For Those Who Enjoy Sharing their Love of Books with Others
Original Group
LTM is an acronym for: "Last Tuesday (of the) Month." The Original LTM Reading Group was formed in September 2002, in Cleveland, Ohio. Since then, the group has been actively meeting on the last Tuesday of every month, except December.
The operational guidelines established for the Original LTM Reading Group are available to encourage and assist others considering starting their own local reading group. As each reading group is different, please feel free to modify them as you see fit.
Book Selections, Current and Past (archive)
Selection for June 24, 2008
Death of a Charming Man • M.C. Beaton • Thorndike Chivers 1984 • Read our Synopsis
Past Selections - Our book selection archives include the complete list of books the Original LTM Reading Group has read since its September 2002 inception. Membership in our reading group does change and each month a different member recommends the next book to be read. As a result, the list is maintained primarily to avoid repetition.
Book Synopsis - 2008 (previous months meeting selections)
- I Think I Love You • Stephanie Bond • St Martin's Press, 2002 (Jan 29 )
- The Secret Life of Bees • Sue Monk Kidd • Viking Press, 2002 (Feb 26)
- Cold Fire • Dean Koontz • G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1991 (Mar 25)
- Shadow Dance • Susan Anderson • Avon Books 1989, 2002 (Apr 29)
- Critical Judgment • Michael Palmer • Bantam Books 1996 (May 27)
Meeting Themes (archive)
Purpose - Themes help our monthly meetings stay fresh. It has been our
experience that creating a theme (especially a game) based upon the current book selection not only
makes the meetings more fun, they are much more memorable. The game provides a means though which
either the discussion or trivia questions can be asked, or simply as a fun distraction.
Our meeting themes archive (although incomplete) is ongoing. It is available to other reading groups for use as they see fit. (Board game for “The Kite Runner” shown here.)
Our “Virtual” Reading Group (about our Blog)
We launched our Blog in July 2007. Its objective: “To extend the LTM Reading Group to potential new members around the world.” If you enjoy sharing your love of books, we welcome you to
join. Need more
information? Find-out more about the LTM Reading Group Blog.
New to Blogging? Please read our “How To” tutorial on Blogging or RSS feeds. We hope it provides enough information for newbies to
help lower the veil of mystery surrounding these subjects.
An LTM Reading Group in Your Area? (start one)
Considering starting a reading group of your own? Then why not
build upon the established LTM brand. You will be licensed to use our trademarked logo. We will help with organization and meeting ideas. A personalized page on our Website, an “@ltmrg.com” email address and custom book bag are all included for a low annual fee.
May blessings be upon the head of Cadmus, the Phoenicians, or whoever it was that invented books. ~ Thomas Carlyle