Passing Along Some Book Club Info

Several people have emailed me over the last couple of months about the books that our Book Club is reading and wanting to be clued in about future reads. At our meeting tonight, we learned that our new book is a mystery! R. was the hostess tonight, and she is a mystery lover. Since our hostess selects the next read, it looks like we are all mystery readers for the next month along with her! We're all pretty excited as this is a novel that most of us would not normally select for ourselves....which is one of the goals we set out to accomplish! Without further delay, here it is! The really cool part that I just learned tonight, if your book club reads this novel, the author will call you at your next meeting when you discuss the book! How cool is that? Can't wait! Very exciting!!
We also usually choose a second "optional" novel that book clubbers might choose to read if they're interested. Let me know if you want to know the title of the second book. It's a totally different sort of mystery than the first. Perhaps a bit more...contemporary? Looked very appealing. I've already placed my order for both books, and I can't wait to get started!
Our meeting tonight was a blast. We met in a cabin at the lake, and as usual, had too much food. I think my fav was the chocolate chip, walnut cookies. Oh my. Very tasty.
We discussed our previous novel, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society, in great detail. Luckily, one of our clubbers had a set of discussion questions that she found online. We followed the questions loosely, but we mainly used them as a springboard that started other topics. Definitely lots to talk about with such a great book, and we were definitely not at a loss for comments and opinions and favorite moments. I especially enjoyed reading a book in the format of an epistolary. To my knowledge, that was a first for me, and one that I thoroughly enjoyed.
**Next month, our meeting will be held pool side at J's house. What book will she choose? It better not involve pointy teeth. J, do you hear me?