July's Announcements June's contest is over and Becky was the winner of our fabulous prize. July's contest starts today and we already have two entries. Don't forget, you must participate in the monthly discussion to be considered for the prize drawing.

July's book is The Red Tent by Anita Diamant. Eve is our book picker for July and she did a great job with the voting. Our children's book group is reading Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume in July. Since Carolynn is the only one reading them, I just went with her pick.

For June we were reading The Beach by Alex Garland and the great discussion continues. Also, our Children's Book group was reading The Borrowers by Mary Norton, which Carolynn and I will be adding our comments on shortly.

I would like to welcome any new members. However, if you are just trying to promote your own book or business and you have no plan in joining in our discussions, please take it elsewhere. We have rules that are clearly posted. If you are unfamiliar with our rules, please visit our Group Guidelines forum.

I would like to encourage you all to update your profiles, add your blog links if you blog, add some blog posts here, and leave comments for your fellow members. Join in on discussions. Add new discussions. Let’s just keep it family friendly.

Be sure to check out the new contests forum category. There you will find the old Pick Our Books forum for those who are interested in leading our monthly discussion as well as monthly contests. Contests are only open to those members who participate in that month’s discussion. You still have plenty of time to get in on July's Contest.
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And don't forget...

Readers Anonymous now has "Notes", "Events", and "Chat" which are accessible by all members so feel free to use them.

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Past Announcements Still Relevant
*If you have a link or a blog that you would like linked on Readers Anonymous' supplemental website, drop Trisha a line and let her know. She'd be more than happy to do so for you.

*We are still taking suggestions for future reads and will be unless otherwise stated. If you're new, make sure and add your books to our list, otherwise, you only have a say on what we read through voting. Make the group more "yours" by adding your books to our future reading list.

*Make sure and check out the tabs for Readers Anonymous on Shelfari, Good Reads and our supplemental website!