June - The Life & Loves of Becca Valentine

Sarah has picked the book The Life and Loves of Becca Valentine (The Beforelife of Eliza Valentine) by Laura Pearson for June

Info about the book:

These are the things Becca Valentine doesn’t know yet:

She doesn’t know that two men are about to come into her life. Both seeking her heart.

She also doesn’t know that everything rests on her love story.

Because there are four children she might have. And Fate has a secret little twist for Becca: if she doesn’t choose the right man at the right time, she may never meet those children.

But what if someone could influence her to follow her heart? Even if they knew it might risk their own chance of coming into being? Because the other thing Becca doesn’t know is that somewhere – in a place they call the Beforelife – there are four beings waiting. And where they are, almost anything is possible…

We will meet on June 17 at 7:30 to discuss the book.

Planning ahead, Donna has picked The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson for our book for July.

Happy Reading!

Cherry Pie Cookie Bars

Kellyn had some yummy cherry themed treats for book club. Here's the recipe for the Cherry Pie Cookie Bars she brought. They were delicious. 

May - Tom Lake

Kellyn chose Tom Lake for our May book. 

Here's some information about the book: 

In the spring of 2020, Lara’s three daughters return to the family's orchard in Northern Michigan. While picking cherries, they beg their mother to tell them the story of Peter Duke, a famous actor with whom she shared both a stage and a romance years before at a theater company called Tom Lake. As Lara recalls the past, her daughters examine their own lives and relationship with their mother, and are forced to reconsider the world and everything they thought they knew.

Tom Lake is a meditation on youthful love, married love, and the lives parents have led before their children were born. Both hopeful and elegiac, it explores what it means to be happy even when the world is falling apart. As in all of her novels, Ann Patchett combines compelling narrative artistry with piercing insights into family dynamics. The result is a rich and luminous story, told with profound intelligence and emotional subtlety, that demonstrates once again why she is one of the most revered and acclaimed literary talents working today.

We will be meeting on the fourth Tuesday in May since Debby's having cataract surgery the third week. We will meet on Tuesday May 27 at 7:30 at Debby's house. 

Happy Reading!