{"id":4569,"date":"2017-03-16T09:50:23","date_gmt":"2017-03-16T09:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shalominthecity.com\/?p=4569"},"modified":"2018-03-08T15:43:28","modified_gmt":"2018-03-08T15:43:28","slug":"shalom-book-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/shalominthecity\/2017\/03\/shalom-book-club\/","title":{"rendered":"Shalom Book Club"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4570\" src=\"https:\/\/shalominthecity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ShalomBookClub-1024x683.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\"><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Once a month on the podcast I chat with my friend, <a href=\"http:\/\/carameredith.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Cara Meredith<\/a> about books through the lens of Shalom.\u00a0 This is partly to solve a very real problem we both have, we love reading, we love talking about books in community, and we\u2019re always game to try out new authors, but we simply can\u2019t work in a book club in our very buys schedules this season. This is why we\u2019re hosting a monthly book club on the podcast. When we choose books we try to find books that came in our the past year written by women of color, but honestly, if the author is a shalom bringer with her words then we\u2019re all about it.<\/p>\n<h1>To Join The Book Club:<\/h1>\n<p>1. Get yourself a copy of the book.<br>\n2. Start reading, either by yourself or with a group of friends.<br>\n3. Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/shalominthecity\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">shalominthecity <\/a>on Instagram or join the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/960443290670157\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Shalom Sista Hangout<\/a>\u2014 that\u2019s where the conversations before the episode will begin, then on the podcast we\u2019ll share and\/or respond to your thoughts.<\/p>\n<h1>The books we\u2019re reading during our \u201cHopeful Resistance\u201d season are:<\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4571\" src=\"https:\/\/shalominthecity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/book-collage-719x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"719\" height=\"1024\"><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>March: Hopeful Resistance <\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2mpKh0M\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><i>The Sun is Also a Star <\/i><\/a>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nicolayoon.com\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Nicola Yoon<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>African American woman, YA fiction, 2016<\/p>\n<p>Supporting reads: <i>In the Country We Love <\/i>(Diane Guerrero); <i>The Book of Unknown Americans <\/i>(Henriquez); <i>Assimilate or Go Home <\/i>(DL Mayfield); <i>Motherland <\/i>(Vijayaraghavan); <i>Empress of One Thousand Skies <\/i>(Belleza) Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>April: Division (within Hopeful Resistance)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2m9Je4L\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><i>ONE<\/i><\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.deidrariggs.com\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Deidra Riggs<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>African American woman, Christian non-fiction, 2017<\/p>\n<p>Supporting reads: <i>Hillbilly Elegy <\/i>(Vance)<\/p>\n<p>Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson<\/p>\n<p>The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (ya)<\/p>\n<p>Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>May: Defensiveness (within Hopeful Resistance)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2mBm2tB\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><i>Hallelujah Anyway<\/i><\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ANNELAMOTT?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Anne Lamott)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>White woman, memoir, 2017<\/p>\n<p>Supporting reads: <i>Becoming Wise <\/i>(Krista Tippett); <i>Places that Scare You <\/i>(Pema Chodrin); all things Brene Brown<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>June: Despair (within Hopeful Resistance)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2lkSej2\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><i>LaRose<\/i><\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.harpercollins.com\/authors\/2905\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Louise Erdrich<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Native American woman, adult fiction dealing with mental illness, 2016<\/p>\n<p>Supporting reads: <i>Orphan\u2019s Inheritance <\/i>(Ohanesian); <i>Their Eyes Were Watching God <\/i>(Hurston); <i>The Birds of Opulence <\/i>(Wilkinson); <i>Shatter Me <\/i>(Mafi) The Mothers by Britt Bennett<\/p>\n<p>Happy Reading Sistas,<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4606\" src=\"https:\/\/shalominthecity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Osheta-300x211.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"242\" height=\"170\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; 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