{"id":36023,"date":"2019-12-16T06:00:10","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T12:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=36023"},"modified":"2019-12-14T16:42:57","modified_gmt":"2019-12-14T22:42:57","slug":"online-reading-challenge-mid-month-check-in-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/online-reading-challenge-mid-month-check-in-15\/","title":{"rendered":"Online Reading Challenge – Mid-Month Check-In"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Hello Fellow Readers!<\/p>\n

How is your month of reading going? Have you found an especially good “Friends and Family” related book? Of course, this is a crazy busy month so maybe a movie would be a better choice. Here are a couple of ideas to get you started.<\/p>\n

Ordinary People<\/strong><\/em><\/a> describes a youth’s breakdown and recovery and how it affects his family.<\/p>\n

The Royal Tenenbaums<\/strong><\/em><\/a>. A once prominent New York lawyer pretends to have a terminal illness in order to try to reunite with his family of former childhood prodigies.<\/p>\n

The Glass Castle<\/strong><\/em><\/a> chronicling the adventures of an eccentric, resilient and tight-knit family.<\/p>\n

The Family Man<\/strong><\/em><\/a>. Jack Campbell, a workaholic Wall Street exec, gets to see what his life might have been like if he’d stayed with his former sweetheart, Kate.<\/p>\n

The Impossible<\/strong><\/em><\/a>. Based on a true story of a family caught, with tens of thousands of strangers, in the mayhem of one of the worst natural catastrophes of our time.<\/p>\n

Kramer vs Kramer<\/strong><\/em><\/a>. When his wife walks out, Ted\u00a0Kramer<\/span>\u00a0and his six-year-old son have a chance to really get to know each other.<\/p>\n

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants<\/strong><\/em><\/a>. A story about a special summer in\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0lives\u00a0of<\/span>\u00a0four lifelong friends who are separated for\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0first time.<\/p>\n

Bridesmaids<\/strong><\/em><\/a>. Annie’s life is a mess. But when she finds out her lifetime best friend is engaged, she simply must serve as Lillian’s maid of honor.<\/p>\n

Stand By Me<\/strong><\/em><\/a>. \u00a0Four boys set out on a two-day search for a missing teenager’s body, a search that turns into an odyssey of self-discovery.<\/p>\n

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