| So, partly due to a long-held longing and partly to do with a particular book reading, we are announcing the creation of the... Last-Monday-Of-The-Month Book Club
So you know what you're getting into...
There are no restrictions on genre. If you pick the book, you get to host the discussion. You've got to keep coming (no just showing up for books you like). We meet at 7pm...and officially go til 9pm, but I don't think we've gotten out that early yet.
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This Month's Book: The Book of Love by Kelly Link
Recommended Book List
2025
January: Charlotte - The Book of Love by Kelly Link
2024
October: Joyce - Long Live Evil by Sarah Rees Brennan
September: Cara - The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness by Sy Montgomery
August: Allison - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab
July: Alcina - The Spare Man by Mary Robinette Kowal
June: Jena - A House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J.
Klune
May: Nicky - Silver Enigma: An ISC Fleet Novel by Rock Whitehouse
April: Judy - Starter Villain by John Scalzi
March: Allison - The Three-Body Problem, Book 1 by Cixin Liu
February: Charlotte - A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
January: Joyce - Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
2023
October: Cara - Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil DeGrasse Tyson
September: Nicole - Her Majesty's Royal Coven: A Novel by Juno Dawson
August: Allison - Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone: A Novel by Benjamin Stevenson
July: Nicky - Wench by Maxine Kaplan
June: Jena - Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree
May: Judy - Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese
April: Allison - A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine
March: Charlotte - A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
February: Nicole - Bravely by Maggie Stiefvater
January: Cara - Imaginable: How to See the Future Coming and Feel Ready for Anything Even Things That Seem Impossible Today by Jane McGonigal
2022
November: Joyce - Gallant by V.E. Schwab
October: Nicole - Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
September: Judy - All Good People Heres by Ashley Flower
August: Nicole - The Midnight Library: A Novel by Matt Haig
July: Allison - Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson
June: Cara - The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict
May: Nicky - The Ruin of Kings by Jen Lyons
April: Charlotte - Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
March: Joyce - The Changeling: A Novel by Victor LaValle
February: Jena - Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune
January: Cara - The Poisoner's Handbook by Deborah Blum
2021
November: Alcina - The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
October: Judy - The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik
September: Cara - Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide by Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark
August: Nicole - A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
July: Allison - Broken: in the Best Possible Way by Jenny Lawson
June: Nicky - Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
May: Charlotte - Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
April: Jena - Binti: The Complete Trilogy by Nnedi Okorafor
March: Heather - When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore
February: Joyce - The Essex Serpent: A Novel by Sarah Perry
January: Alcina - Major Pettigrew's Last Stand: A Novel by Helen Simonson
2020
November: Judy - Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
October: Cara - Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
September: Nicole - This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El Mohtar and Max Gladstone
August: Allison - A Dirty Job: A Novel by Christopher Moore
July: Nicky - The Dark Vineyard by Martin Walker
15th Anniversary!
June: Charlotte - The Song of Achilles: A Novel by Madeline Miller
May: Joyce - The Sweetness At The Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
April: Jena - Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger
March: Heather - Why We're Polarized by Ezra Klein
February: Alcina - A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel by Amor Towles
January: Judy - All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel by Anthony Doerr
2019
November: Cara - The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman
October: Nicole - The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal
It is a prequel to a short story she wrote a few years ago, The Lady Astronaut of Mars, so for extra credit you can read it as well. However it is not necessary to understand or enjoy the book.
September: Allison - Neverwhere: A Novel by Neil Gaiman
August: Nicky - Halting State by Charles Stross
July: Charlotte - In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan
June: Joyce - Sourdough by Robin Sloan
May: Jena - Wild Seed (The Patternist Series Book 1) by Octavia E. Butler
April: Heather - A Great Task of Happiness: The Life of Kathleen Scott by Louisa Young
March: Alcina - Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover
February: Judy - The Last Train to Istanbul by Ayse Kulin
January: Nicole - The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. by Neal Stephenson and Nicole Galland
2018
November: Jena - The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
October: Allison - Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging by Sebastian Junger
September: Nicky - Hounded: The Iron Druid Chronicles by Kevin Hearne
August: Charlotte - The Miseducation of Cameron Post by emily m. danforth
July: Joyce - The Eyre Affair: A Thursday Next Novel by Jasper Fforde
June: Cara - The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore
May: Heather - Clockwork Boys (Clocktaur War Book 1) by T. Kingfisher
April: Alcina - Smoke: A Novel by Dan Vyleta
March: Joyce - Hild: A Novel (The Light of the World Trilogy) by Nicola Griffith
February: Judy - The Girl With All the Gifts by M.R. Carey
January: Jena - The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth Book 1) by N. K. Jemisin
2017
November: Cara - Choke by Lisa Towles
October: Heather - Summer in Orcus by T. Kingfisher (Ursula Vernon)
September: Charlotte - Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire
August: Collie - Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict by Erica Chenoweth and Maria Stephan
July: Nicole - Uprooted by Naomi Novik
June: Deirdre - Walkaway by Cory Doctorow
May: Allison - All Our Wrong Todays: A Novel by Elan Mastai
April: Nicky - The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
March: Alcina - The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
February: Joyce - Hagseed by Margaret Atwood and Nutshell by Ian McEwan
January: Judy - The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel by Diane Setterfield
2016
November: Heather - Princesses Behaving Badly: Real Stories from History Without the Fairy-Tale Endings by Linda Rodriguez McRobbie
October: Cara - The Idea Factory: Bell Labs the the Great Age of American Innovation by Jon Gertner
September: Jena - The Queen of the Tearling: A Novel by Erika Johansen
August: Charlotte - Lovecraft Country: A Novel by Matt Ruff
July: Collie - Cure: A Journey into the Science of Mind Over Body by Jo Marchant
June: Nicole - The Magicians by Lev Grossman
May: Deirdre - Secrets by Margaret McGaffey Fisk
April: Allison - Court of Fives by Kate Elliott
March: Nicky - Midnight Riot by Ben Aaronovitch
February: Alcina - Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt
January: Joyce - Radiance: A Novel by Catherynne M. Valente
2015
November: Collie - To Write Like a Woman: Essays in Feminism and Science Fiction by Joanna Russ
October: Heather - The Secret History of Wonder Woman by Jill Lepore
September: Cara - Travels with Charley in Search of America by John Steinbeck
August: Jena - The Gospel of Loki by Joanne M. Harris
July: Charlotte - Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons by Lorna Landvik
10th Anniversary!
June: Judy - A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
May: Nicole - The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North
April: Allison - The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin
March: Nicky - Double Star by Robert Heinlein
February: Deirdre - Chalice by Robin McKinley
January: Alcina - Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
2014
November: Joyce - The Dervish House by Ian Mcdonald
October: Heather - Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
September: Collie - The Gift of Danger: Lessons from Aikido by Mary Stein
August: Cara - The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
July: Judy - The Golum and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
June: Jena - Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
May: Nicole - Mr. Penumbra's 24-hour Bookstore: A Novel by Robin Sloan
April: Allison - Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder by Arianna Huffington
March: Nicky - The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by John Joseph Adams
February: Charlotte - Code Name Verity by Elizabeth E. Wein
January: Deirdre - Tallgrass by Sandra Dallas
2013
November: Alcina - Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris
October: Joyce - The Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi
September: Heather - Miss Buncle's Book by D.E. Stevenson
August: Cara - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
July: Jena - The Twentieth Wife by Indu Sundaresan
June: Judy - The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker
May: Nicole - The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
April: Allison - A History of the World in Six Glasses by Tom Standage
March: Nicky - Where'd You Go, Bernadette: A Novel by Maria Semple
Febuary: Charlotte - The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne Valente I'm including a link to an essay she wrote about her thoughts while writing the series. The essay is written as part of the lead up to the launch of the second book, so it's got some pseudo-spoilers for book one, so you might want to wait till you're done with the book to read it. Or not. Up to you really. Either way, it made me look at the books a little differently, and I kinda like that.
January: Alcina - The Wool Omnibus by Hugh Howey
2012
November: Heather - The War of Art by Stephen Pressfeld
October: Joyce - The WindupGirl by Paolo Bacigalupi
September: Collie - Woman & Nature: The Roaring Inside Her by Susan Griffin
August: Nicole - Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas by John Scalzi
July: Judy - Three Junes by Julia Glass
June: Allison - Let's Pretend This Never Happened: (A Mostly True Memoir) by Jenny Lawson (The Bloggess)
May: Nicky - Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
April: Charlotte - The Devil's Mixtape by Mary Borsellino
March: Alcina - The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
February: Heather - The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
January: Collie - A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster by Rebecca Solnit
2011
December: NO BOOK
November: Nicole - Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
October: Judy - Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
September: Allison - State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
August: Nicky - Death and Judgment by Donna Leon
July: Alcina - Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
June: Collie - Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality by Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jeth
May: Charlotte - Passage by Connie Willis
April: Nicole - Among Others by Jo Walton
March: Judy - Gunn's Golden Rules: Life's Little Lessons for Making itWork by Tim Gunn
February: Heather - Reality is Broken by Jane McGonigal
January: Allison - Room: A Novel by Emma Donoghue
2010
December: NO BOOK
November: Nicky - Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior by Rom Brafman
October: Alcina - The Other by David Guterson
September: Charlotte - Magic for Beginners by Kelly Link
August: Heather - The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
July: Nicole - Boneshaker by Cherie Priest
5th Anniversary!
June: Judy - The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
May: Allison - I Am American and So Can You by Stephen Colbert
April: Nicky - Judgment of Caesar: A Novel of Ancient Rome by Steven Saylor
March: Alcina - A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
February: Charlotte - How to Buy a Love of Reading by Tanya Egan Gibson
January: Heather - The Magician's Elephant by Kate DiCamillo
2009
December: NO BOOK
November: Kathleen - Here, There Be Dragons by James A. Owen
October: Nicole - Buddy Holly is Alive and Well on Ganymede by Bradley Denton
September: Alcina - The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
August: Bonni - Bright Lights, Big City by Jay McInerney
July: Charlotte - It's Not a Genuine Black Man: My Life as anOutsider by Brian Copeland
June: Heather - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
May: Judy - Death by Chick Lit by Lynn Harris
April: Allison - A Secret History by Donna Tartt
March: Nicky - The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore
February: Nicole - Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire
January: Alcina - Implacable Order of Things by Jose Luis Peixoto
2008
December: NO BOOK
November: Bonni - Seventeenth Summer by Maureen Daly
October: Judy - Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
September: Heather - Hunting and Gathering by Anna Gavalda
August: Charlotte - Yarn Harlot: The Secret Life of a Knitter by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
July: Nicole - Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
June: Alcina - The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
May: Bonni - The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
April: Judy - The Sweet Potato Queens' Book of Love: A Fallen Southern Belle's Look at love, Life, Men, Marriage, and Being Prepared by Jill Conner Browne
March: Heather - Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert
February: Charlotte - World War Z by Max Brooks
January: Deirdre - About Alice by Calvin Trillin
2007
December: NO BOOK
November: NO BOOK
October: Bonni - The Good Times Are Killing Me by Lynda Barry
September: Nicky - A Song for Arbonne by Guy Gavriel Kay
August: Judy - A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland, Indiana by Haven Kimmel
July: Charlotte - Drinking: a Love Story by Caroline Knapp
June: Deirdre - Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
May: Bonni - Jaka's Story by Dave Sim and Gerhard
April: Michele - Pillars of the Earth by Kenneth Follett
March: Judy - Then We Came To The End by Joshua Ferris
February: Heather - Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany by Bill Buford
January: Charlotte - The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
2006
December: NO BOOK
November: NO BOOK
October: Nicky - Kiss My Tiara by Susan Jane Gilman
September: Deirdre - The Chosen by Chaim Potok
August: Bonni - Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins
July: Judy - My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
June: Audrey - Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller
May: NO BOOK
April: Charlotte - Illegible Address by Denver Butson
March: Nicky - The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King
February: Dolores - The Year Of Yes by Maria Dahvana Headley
January: Deirdre - Nor Crystal Tears by Alan Dean Foster
2005
December: NO BOOK
November: Bonni - Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin (meeting 2nd Monday of December)
October: Julie - The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (meeting 1st Wednesday of November)
September: Judy - Inextinguishable Symphony: A True Story of Music and Love in Nazi Germany by Martin Goldsmith
August: Audrey - Little Big by John Crowley
July: Charlotte - Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons by Lorna Landvik
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