Book Club Picks

12+ hour, 36+ min ago   (205+ words) A Mystery Unfolding Across Six Decades ‘Heretical Talk’ follows victims who survive their encounters with Needless while continuing to carry the damage caused by his crimes and disturbing ideas. His words remain in their minds, leading them to question their…...

8+ hour, 4+ min ago   (1311+ words) Omaha Public Library wants to help readers find new books — or at least books new to them. A fan salutes during the national anthem while a large American flag is draped from the ladder of a Rural Gretna fire truck…...

8+ hour, 58+ min ago   (600+ words) Meet Julia and Ioana, the founders behind The Story Society, a new English-language bookstore and community project in Prague. Their idea combines a selection of books with a space for reading, book clubs, events and meeting other people. The project…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (900+ words) Independent publishing houses are taking risks that larger organisations cannot, and as readers we stand to benefit enormously from this. Diverse voices: ‘Inshallah, Madonna, Inshallah’ by Miljenko Jergović ‘When he created Earth and these lands upon it, when he divided…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (558+ words) Securely snug in her Midcoastal Maine home during last year’s late-fall chill, Alicia Malone settled in for another approaching snowy New England winter. This time, however, she found not only warmth beside the glow of the crackling wood fire but…...

15+ hour, 19+ min ago   (74+ words) Each month, the Columbia Public Library offers selections from its collection related to a current best-seller or hot topic. Public Services Librarian Anne Girouard compiled this month's selections. Here's to aging well! This article originally appeared on Columbia Daily Tribune:…...

16+ hour, 7+ min ago   (424+ words) Vocal Rachel Reviews: How to Stop Time by Matt Haig Another fantastic book from Haig about Tom Hazard, an extraordinary man who craves an ordinary life Matt Haig writes great fiction. He takes an incredible element and places it at…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (732+ words) Fiona is a former secondary school teacher and current stay at home parent to two very wild and active children. She lives with them and her husband in the UK and can often be found on a beach paddling in…...

18+ hour, 15+ min ago   (122+ words) Union Ave Books has partnered with our a-few-doors-down neighbor Fred's Around the Corner (formerly Knox Brew Hub) for the Union Ave Book Club since spring of 2022, and we're still going strong! Each month, we choose a fiction and non-fiction book…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (680+ words) I adore books and so whenever a new book shop or venue for readers opens up, I'm instantly intrigued. And the concept of The BookCellar seemed so up my street, I wondered how on Earth I hadn't come up with…...