{"id":2510,"date":"2020-08-10T14:53:47","date_gmt":"2020-08-10T14:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/?p=2510"},"modified":"2020-10-30T15:56:41","modified_gmt":"2020-10-30T15:56:41","slug":"summer-tales-end-of-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/summer-tales-end-of-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Tales &#8211; End of Story?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2321 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2020\/05\/VirtuallySummerTales-300x300.png\" alt=\"Poster\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2020\/05\/VirtuallySummerTales-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2020\/05\/VirtuallySummerTales-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2020\/05\/VirtuallySummerTales-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2020\/05\/VirtuallySummerTales-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2020\/05\/VirtuallySummerTales.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As we are closing to wrap up our Summer Reading program this week with a series of blog posts with our reflections, first, here is a list of findings participants can take away from experience:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>discussing topics (often related to more than just a story) might help reflect on more than just the story<\/li>\n<li>finding out about more titles to read (sometimes out of one&#8217;s interest) might take one down to new paths<\/li>\n<li>meeting new friends with similar interests virtually is just as good as face to face<\/li>\n<li>just hanging out to see what&#8217;s going on is a perfectly acceptable approach to get started in a virtual book club<\/li>\n<li>it takes a village to get comfortable with online learning and library resources.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Stay tuned for our takeaways on the Books We Read Pages such as a peer-to-peer book collection recommended by you guys as well as the best of the Creative Contest.<\/p>\n<p>The best closing words, as quoted at our live discussion with the author, are from Joyce Carol Oates:<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><em>\u201cRead widely, and without apology. 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