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Novel Ideas on Accessible World. Meets the third Friday of each month at 8pm Eastern. Facilitator leads the discussion of that month's novel. Sponsored by Helping Hands for the Blind.

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  1. Novel Ideas to discuss Judge Stone: a novel DB136049 by Viola Davis and James Patterson. 06/19/2026

    Judge Stone: a novel DB136049 Authors: Davis, Viola, Patterson, James Reading Time: 11 hours, 22 minutes Read by: Viola Davis Subjects: Suspense Fiction, Legal Fiction, Women “In Judge Mary Stone’s courtroom, a person has to take a stand. In Union Springs, Alabama (population 3,314), Judge Mary...

  2. Novel Ideas to discuss The Ursulina DBC27483 by Brian Freeman. 05/15/2026

    BARD annotation The Ursulina DBC27483 Author: Freeman, Brian Reading Time: 10 hours, 52 minutes Production: Minnesota State Services for the Blind, Communication Center Read by: Karen Ray Subjects: Mystery and Detective Stories, Suspense Fiction Deputy Rebecca Colder’s dark journey to reveal the...

  3. Novel Ideas to discuss The forget-me-not library DB133321 by Heather S. Webber. 04/17/2026

    BARD annotation The forget-me-not library DB133321 Author: Webber, Heather S. Reading Time: 11 hours, 48 minutes Read by: Hallie Ricardo, Stephanie Willis Subjects: Human Relations, Fantasy Fiction “A detour. A chance encounter. Two women who alter the pages of each other’s story. Juliet...

  4. Novel Ideas to discuss The deep, deep snow DB103386 03/20/2026

    BARD annotation The deep, deep snow DB103386 Author: Freeman, Brian Reading Time: 10 hours, 8 minutes Read by: Laura Hatch Subjects: Mystery and Detective Stories, Suspense Fiction When ten-year-old Jeremiah Sloan disappears, leaving behind his bicycle on a lonely road, Deputy Shelby Lake is...

  5. Novel Ideas to discuss Hidden nature DB129760 by Nora Roberts. 02/20/2026

    BARD annotation Hidden nature DB129760 Author: Roberts, Nora Reading Time: 14 hours, 57 minutes Read by: January LaVoy Subjects: Romantic Suspense, Mystery and Detective Stories “Natural Resources police officer, Sloan Cooper, and her partner had just taken down three men preying on hikers in the...

  6. Novel Ideas will be discussing the book When the stars go dark DB102900 by Paula McLain. 01/16/2026

    This book can be found on Bookshare at the following link: https://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/6904003?returnPath=L3NlYXJjaD9tb2R1bGVOYW1lPXB1YmxpYyZrZXl3b3JkPXdoZW4lMkJ0aGUlMkJzdGFycyUyQmdvJTJCZGFyaw The annotation from BARD is below: When the stars go dark DB102900 Author: McLain, Paula…

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  7. Novel Ideas will be discussing the book Let it snow: a novel DB121508 by Nancy Thayer. 12/19/2025

    This book can be found on Bookshare at the following link: https://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/5068256?returnPath=L3NlYXJjaD9tb2R1bGVOYW1lPXB1YmxpYyZrZXl3b3JkPUxldCUyQml0JTJCc25vdw The annotation from BARD is below: Let it snow: a novel DB121508 Author: Thayer, Nancy Reading Time: 6 hours, 3...

  8. Novel Ideas will be discussing the book Last twilight in Paris DB127477 by Pam Jenoff. 11/21/2025

    This book can be found on Bookshare at the following link: https://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/6414224?returnPath=L3NlYXJjaD9tb2R1bGVOYW1lPXB1YmxpYyZrZXl3b3JkPUxhc3QlMkJUd2lsaWdodCUyQmluJTJCUGFyaXMlMkI The annotation from BARD is below: Last twilight in Paris DB127477 Author: Jenoff, Pam…

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  9. Novel Ideas to discuss the book Where the red fern grows DB32449 by Wilson Rawls. 10/17/2025

    This book can be found on Bookshare at the following link: https://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/6569392?returnPath=L3NlYXJjaD9tb2R1bGVOYW1lPXB1YmxpYyZrZXl3b3JkPXdoZXJlJTJCdGhlJTJCcmVkJTJCZmVybiUyQmdyb3dz The annotation from BARD is below: Where the red fern grows: the story of two dogs and a boy...

  10. Novel Ideas discussing the book Our little secret DB126128 by Lisa Jackson. 09/19/2025

    This book can be found on Bookshare at the following link: https://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/6577346?returnPath=L3NlYXJjaD9tb2R1bGVOYW1lPXB1YmxpYyZrZXl3b3JkPW91ciUyQmxpdHRsZSUyQnNlY3JldA The annotation from BARD is below: Our little secret DB126128 Author: Jackson, Lisa Reading Time: 15…

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  11. Novel Ideas will be discussing the book When the day comes DB125107 by Gabrielle Meyer. 06/20/2025

    This book is not available on Bookshare. The annotation from BARD is below: When the day comes DB125107 Series: Timeless Order in Series: 01 Author: Meyer, Gabrielle Reading Time: 12 hours, 29 minutes Read by: Rachel Botchan Subjects: Historical Fiction, Religious Fiction, Romance, Human…

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  12. Novel Ideas with Hostess Randi Shelton The Last Year of the War by Susan Meisner DB94293. 05/16/2025

    Novel Ideas with Hostess Randi Shelton. The Last Year of the War by Susan Meisner DB94293.

  13. Novel Ideas will be discussing the book Counting miracles: a novel DB124452 by Nicholas Sparks. 04/18/2025

    This book is available on Bookshare at the following link: https://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/6186195?returnPath=L3NlYXJjaD9tb2R1bGVOYW1lPXB1YmxpYyZrZXl3b3JkPWNvdW50aW5nJTJCbWlyYWNsZXM The synopsis from BARD is below: Counting miracles: a novel DB124452 Author: Sparks, Nicholas Reading Time…

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  14. Novel Ideas to discuss the book The Kennedy Debutante DB108271by Kerri Maher. 03/21/2025

    Novel Ideas meets 3/21/25 at 8pm Eastern and will be discussing the book The Kennedy Debutante DB108271by Kerri Maher. Due to confusion locating this book by title on the BARD website, we incorrectly identified the March book to be discussed as Kathleen Kennedy, her life and times DB20590 at the...

  15. Novel Ideas will be discussing the book Before The Storm DB 120402 by Diane Chamberlain. 02/21/2025

    This book is available on Bookshare at the following link: https://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/619162?returnPath=L3NlYXJjaD9tb2R1bGVOYW1lPXB1YmxpYyZrZXl3b3JkPUJlZm9yZSUyQnRoZSUyQnN0b3Jt The synopsis from BARD is below: Before the storm DB120402 Author: Chamberlain, Diane Reading Time: 11 hours,...

  16. Novel Ideas to discuss the book Truths I never told you DB102014 by Kelly Rimmer. 01/17/2025

    Novel Ideas will be discussing the book Truths I never told you DB102014 by Kelly Rimmer. This book is available on Bookshare at the following link: https://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/5242675?returnPath=L3NlYXJjaD9tb2R1bGVOYW1lPXB1YmxpYyZrZXl3b3JkPVRydXRocyUyQkklMkJuZXZlciUyQnRvbGQlMkJ5b3U The...

  17. Novel Ideas will be discussing the book The Christmas Inn by Pamela Kelely. DB 124450. 12/20/2024

    This book is available on Bookshare at the following link: https://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/6194073?returnPath=L3NlYXJjaD9tb2R1bGVOYW1lPXB1YmxpYyZrZXl3b3JkPXRoZSUyQmNocmlzdG1hcyUyQmlubg The synopsis from BARD is below: The Christmas inn: a novel DB124450 Author: Kelley, Pamela M. Reading…

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  18. Novel Ideas to discuss The Lost Wife by Alyson Richman. DBC 02517. Carla Hayes will be guest facilitator. 11/15/2024

    Novel Ideas will be discussing the book The Lost Wife by Alyson Richman. DBC 02517. Guest host Carla Hayes will lead us in the discussion. This book is available on Bookshare at the following link:...

  19. Novel Ideas will be discussing the book Mind Games by Nora roberts. DB 121621. 10/18/2024

    This book is available on Bookshare at the following link: https://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/6026156?returnPath=L3NlYXJjaD9tb2R1bGVOYW1lPXB1YmxpYyZrZXl3b3JkPW1pbmQlMkJnYW1lcw The synopsis from BARD is below: “As they do each June, the Foxes have driven the winding roads of Appalachia to drop...

  20. Novel Ideas to discuss A Little Ray Of Sunshine DB 115175 by Kristan Higgins. 09/20/2024

    As we’ve done the last few years, Novel Ideas will be taking the months of July and August off. Whether you’re going to the summer conferences, enjoying a vacation with family or friends, or just staying home, have a wonderful summer! When we meet in September, we will be discussing A Little Ray…

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  21. Novel Ideas to discuss Boardwalk Summer DBC 27756 by Meredith jaeger. 06/21/2024

    Marisol Cruz can’t understand what happened to her life, and more importantly, her dreams. She is a single mother living with her parents in Santa Cruz, barely making a living by selling raffle tickets on the Boardwalk. But when she stumbles across the obituary of Violet Harcourt, a young beauty...

  22. Novel Ideas to discuss Tom Lake by Ann Patchett. DB 116555. 05/17/2024

    Novel Ideas will be discussing Tom Lake by Ann Patchett. DB 116555 The synopsis from Bookshare is below. In the spring of 2020, Lara’s three daughters return to the family’s orchard in Northern Michigan. While picking cherries, they beg their mother to tell them the story of Peter Duke, a famous...

  23. Novel Ideas will be discussing the book Inheritance by Nora Roberts. DB 117448. 04/19/2024

    This book isn’t available on Bookshare. The BARD Annotation is below. 1806: Astrid Pool sits in her bridal clothes overwhelmed with happiness, but before her marriage can be consummated, she is murdered, and the circle of gold torn from her finger. Her last words are a promise to Collin never to...

  24. Novel Ideas will be discussing Tumbleweeds by Leila Meacham. DBC 28910. 03/14/2024

    Novel Ideas will be discussing Tumbleweeds by Leila Meacham. DBC 28910 The synopsis from Bookshare is below. Recently orphaned, eleven-year-old Cathy Benson feels she has been dropped into a cultural and intellectual wasteland when she is forced to move from her academically privileged life in...

  25. Novel Ideas will be discussing The Housemaid by Freida McFadden. DB 114201. 02/16/2024

    Don’t miss the New York Times and USA Today bestseller and addictive psychological thriller with a jaw-dropping twist that’s burning up Instagram and TikTok—Freida McFadden’s The Housemaid is perfect for fans of Ruth Ware, Lisa Jewell, and Verity. Every day I clean the Winchesters’ beautiful…

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  26. Novel Ideas will be discussing the Book The Paris Daughter by Kristin Harmel. Db 115102. 01/19/2024

    The Synopsis from Bookshare is below. From the bestselling author of the “heart-stopping tale of survival and heroism” (People) The Book of Lost Names comes a gripping historical novel about two mothers who must make unthinkable choices in the face of the occupation. Paris, 1939: Young mothers...

  27. Novel Ideas will be discussing the book Under The Bayou Moon by Vallerie Fraser Luesse. DB 109151. 11/17/2023

    This book is not available on Bookshare, but the commercial version is on BARD. The BARD synopsis is below. When Ellie Fields accepts a teaching job in a tiny Louisiana town deep in Bayou country in 1949, she knows her life will change—but she could never imagine just how dramatically_ Though...

  28. Novel Ideas to discuss The five wishes of Mr. Murray McBride DB104366 by Joe Siple. 10/20/2023

    We had a great discussion of Haven in September. When we meet October 20th, we will be discussing The Five Wishes of Mr. Murray McBride by Joe Siple. DB 104366 This book is not on Bookshare but is on Audible for those who have Audible accounts. The annotation from BARD is below. The five wishes…

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  29. Novel Ideas to discuss Haven DBC 00693 by Sherry Gomes. 09/15/2023

    Novel Ideas will be taking the summer off. We hope everyone has a great time whether you’re attending conventions, taking a vacation, or just enjoying a staycation at home. When we meet in September, we will be discussing the book Haven by Sherry Gomes. DBC 00693. This book is currently not...

  30. Novel Ideas will be discussing The Measure by Nikki Erlick. DB 109475. 05/17/2023

    The synopsis from bookshare is below. Eight ordinary people. One extraordinary choice. It seems like any other day. You wake up, pour a cup of coffee, and head out. But today, when you open your front door, waiting for you is a small wooden box. This box holds your fate inside: the answer to the...

  31. Novel Ideas to discuss Being Heumann: An unrepentant Memoir DB 100399 by Judith Heumann 04/21/2023

    Novel Ideas will be taking a break from reading fiction for the month of April. We will be reading Being Heumann: An unrepentant Memoir by Judith Heumann. DB 100399 The synopsis from Bookshare is below. One of the most influential disability rights activists in US history tells her personal story...

  32. Novel Ideas will be discussing Defending Brita Stein by Ronald Balson. DB 110534. 03/17/2023

    The Synopsis from Bookshare is below. One of Newsweek’s 20 New Books to Cozy Up With this FallDefending Britta Stein is a story of bravery, betrayal, and redemption—from Ronald H. Balson, the winner of the National Jewish Book AwardChicago, 2018: Ole Henryks, a popular restauranteur, is set to be...

  33. Novel Ideas to discuss Sawbones DB88004 by Melissa Lenhardt. 02/17/2023

    We had a good discussion of The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post in January. In February we’ll be discussing Sawbones by Melissa Linhardt. DB 88004 The synopsis from Bookshare is below. Note from Alan: Those present at the 1/20/23 meeting be aware that the incorrect DB number for Sawbones was...

  34. Novel Ideas to discuss The Magnificent Lives Of Marjorie Post by Allison Pataki DB107797. 01/20/2023

    Mrs. Post, the President and First Lady are here to see you. So begins another average evening for Marjorie Merriweather Post. Presidents have come and gone, but she has hosted them all. Growing up in the modest farmlands of Battle Creek, Michigan, Marjorie was inspired by a few simple rules:...

  35. Novel Ideas to discuss whatever Christmas book, movie, or topic you’d like 12/16/2022

    Novel Ideas meets with an open forum to discuss a Christmas book, movie, or other Christmas topic of your choice.

  36. Novel Ideas will be discussing The Storytellers Secret by Sejal Badani. DB93835. 11/25/2022

    The synopsis from Bookshare is below. Nothing prepares Jaya, a New York journalist, for the heartbreak of her third miscarriage and the slow unraveling of her marriage in its wake. Desperate to assuage her deep anguish, she decides to go to India to uncover answers to her family’s past.…

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  37. Novel Ideas will be discussing the book The Best Friend by Shalini Boland. DB104650 10/21/2022

    The synopsis from Bookshare is below. ‘I can tell we’re going to be the best of friends…’ When Louisa Sullivan takes her little boy to his first playdate at a new friend’s house she doesn’t realise life is about to change for her family. Because she’s about to meet Darcy Lane. Darcy is a woman…

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  38. Novel Ideas discussing The Secrets of us DB 105447 by Lucinda Berry. 09/16/2022

    Our first Friday free for all went well in June. We hope to repeat it again at a future meeting. Novel Ideas will be taking July and August off. We hope everyone has a wonderful summer. When we meet in September, we will be discussing The Secrets of us. DB 105447 by Lucinda Berry. This book isn’t...

  39. Novel Ideas Our First Friday Free-… 06/17/2022

    Novel Ideas will be trying something different in June. If all goes well, we hope to repeat this event periodically. Have you read a good book you’d like to share? Come join our first Friday Free-forAll on June 17th and tell us about it! Here are a few guidelines to keep in mind. Novel Ideas is a...

  40. Novel Ideas to discuss The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles DB105197. 05/20/2022

    The bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow and Rules of Civility and master of absorbing, sophisticated fiction returns with a stylish and propulsive novel set in 1950s America. In June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the juvenile work farm...

  41. Novel Ideas will be discussing the book The Miracle by Irving Wallace. DB 20939 04/15/2022

    The Bookshare synopsis is below. The Vatican announces that the Virgin Mary will return to Lourdes this year to perform a miracle cure! Will it be a miracle? Or will it be a fraud? Precious lives, loves, and happiness are at stake: Ken Clayton: the young American who abandons medical treatment…

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  42. Novel Ideas will be discussing the book Legacy by Nora Roberts. DB 103361 The BARD annotation is below. 03/18/2022

    Adrian Rizzo is seven when she meets her father for the first time. That was the day he nearly killed her—before her mother, Lina, stepped in. A decade later Adrian has created her own line of yoga and workout videos, but she starts getting threatening messages. Join us in this zoom meeting to...

  43. Novel Ideas will be discussing the book Eternal by Lisa Scottoline. DB 103254 02/18/2022

    The synopsis from Bookshare is below. #1 bestselling author Lisa Scottoline offers a sweeping and shattering epic of historical fiction fueled by shocking true events, the tale of a love triangle that unfolds in the heart of Rome”’in the creeping shadow of fascism What war destroys, only love can...

  44. Novel Ideas to discuss The Midnight Library DB 100906 by Matt Haig led by guest host Carla Hayes 01/21/2022

    We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season, and that 2022s a much better year for all of us. To kick off the new year, guest host Carla Hayes will lead us in the discussion of the book The Midnight Library by Matt Haig. DB 100906. The synopsis from Bookshare is below. Between life and death...

  45. Novel Ideas to discuss Comfort & Joy DBC16784 by Kristin Hannah 12/17/2021

    It’s hard to believe the holidays are upon us. As we do every year, Novel Ideas will be discussing a Christmas book. This year it will be Comfort & Joy by Kristin Hannah. DBC16784 Here is the Bookshare link to this book:...

  46. Novel Ideas will be discussing Billy Summers by Stephen King. DB 104799 The synopsis from Bookshare is below. 11/19/2021

    From legendary storyteller and #1 bestseller Stephen King, whose “restless imagination is a power that cannot be contained” (The New York Times Book Review), comes a thrilling new novel about a good guy in a bad job. Billy Summers is a man in a room with a gun. He’s a killer for hire and the best...

  47. Novel Ideas to discuss The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah. DB 102287 10/15/2021

    Novel Ideas will be discussing The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah. DB 102287 The Synopsis from Bookshare is below. From the number-one bestselling author of The Nightingale and The Great Alone comes a powerful American epic about love and heroism and hope, set during the Great Depression, a time…

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  48. Novel Ideas to discuss The Sugarhouse Blues, (DB94303) and The Goodbye Cafe (DB97130)

    We will be discussing the last two books in the trilogy. The Sugarhouse Blues, (DB 94303) and The Goodbye Cafe (DB 97130) Both books are on Bookshare, and the synopsis for each is below. Have a wonderful summer, and we’ll see you in September. The Sugarhouse Blues In the second novel of the…

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  49. Novel Ideas will be discussing the book The Last Chance Matinee by Mariah Stewart. DB 88199 06/18/2021

    The synopsis from bookshare is below. From New York Times bestselling author Mariah Stewart comes the first novel in her all-new series, The Hudson Sisters, following a trio of reluctant sisters as they set out to fulfill their father’s dying wish. In the process, they find not only themselves…

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  50. Novel Ideas to discuss Driftwood Summer DB 71559 by Patti Callahan Henry 05/21/2021

     Novel Ideas will have a slightly different format for May. We will start with a brief discussion led by Judy Wilkinson about the program Library users Of America has planned for the ACB Convention. If anyone from Library Users of America would like to join us in June to discuss the program for...

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