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 @bmpreadsFor show notes for any episode, go to our website at www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. We are also on Instagram @perksofbeingabookloverpod and on FB Perks of Being a Book LoverBooks Mentioned in This Episode:1- Deal of a Lifetime by Fredrik Backman2- On Writing by Stephen King3- Who is Maud Dixon? by Alexandra Andrews4- American Gods by Neil Gaiman5- We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter6- The Hollow Inside by Brooke Lauren Davis7- After Dark with Roxie Clark by Brooke Lauren Davis8- Drowned Town by Jayne Moore Waldrop9- The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith10- Carol/The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith11- Louisa on the Front Lines by Samantha Seiple12- May Alcott Nieriker, Author and Advocate: Travel Writing and Transformation in the Late Nineteenth Century by Julia Dabbs13- Little Women by Louisa May Alcott14- Little Men by Louisa May Alcott15- Jo's Boys by Louisa May Alcott16- Old Fashioned Girl by Louisa May Alcott17- Eight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott18- Rose in Bloom by Louisa May Alcott19- Jack and Jill by Louisa May Alcott20- The Long Fatal Love Chase by Louisa May Alcott21- Behind a Mask by Louisa May Alcott22- March by Geraldine Brooks23- So Many Beginnings: A Little Women Remix by Bethany C. Morrow24- Santa's Secrets by K.C. Wells25- Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi26- Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi27- The Icarus Girl by Helen Oyeyemi28- W is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi29- The Keeper: Growing Up in Girl Sports by Kelcey Parker Ervick30- Odder by Katherine Applegate31- The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate32- The One and Only Bob by Katherine Applegate33- Wishtree by Katherine ApplegateMovies mentioned--1- Little Women (directed by Greta Gerwig 2019)2- Carol (2015)3- The Talented Mr. Ripley ( 1999)