then by talking about some of our favorites. We cover topics from Great Classics to contemporary Sci-Fi to non-Fiction, and everything in between. You'll hear Elizabeth's hot take on Tiger Woods, Amanda's comedy favorite, and Tricia goes deep into listening to unheard voices.

Books mentioned in this episode:

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

Delay, Don't Deny: Living an Intermittent Fasting Lifestyle by Gin Stephens

Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis

Letters From Father Christmas by JRR Tolkien

Inferno by Dante

This Day: Collected and New Sabbath Poems by Wendell Berry

The Code of the Woosters by PG Wodehouse

The Crucible by Arthur Miller

Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein

A Woman is No Man by Etaf Rum

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

Join us on Tuesday Dec 5 at 8:30pm EST for a live Zoom book club discussion on JRR Tolkien's Letters From Father Christmas! The Zoom link will be posted in our Facebook group one hour before. Or, if you're not on Facebook, email us at [email protected] to request the zoom link.

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Do you love books or do you want to? Are you tired of reading in a vacuum and struggling to find good books? Has motherhood somehow made your brain a dusty shamble?

Friend, you are in the right place! BookFare Podcast is here to help you find great books that you will LOVE and a community to share them with, all while nurturing your own brain and helping you create a culture of reading in your life and family.

We are Elizabeth, Tricia, and Amanda, and we are here to help you do just that!

We’re not academics or scholars. We’re just three women, mamas, and friends who believe in the power of great books to grow our minds and hearts and those of our children. We have all been through seasons when we barely read and seasons when our brains felt left-behind. We have struggled to find the right things to read and people to talk about them with. But through our experiences with different book clubs, in-person and online, and dedicated reading through the years, we have started to crack the formula for keeping great books in our lives and families through all seasons. We love this journey, and we are on it with you.

That’s why we started Book Fare - to create a safe and welcoming place for women who care about the content of what they read- an exciting book club that combines FUN with truth, goodness and beauty!

So… from newbie readers to seasoned bibliophiles, from beach reads to Beowulf, from new releases to classic literature and everything in between- we are here to explore and curate reading content for you and your family.