Nate Peterson/npeterson@vaildaily.com
Reading can spark imagination, open up perception and stimulate conversation — especially within book clubs.
Books clubs help build a sense of community while expanding a participant’s worldview. Since the pandemic, book clubs have been meeting on Zoom, allowing second-home owners and other friends and family who don’t live in Eagle County year-round to join from out of state. For example, Vail Public Library’s Books ‘n’ Bites club has about 23 members — about 10 regulars — from as far as Kentucky, California and North Dakota.
“It gives people a sense of community,” said Lori Barnes of the Vail Public Library.