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Join us on Wednesday, November 6 to discuss this New York Times best-selling memoir, Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner, that has been getting some great notoriety on BookTok:
https://www.amazon.com/Crying-Mart-Memoir-Michelle-Zauner/dp/0525657746

Described as an exquisite story of "family, food, love, grief, and growing up Korean American," it is sure to be an engaging read and lead to meaningful conversation.

Remember, you don't have to finish the book to come and discuss! There will be some really interesting themes from this book that everyone will be able to jump into.

Register on one of the links below and get your free copy while supplies last!

Brownsville: https://utrgv.campuslabs.com/engage/event/10653107

Edinburg: https://utrgv.campuslabs.com/engage/event/10653106

Grab your free digital copy before Spring Break!

We'll meet on Wednesday, March 20th to discuss 'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo' by Stieg Larsson. It's intense, but I think it will make for a great Spring Break read and a fantastic book discussion!! Register to get your free digital copy now in time to read over the break! (Vlinks in the comments!)

This Friday!

We are offering a FREE online reading strategies workshop called "Read Like a Pro: Reading Strategies for YOUR Major!" We'll have a 20-minute guest speaker talk to us about the importance of not only general academic reading strategies but also discipline-specific reading strategies. Then we'll have six breakout sessions for you to choose from: Communications, Physics, Philosophy, Engineering, Mathematics, and Psychology. These breakout sessions will be lead by faculty from those fields – they'll show you the strategies they use as expert readers, and they'll invite you to practice right along with them! The workshop will take place via Zoom and a Blackboard course shell that you'll have access to after you register. The last time we ran this workshop it was a great success and students evaluated it very positively, so be sure to register today!

Happening this week!!! Free online workshop! Learn from the experts how to read in your major! Registration link in comments 🤩

It's almost February, and that means it's time to pick up your copy of our next great read!

We'll be reading a non-fiction book this time, Dopesick by Beth Macy. It's critically acclaimed, and it's so good they made it into a limited series on Hulu! (Maybe we can organize a watchparty if you're interested!) It's about the opioid epidemic, and it's framed around individual stories of impacted families. I know that some of you (like me) are addicted to fiction, but it's good to read other genres too, and this is a timely and important topic. I can already tell our conversation is going to be good! And remember, you don't need to finish the book to attend the discussion, especially with a non-fiction read like this one.

Register for your free digital copy today!! (Links in the comments.)

It's time for the November book club -- and we've chosen a book that's perfect for a month about family, 'The House of Broken Angels' by Luis Alberto Urrea.

Here's a brief summary + snippet:

In this "raucous, moving, and necessary" story by a Pulitzer Prize finalist (San Francisco Chronicle), the De La Cruzes, a family on the Mexican-American border, celebrate two of their most beloved relatives during a joyous and bittersweet weekend.

"All we do, mija, is love. Love is the answer. Nothing stops it. Not borders. Not death."

Sounds pretty good, eh? Register today so you can download your copy while supplies last! (Vlinks in comments.) See you soon!

It's almost October, and that means all things spooky. We found a book that is supposed to be wonderfully weird and funny and horror-ific: 'Bunny,' by Mona Awad. It's a Goodreads Choice Award nominee and has received critical acclaim: It was named a Best Book of 2019 by TIME, Vogue, Electric Literature, and The New York Public Library. I really can't wait to see what you think of it!

We'll be meeting on Wednesday, October 18th from 12:30 - 1:30pm at ESTUN Sage in Edinburg and BSTUN La Sala in Brownsville. As always, you can expect coffee, snacks, and great conversation!

Click the VLink to register for Edinburg or Brownsville and get your free Kindle edition today! (Links in the comments.)

Ever get to the bottom of a page and not remember what you read? We've got a strategy to help with that!

Ever have a reading with so many unfamiliar vocabulary words that you don't even know where to start? We've got a strategy to deal with that!

Ever read the article but not feel confident you have something to say in the class discussion the next day? We've got strategies to help with that too!

Register on V-Link to attend all sessions of the three-part series in Edinburg OR the two-part series in Brownsville. Complete the series on your campus and you'll receive a certificate of completion!

It's the last few hours of the book swap! Bring your books! Bring your friends!