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Tuesday Book Club Title for March
Join us as we discuss Housekeeping, by Marilynne Robinson. A modern classic, Housekeeping is the story of Ruth and her younger sister, Lucille, who grow up haphazardly, first under the care of their competent grandmother, then of two comically bumbling great-aunts, and finally of Sylvie, their eccentric […]...
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Mystery Book Club Title for March
Join us as we discuss The Cutting Season, by Attica Locke. The American South in the twenty-first century. A plantation owned for generations by a rich family. So much history. And a dead body. Just after dawn, Caren walks the grounds of Belle Vie, the historic plantation […]...
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Tuesday Book Club Title for February
Join us as we discuss The Awkward Age, by Francesca Segal. In a Victorian terraced house, in north-west London, two families unite in imperfect harmony. After five years of widowhood, Julia is deeply, unexpectedly in love. If only her beloved daughter, Gwen, didn’t hate James so much. […]...
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Combined Tuesday & Mystery Book Club Title for June
Join us as we discuss The Guest List, by Lucy Foley. On an island off the coast of Ireland, guests gather to celebrate two people joining their lives together as one. The groom: handsome and charming, a rising television star. The bride: smart and ambitious, a magazine […]...
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“Only the Best” Book Club Title for May
Join the “Only the Best” book club at 6:30 on Tuesday, May 16th, to discuss Billy Bathgate by E.L. Doctorow! “To open this book is to enter the perilous, thrilling world of Billy Bathgate, the brazen boy who is accepted into the inner circle of the notorious […]...
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Tuesday Book Club Title for May
Join us as we discuss Early Morning Riser, by Katherine Heiny. Jane falls in love with Duncan easily. He is charming, good-natured, and handsome but unfortunately, he has also slept with nearly every woman in Boyne City, Michigan. Jane sees Duncan’s old girlfriends everywhere—at restaurants, at the […]...
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First Meeting of the “Only the Best” Book Club
The inaugural meeting of the “Only the Best” book club will be on Tuesday, April 18, 6:30 PM, at the Killingworth Library to discuss “Middlesex” (Pulitzer, NYT Editors’ Choice) by Jeffrey Eugenides. All books selected for the club have merited Pulitzers, Bookers, Critics Circle awards, or other […]...
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Tuesday Book Club Theme for March
Join us this month in discussing a banned book of your choice, to read ahead and share with the group! You can find suggested reads here: Top 100 Most Banned and Challenged books, 2010-2019 (courtesy of the American Library Association). The discussion will be held in the […]...
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The March Mystery Book Club Selection
Join us as we discuss The Likeness, by Tana French! Still traumatized by her brush with a psychopath, Detective Cassie Maddox transfers out of the Murder squad and starts a relationship with fellow detective Sam O’Neill. When he calls her to the scene of his new case, […]...
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The February Mystery Book Club Selection
Join us as we discuss A Caribbean Mystery by Agatha Christie. As Miss Marple sat basking in the Caribbean sunshine, she felt mildly discontented with life. True, the warmth eased her rheumatism, but here in paradise nothing every happened. Eventually, her interest was aroused by an old […]...
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Tuesday Book Club Title for February
Join us as we discuss Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr. In the 15th century, an orphan named Anna lives inside the formidable walls of Constantinople. She learns to read, and in this ancient city, famous for its libraries, she finds what might be the last copy […]...
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The January Mystery Book Club Selection
We had an interesting discussion the other night, January 19th: Farewell My Lovely by Raymond Chandler. We felt that he is an excellent writer, and for writers at that time, one well thought of. Although the discussion centered around the time period and the environment […]...
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Tuesday Book Club Title for January
Join us as we discuss Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer. This is a collection of essays, by a Native American botanist who is also the Director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment at the […]...
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Book Club Combo Holiday Meetup!
To celebrate the Holiday Season, The Mystery Book Club and the Tuesday Book Discussion Group are holding a joint session on Wednesday, December 21st at 6:30. It is being held at the BarrelHouse on Route 81 in Killingworth. Two self published authors, both Killingworth residents, will discuss […]...
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Tuesday Book Club Title for November
Join us as we discuss West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge. It is a fictionalized account of a real road trip with two young giraffes across the south headed for the San Diego Zoo. The giraffes arrived in New York Harbor during the 1938 hurricane, and amid […]...
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