ChickLits Book Club Akron

06/21/2019

The comfort I have found in my own skin was always fleeting. The glimpses have brought me to this place. This time, I’m in it for the win. I’m sharing my story, but only to make a call to all of the people suffering out there. You are NOT alone, and you deserve healing. An estimated 80% of people with eating disorders never seek treatment. STOP THE STIGMA! REVOLUTION GIRL STYLE NOW!
@ Highland Square, Akron

05/21/2019

Announcement: ChickLits is taking a brief hiatus over the summer months, and our May meeting discussing Mass Incarceration will be postponed until the Fall.

It may look from the outside perspective and on social media that I (Jillian) have been kicking ass, (WAHOO 3.9 GPA!) However, what you don't see is that I have also been kicking my own ass. My 150% over the last 10 months have left me mentally, physically, and spiritually depleted. For self cares sake, I need a rest period and have chosen to honor that. I am turning 30 next week, and am beginning a new chapter in my life with a solo trip to New York City to kick off the next decade ISO a path that will lead me to a place of permanent healing in my journey to peace with food and body image after a heartbreaking relapse in my eating disordered behaviors. I know it seems like a big thing to share on the internet, but I wanted to be vulnerable and real with each of you because ChickLits brings truth to the table. THAT'S JUST WHAT WE DO. There is so much power and beauty in that each month how we all have one another's backs and share our truths and build each other up. Just like the Redwood Trees who don't let each other fall down. The first time I went to treatment, the books I read were what saved me, what changed my life for the better, and I plan to read abundantly all summer long in hopes that they will have the same effect as I go through the healing process.

Thank you all so much for always supporting the book club and also for always supporting me personally. You are all free to focus on your own unique to-be-read piles, and I wish for each of you a wonderful summer spent with friends, family, and an abundance of good things. See you in the Fall to discuss Nico Walker's 'Cherry' as a better and healthier me. Love you all forevvvveeerrrr. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

04/26/2019

See you tonight at the Walk of Heroes honoring victims of sexual assault and domestic violence! Akron U field house 6:00!

04/23/2019

HAPPY SPRING! Our newest book of the month, order your copy today! See you at our meeting on May 21st from 7:30-10.
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“It’s 2003, and as a college freshman in Cleveland, our narrator is adrift until he meets Emily. The two of them experience an instant, life-changing connection. But when he almost loses her, he chooses to make an indelible statement: he joins the Army.

The outcome will not be good for either of them.

As a medic in Iraq, he is unprepared for the realties that await him. He and his fellow soldiers huff computer duster, abuse painkillers, and watch p**n. Many of them die. When he comes home, his PTSD is profound. As the opioid crisis sweeps through the Midwest, it drags both him and Emily along with it. As their addictions worsen, and with their money drying up, he stumbles onto what seems like the only possible solution—robbing banks.

Written by a singularly talented, wildly imaginative debut novelist, Cherry is a bracingly funny and unexpectedly tender work of fiction straight from the dark heart of America.”

04/17/2019

by Noor Hindi If you know me, you know I’m loud about my love of books. As a kid, I often visited the Barberton Public Library with my parents and spent hours with my best friend, Junie B. Jones, and her misadventures. Together, Junie B. Jones and I would fight monsters and play instruments and .....

04/17/2019

It’s kind of hard to tell, but the cake is in the shape of a book! Two years! It’s been truly one of the most rewarding things in my life thus far, and I am so grateful for all of the wonderful people I have met. I am also grateful for all of the continuous support from members, artists, and the organizations we have collaborated with encouraging reading, connection, growth, and helping others in the 330! Lovvvveee yoooouuuu!

04/16/2019

Tonight's literary cocktail! See you at our poetry jam at 7:30 @ Annabell's!

03/25/2019