Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

Next Meeting
When: June 2 (moved back a week)
Hostess: Irina

In the early 1900s, teenaged Sunja, the adored daughter of a crippled fisherman, falls for a wealthy stranger at the seashore near her home in Korea. He promises her the world, but when she discovers she is pregnant--and... < Read More

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST * A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW TOP TEN OF THE YEAR * NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2017 *A USA TODAY TOP TEN OF 2017 * JULY PICK FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR-NEW YORK TIMES BOOK CLUB NOW READ THIS * FINALIST FOR THE 2018 DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZE

Klara and the Sun: A novel by Kazuo Ishiguro

Next Meeting
When: April 28
Host: Kevin

“What stays with you in Klara and the Sun is the haunting narrative voice - a genuinely innocent, egoless perspective on the strange behavior of humans obsessed and wounded by power, status and fear.” (Booker Prize committee)

From Amazon.com: "Here is the story of Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, who, from her place in the store, watches carefully the behavior of those who come in to browse, and of those who pass on the street outside. She remains hopeful that a customer will soon choose her... < Read More

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

Next Meeting
When: March 24** moved up a week!!
Hostess: Vré

"The #1 New York Times bestselling WORLDWIDE phenomenon

"A feel-good book guaranteed to lift your spirits."—The Washington Post

Somewhere out beyond the edge of the universe there is a library that contains an infinite number of books, each one the story of another reality. One tells the story of your life as it is, along with another book for the other life you could have lived if you had made a different choice at any point... < Read More

The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa

Next Meeting
When: February 24
Hostess: Kay

From Amazon: "He is a brilliant math Professor with a peculiar problem―ever since a traumatic head injury, he has lived with only eighty minutes of short-term memory.

She is an astute young Housekeeper―with a ten-year-old son―who is hired to care for the Professor.

And every morning, as the Professor and the Housekeeper are introduced to each other anew, a strange and beautiful relationship blossoms... < Read more

The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah

 Next Meeting
When: January 27

Hostess: Lucy

From Amazon: "The Bestselling Hardcover Novel of the Year."--Publishers Weekly

Texas, 1921. A time of abundance. The Great War is over, the bounty of the land is plentiful, and America is on the brink of a new and optimistic era. But for Elsa Wolcott, deemed too old to marry in a time when marriage is a woman’s only option, the future seems bleak. Until the night she meets Rafe Martinelli and decides to change the direction of her life. With her reputation in ruin, there is only one respectable choice: marriage to a man she barely knows....  < Read More

Ironmum by Karine Fragnière

Next Meeting

When: November 25

Hostess: Carina

From Amazon:

The inspiring story of a champion and mother of four!

Karine Fragnière, a lifelong athlete and “mom of steel” recounts the peak experiences of her life, and the joy and pain that inspired her lifelong quest for wellbeing and harmony.

After winning her age group at IronmanZurich, cheered on by her four children, Karine decided to share her passion and her dreams with others, passing on the lessons learned during her “swim, bike, run” life as a triathlete.

Karine, a devoted mother ... < Read More

Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

Next Meeting

When: October 29 ** (exception: meeting on Saturday)
Hostess: Katrin

From Amazon.com:

NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Of all the stories that argue and speculate about Shakespeare’s life … here is a novel … so gorgeously written that it transports you.” —The Boston Globe

England, 1580: The Black Death creeps across the land, an ever-present threat, infecting the healthy, the sick, the old and the young alike. The end of days is near, but life always goes on.

A young Latin tutor—penniless and bullied by a violent father—falls in love with an extraordinary, eccentric young woman. Agnes is a wild creature who walks her family’s land with a falcon on her glove and is known throughout the countryside for her unusual gifts as a healer, understanding plants and potions better than she does people. Once she settles with her husband on Henley Street in Stratford-upon-Avon, she becomes a fiercely protective mother and a steadfast, centrifugal force in the life of her young husband, whose career on the London stage is just taking off when his beloved young son succumbs to sudden fever... < Read More