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Book Club chat for Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
Book Clubs, Book Reviews, Featured, Headline Posted onJune 17, 2025June 17, 2025

Book Club Chat :: Tom Lake

When I’m scheduling out when we’ll read our books, the toughest selection is the one that we’ll read in June. This is because this book […] Read More

Book Ratings for 2024-2025 Book Club Reading Year
Book Clubs, Featured, Headline Posted onJune 14, 2025June 14, 2025

Book Club :: Book Ratings for 2024-2025

Two years may not make a streak, but it looks to be headed that way. And this is the type of streak we love. We […] Read More

Book Club Selections Short List for 2025-2026
Book Clubs, Featured, Headline Posted onJune 2, 2025June 2, 2025

Book Club Selections :: Short List

OK, fellow people who love books, love talking about books, like planning their next book to read (or ten) or just, in general, like thinking […] Read More

Book Club Pitch Long List for 2025 - 2026
Book Clubs, Featured, Headline Posted onMay 24, 2025May 24, 2025

Book Club Selections :: Long List for 2025-2026

Ahhh: May. Time to hit the beach or the pool. School’s getting out. There’s a long weekend waiting for you at the end of the […] Read More

Review of The Elements by John Boyne
Advance Reader Copy, Book Clubs, Book Reviews, Featured, Headline Posted onMarch 30, 2025March 30, 2025

Book Review :: The Elements

With The Elements, John Boyne delivers another masterfully crafted story, rich with complexity and nuance—just like life itself. Told in four separate yet interconnected narratives, […] Read More

Book Club Discussion on Frozen River
Book Clubs, Book Reviews, Featured, Headline Posted onJanuary 19, 2025January 19, 2025

Book Club Chat :: Frozen River

This month’s discussion of Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon stands out as one of the best we’ve had in a long time. However, a great […] Read More

Book Club Chat for Weyward by Emilia Hart
Book Clubs, Book Reviews, Books, Featured, Headline Posted onDecember 29, 2024December 29, 2024

Book Club Chat :: Weyward

I first read Wayward in 2023, drawn in by its stunning cover. Once I started Emilia Hart’s debut, I was captivated by its themes and […] Read More

Book Club Chat I Will Never See the World Again
Book Clubs, Book Reviews, Featured, Headline, Justice Posted onOctober 19, 2024October 19, 2024

Book Club Chat :: I Will Never See the World Again

I Will Never See the World Again: The Memoir of an Imprisoned Writer by Ahmet Altan is by far the best memoir I’ve read in a long time – possibly ever. Altan is a Turkish journalist, novelist, and political prisoner. This memoir is a collection of brief essays he wrote after his 2016 arrest and imprisonment.

Book ratings 2023-2024
Book Clubs, Book Reviews, Featured, Headline Posted onJuly 19, 2024July 19, 2024

Book Club :: Book Ratings for 2023-2024

An excellent year of reading with half of our books netting a rating of 4 or higher. This wasn’t by accident, and I’ll tell you why.

2023-2024 Short List
Book Clubs, Books, Featured, Headline Posted onJune 3, 2024July 20, 2024

Book Clubs :: 2024-2025 Short List

We did it! For the first time, possibly ever, we selected our short list of ten without a run-off. While there’s one or two that […] Read More

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