This week we chat with fellow book lover and grant writer Bethany Planton who runs a book club for fellow members of her profession. When she began her own consulting company, she met several other grant writers from around the country through a twitter chat, and they quickly realized that besides sharing a profession, they also shared a love of books. The Grant Pro Bookclub started 6 years ago and has always met virtually, long before the rest of us picked up on the idea when the COVID pandemic began.

We talk to Bethany about her undying love of Little Women and Louisa May Alcott, her role as a tourist ambassador for her city, and why it’s never too cold for ice cream.

You can find bethany on Instagram at @bmpreads

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Books Mentioned in This Episode:

1- Deal of a Lifetime by Fredrik Backman

2- On Writing by Stephen King

3- Who is Maud Dixon? by Alexandra Andrews

4- American Gods by Neil Gaiman

5- We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter

6- The Hollow Inside by Brooke Lauren Davis

7- After Dark with Roxie Clark by Brooke Lauren Davis

8- Drowned Town by Jayne Moore Waldrop

9- The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith

10- Carol/The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith

11- Louisa on the Front Lines by Samantha Seiple

12- May Alcott Nieriker, Author and Advocate: Travel Writing and Transformation in the Late Nineteenth Century by Julia Dabbs

13- Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

14- Little Men by Louisa May Alcott

15- Jo's Boys by Louisa May Alcott

16- Old Fashioned Girl by Louisa May Alcott

17- Eight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott

18- Rose in Bloom by Louisa May Alcott

19- Jack and Jill by Louisa May Alcott

20- The Long Fatal Love Chase by Louisa May Alcott

21- Behind a Mask by Louisa May Alcott

22- March by Geraldine Brooks

23- So Many Beginnings: A Little Women Remix by Bethany C. Morrow

24- Santa's Secrets by K.C. Wells

25- Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi

26- Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi

27- The Icarus Girl by Helen Oyeyemi

28- W is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi

29- The Keeper: Growing Up in Girl Sports by Kelcey Parker Ervick

30- Odder by Katherine Applegate

31- The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate

32- The One and Only Bob by Katherine Applegate

33- Wishtree by Katherine Applegate

Movies mentioned--

1- Little Women (directed by Greta Gerwig 2019)

2- Carol (2015)

3- The Talented Mr. Ripley ( 1999)