Welp. [Long whistle.] We just endured one helluva year, friends.
We got by with a little help from our books.
Stories. Words. Escape into our own imagination, far from the grotesque burning landscape that was 2020.
And it shows in the numbers of this year s Century Club.
Eight years ago, I first challenged SouthCoast BookLovers to read 100 books in a year to make my BookLovers Century Club. Reading 25-49 books would qualify you for the Quarter-Century Club, and 50-99 books, the Half-Century Club. (Yes, audiobooks count.)
Each year, for eight years, this club all three tiers has grown in number and spirit. We are the Biggest Reading Club in SouthCoast. And damn, do we have Heart.