Book Club for Adults
Fiction Book ClubTuesday, January 13th | 7:00pm
Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 BOOKER PRIZE
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 PEN FAULKNER AWARD FOR FICTION
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2024 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE ATLANTIC, VULTURE, VOGUE, THE WASHINGTON POST, KIRKUS REVIEWS, NPR, THE ECONOMIST, THE CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY, VOX, and more
Creation Lake is a novel about a secret agent, a thirty-four-year-old American woman of ruthless tactics and clean beauty who is sent to do dirty work in France. “Sadie Smith” is how the narrator introduces herself to the rural commune of French subversives on whom she is keeping tabs, and to her lover, Lucien, a young and well-born Parisian she has met by “cold bump”—making him believe the encounter was accidental. Like everyone she targets, Lucien is useful to her and used by her. Sadie operates by strategy and dissimulation, based on what her “contacts”—shadowy figures in business and government—instruct. First, these contacts want her to incite provocation. Then they want more.
In this region of old farms and prehistoric caves, Sadie becomes entranced by a mysterious figure named Bruno Lacombe, a mentor to the young activists who believes that the path to emancipation is not revolt but a return to the ancient past. Just as Sadie is certain she’s the seductress and puppet master of those she surveils, Bruno is seducing her with his ingenious counter-histories, his artful laments, his own tragic story.
Upcoming Fiction Book Club Books:
February 10th- Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe
March 10th- Last Twilight in Paris by Pam Jenoff
April 14th-The Story She Left Behind by Patti Callahan Henry
May 12th- Isola by Allegra Goodman
June 9th- The Griffin Sister's Greatest Hits by Jennifer Weiner
July 14th- Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
August 11th- All That Life Can Afford by Emily Everett
September 8th- The Heart of Winter by Jonathan Evison
October 13th- The Stolen Queen by Fiona Davis
November 10th- Tilt by Emma Pattee
December 8th- The Wedding People by Allison Espach
Senior Book ClubWednesday, January 21st | 1:00pm | Chehalem Senior Center
The Busybody Book Club by Freya Sampson
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LibraryReads Pick
They can’t even agree on what to read, so how are they going to solve a murder?
Having recently moved from London to a small Cornish seaside village, Nova Davies started a book club at the local community center, but so far it’s a disaster. The five members disagree on everything, and to make matters worse, a significant sum of money is stolen during one of the meetings, putting the much-loved community center at risk.
Suspicion for the theft falls on book club member Michael, especially when he disappears and a dead body turns up at his house. But the book club has their own theories. Agatha Christie superfan Phyllis is determined to prove Michael’s been framed, while romance reader Arthur believes there’s a mystery woman involved, and teenage sci-fi fan Ash thinks dark forces are at play.
While trying to locate Michael, solve the murder and recover the stolen money, each of them has their own secrets to protect. But despite the danger closing in, they won’t rest until they’ve cracked the case and gotten everyone safe at home with a book, where they belong.
Upcoming Senior Book Club Books:
Febuary 18th- Isola by Allegra Goodman
March 18th- 10 Marchfield Square by Nicola Whyte
April 15th- Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
May 20th- One Death at a Time by Abbi Waxman
June 17th- All That Life Can Afford by Emily Everett
July 15th- The Heart of Winter by Jonathan Evison
August 19th- Extinction by Douglas Preston
September 16th- Count My Lies by Sophie Strava
October 21st- The Griffin Sister's Greatest Hits by Jennifer Weiner
November 18th- TBD
December 16th- TBD
Mystery/Thriller Book ClubThursday, January 22nd| 7:00pm
More Than You'll Ever Know by Katie Gutierrez
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK
An evocative drama about a woman caught leading a double life after one husband murders the other, and the true-crime writer who becomes obsessed with telling her story—this masterful work of literary suspense marks the debut of an extraordinary new writer
The dance becomes an affair, which becomes a marriage, which becomes a murder...
In 1985, Lore Rivera marries Andres Russo in Mexico City, even though she is already married to Fabian Rivera in Laredo, Texas, and they share twin sons. Through her career as an international banker, Lore splits her time between two countries and two families—until the truth is revealed and one husband is arrested for murdering the other.
In 2017, while trawling the internet for the latest, most sensational news reports, struggling true-crime writer Cassie Bowman encounters an article detailing that tragic final act. Cassie is immediately enticed by what is not explored: Why would a woman—a mother—risk everything for a secret double marriage? Cassie sees an opportunity—she’ll track Lore down and capture the full picture, the choices, the deceptions that led to disaster. But the more time she spends with Lore, the more Cassie questions the facts surrounding the murder itself. Soon, her determination to uncover the truth could threaten to derail Lore’s now quiet life—and expose the many secrets both women are hiding.
Told through alternating timelines, More Than You’ll Ever Know is both a gripping mystery and a wrenching family drama. Presenting a window into the hearts of two very different women, it explores the many conflicting demands of marriage and motherhood, and the impossibility of ever truly knowing someone—especially those we love.
Upcoming Mystery/Thriller Book Club Books:
February 19th- Happiness Falls by Angie Kim
March 19th- The Paris Mystery by Kristi Manning
April 16th- The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
May 21st- All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker
June 18th- We Solve Murders by Richard Osman
July 16th- The Frozen River by Aril Lawhon
August 20th- This Book Will Bury Me by Ashley Winstead
September 17th- Famous Last Words by Gillian McAllister
October 15th- A Murder for Miss Hortense by Mel Pennant
November 19th- 10 Marchfield Square by Nicola Whyte
December 17th- The Busybody Book Club by Freya Sampson
