Hello Everyone!  —Hope you had a happy summer full of adventures and good times.  I am very excited to introduce our next podcast episode on EXTRAordinary People, featuring someone who  has attained worldwide fame for introducing readers to an array of books and their authors– Renee Weingarten!!!

Renee Weingarten is the creator and founder of Renee’s Reading Club, featured on Facebook, since 2017.  Today, the club has over 62,000 members with members in every state in the United States and in over thirty countries around the world.  Renee’s Reading Club is a site for sharing book recommendations, monthly “new book” release announcements and the popular live weekly author “Facebook Live” events throughout the year. Many well-known authors are members of the club who participate in these events.  Renee, an avid reader, has been a librarian for over forty years and lives in Atlantic Beach with her husband of 43 years and their Goldendoodle, Sophie.  They are the proud parents of two and grandparents of two young children.

I hope you will tune in to this fascinating interview beginning MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 at shirleywachtel.com and streaming.  Also look for me on Renee’s Reading Club on Facebook, October 7 at 7pm when I will be discussing my latest novel, The Baker of Lost Memories (Little A)!  I can’t wait to “meet” you all there.  Until then, happy reading and listening…–Shirley