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Southern Lit Lovers Happenings Newsletter - May 2013


Greetings fellow Southern Lit Lovers:

First off I'd like to welcome all of our new members!  Please drop by the "Come Sit For A Spell & Tell Us About Yourself" thread and say hello here.  No worries, we're a great bunch of folks who don't bite!

Our May group read of Julie Kibler's Calling Me Home is under way!  Join us here.

To get ahead of the game, I've posted the thread for June group reads noms.  Please read my initial comment in the thread before you post your nom (I've added a new guideline).  Click here.

All past group reads are now archived in the Archived Group Reads folder here. Feel free to comment on any of the past group reads if you're reading one now!

Are you on Twitter?  Well so is Southern Lit Lovers! Follow group happenings and other postings about Southern Lit & reading in general here.

We've got lots to chat about in the following sections:
Classic & Gothic Southern Lit
Genres Within The Genre
Set In The South, but...
Buddy Reads & Favorite Authors

What are you currently reading, just finished our bought recently? Southern and other genres, share those titles with us here.

Share your day to day, your time in the garden or talk about your other hobbies - we have a section for that too! Go here to connect with fellow SLL members.

I can't wait to see y'all over at the group!  We have a lot to chat about :-)

~Jo
Moderator, Southern Lit Lovers

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