2024-2025 Book Club Selections

November 20 at 6:00 pm – Night Owls Book Club

“Spinning Silver” by Naomi Novik
Miryem is the daughter and granddaughter of moneylenders, but her father is not a very good one. Free to lend and reluctant to collect, he has left his family on the edge of poverty–until Miryem intercedes. Hardening her heart, she sets out to retrieve what is owed, and soon gains a reputation for being able to turn silver into gold. But when an ill-advised boast brings her to the attention of the cold creatures who haunt the wood, nothing will be the same again.

December 10 at 2:00pm – Tuesday Teabirds Book Club

“The Paradox Hotel” by Rob Hart
A locked-room murder mystery set at a hotel for time travelers–in which a detective must solve an impossible crime before her own grip on reality crumbles. On any ordinary day, the Fairbanks–affectionately known to its staff as the Paradox Hotel–is packed with ultra-rich tourists dressed for a dozen different time periods, all anxiously waiting to catch their “flights” to the past. And as if that weren’t strange enough, proximity to the timeport makes for some odd side effects. The clocks run backwards on occasion, and ghosts sometimes stroll the halls–or so it’s whispered.

December 18 at 6:00 pm – Night Owls Book Club

“One by One” by Ruth Ware
Getting snowed in at a rustic mountain chalet in the French Alps doesn’t sound like the worst problem in the world. There is a breathtaking vista, a cozy fire, and company to keep you warm. But what happens when that company is eight of your coworkers– and you can’t trust any of them? When an off-site company retreat meant to promote mindfulness and collaboration is stranded by an avalanche, the corporate food chain becomes irrelevant and survival trumps togetherness. Come Monday morning, how many members short will the team be?

January 14, 2025 at 2:00pm – Tuesday Teabirds Book Club

“The Golden Gate” by Amy Chua
The Golden Gate, is a sweeping, evocative, and compelling historical thriller that paints a vibrant portrait of a California buffeted by the turbulent crosswinds of a world at war and a society about to undergo massive change. In Berkeley, California, in 1944, Homicide Detective Al Sullivan has just left the swanky Claremont Hotel after a drink in the bar when a presidential candidate is assassinated in one of the rooms upstairs.

February 11, 2025 at 2:00pm – Tuesday Teabirds Book Club

“Stories from Suffragette City” edited by M.J. Rose and Fiona Davis
“From a chorus of bestselling historical fiction writers, a breathtaking book inspired by the day tens of thousands of women marched for the right to vote on October, 23, 1915. Includes an introduction by Kristin Hannah and stories by Lisa Wingate, M. J. Rose, Steve Berry, Paula McLain, Katherine J. Chen, Christina Baker Kline, Jamie Ford, Dolen Perkins-Valdez, Megan Chance, Alyson Richman, Chris Bohjalian, and Fiona Davis.”

March 11, 2025 at 2:00pm – Tuesday Teabirds Book Club

“The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club” by Helen Simson
Constance Haverhill is without prospects. Her mother has just passed away, her brother is newly married, and now that the Great War is over, she has been asked to give up managing the estate she helped to run when the men all joined the army. It is suggested to her that she become a governess. But first, she will act as caretaker to Mrs. Fog, an old family friend who is convalescing at a seaside resort. Constance is soon swept up in the social whirl of the Meredith Hotel and its colorful inhabitants, most notably, Poppy Wirrall. Poppy wears trousers, operates a taxi and delivery service to employ local women, and manages a ladies’ motorcycle club.