June 2023: Children of Blood and Bone

 Amy wrote: For June I'm choosing a young adult fiction book highly recommended by Josey! "Children of Blood and Bone" by Tomi Adeyemi

May 2023: Murder on the Red River by Marcie Rendon

I wrote: "I'm picking a Native American author who lives in Minneapolis for May. This is the first in the series. Her third book in the series (Sinister Graves) came out a few months ago. The book is Murder on the Red River by Rendon, Marcie R."

We had a lovely visit with Ms. Rendon. Two author visits in a row!

April 2023: Departure Stories: Betty Crocker made matzoh balls (and other lies) by Elisa Bernick

Kevira selected a book written by a friend of hers for April 2023. (We did a social in March as I was out of town.) We read “Departure Stories: Betty Crocker made matzoh balls (and other lies)” by Elisa Bernick and had a lovely visit with the author.

February 2023: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

 Susan picked The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab for our February 2023 book.

January 2023: The Radium Girls

Julie picked The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women by Kate Moore for our January 2023 read.

Nov 2022: Book Woman of Troublesome Creek

 Cass has picked Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson for us in November. 

 

ABOUT THE BOOK

NEW YORK TIMES and LOS ANGELES TIMES and USA TODAY bestselling novel, The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek is a powerful message about how the written word affects people--a story of hope and heartbreak, raw courage and strength splintered with poverty and oppression, and one woman's chances beyond the darkly hollows.

Inspired by the true and historical blue-skinned people of Kentucky and the brave and dedicated Kentucky Pack Horse library service, The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek showcases a first in traditionally published literary novels— a bold and unique story and tale of fierce strength and one woman's belief that books can carry us anywhere — even back home

 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

The NEW YORK TIMES, LOS ANGELES TIMES and USA TODAY bestselling author, Kim Michele Richardson has written five works of historical fiction, and a bestselling memoir.

Her critically acclaimed novel, The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek is a recommended read by Dolly Parton and has earned a 2020 PBS Readers Choice, 2019 LibraryReads Best Book, Indie Next, SIBA, Forbes Best Historical Novel, Book-A-Million Best Fiction, and is an Oprah's Buzziest Books pick and a Women’s National Book Association Great Group Reads selection. It was inspired by the remarkable "blue people" of Kentucky, and the fierce, brave Packhorse Librarians who used the power of literacy to overcome bigotry and fear during the Great Depression. The novel is taught widely in high schools and college classrooms and has been adopted as a Common Read selection by states, cities, and colleges across the country and abroad.

Her latest novel, The Book Woman’s Daughter, an instant NYT and USA TODAY’s bestseller is both a stand-alone and sequel to The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek. Kim Michele lives with her family in Kentucky and is the founder of Shy Rabbit.

More at: https://www.kimmichelerichardson.com/the-book-woman-of-troublesome-creek

Oct 2022: Apples Never Fall by Lianne Moriarty

Becky has selected "Apples Never Fall" by Lianne Moriarty for October. This will be our third Moriarty book, I think. And some of us have also watched the Big Little Lies series. :)

ABOUT THE BOOK

#1 New York Times Bestseller

From Liane Moriarty, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Big Little Lies and Nine Perfect Strangers, comes Apples Never Fall, a novel that looks at marriage, siblings, and how the people we love the most can hurt us the deepest.

The Delaney family love one another dearly—it’s just that sometimes they want to murder each other . . .

If your mother was missing, would you tell the police? Even if the most obvious suspect was your father?

This is the dilemma facing the four grown Delaney siblings.

The Delaneys are fixtures in their community. The parents, Stan and Joy, are the envy of all of their friends. They’re killers on the tennis court, and off it their chemistry is palpable. But after fifty years of marriage, they’ve finally sold their famed tennis academy and are ready to start what should be the golden years of their lives. So why are Stan and Joy so miserable?

The four Delaney children—Amy, Logan, Troy, and Brooke—were tennis stars in their own right, yet as their father will tell you, none of them had what it took to go all the way. But that’s okay, now that they’re all successful grown-ups and there is the wonderful possibility of grandchildren on the horizon.

One night a stranger named Savannah knocks on Stan and Joy’s door, bleeding after a fight with her boyfriend. The Delaneys are more than happy to give her the small kindness she sorely needs. If only that was all she wanted.

Later, when Joy goes missing, and Savannah is nowhere to be found, the police question the one person who remains: Stan. But for someone who claims to be innocent, he, like many spouses, seems to have a lot to hide. Two of the Delaney children think their father is innocent, two are not so sure—but as the two sides square off against each other in perhaps their biggest match ever, all of the Delaneys will start to reexamine their shared family history in a very new light.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Liane Moriarty is the author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Big Little Lies, The Husband’s Secret, and Truly Madly Guilty; the New York Times bestsellers Nine Perfect Strangers, What Alice Forgot, and The Last Anniversary; The Hypnotist’s Love Story; and Three Wishes. She lives in Sydney, Australia, with her husband and two children.

READ AN INTERVIEW HERE: https://www.nzbooklovers.co.nz/post/interview-liane-moriarty-talks-about-nine-perfect-strangers