What we’re about
Come and join an established book club. We are a group that has been in existence for more than 10 years, looking for some new members to join us.
We read contemporary literature, with a classic and/or non-fiction book to mix things up. We will meet monthly, on the last Wednesday of every month, at the Cherry Hill Wegman's (in the upstairs cafe.)
Upcoming events (4)
See all- The Wager by David GrannWegmans, Cherry Hill, NJ
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder is the fifth nonfiction book by American journalist David Grann.[.
The book concentrates on the story of HMS Wager, a square-rigged sixth-rate Royal Navy ship, and the mutiny that took place after the ship's wreckage in 1741.[7]Publishers Weekly wrote that Grann "packs the narrative with fascinating details about life at sea [...] and makes excellent use of primary sources".[9] Matthew Teague of The Guardian commented, "There's an expectation, in reviewing a book like The Wager, to balance its strengths with some discussion of its flaws. But The Wager is one of the finest nonfiction books I've ever read. I can only offer the highest praise a writer can give: endless envy, as deep and salty as the sea."[10]
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainWegmans, Cherry Hill, NJ$5.00
In St. Petersburg, Missouri, during the 1840s, Huckleberry Finn has received a considerable sum of money following The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and the Widow Douglas and her sister Miss Watson become his guardians. Despite preferring life as an errant boy, Huck stays so he can be part of Tom Sawyer's gang. Huck’s father, "Pap", an abusive alcoholic, tries to appropriate Huck's fortune. Huck fakes his own murder and settles on Jackson's Island, where he reunites with Miss Watson's slave Jim, who ran away after overhearing she was planning to sell him. Huck and Jim decide to go down the Mississippi River to Cairo, in the free state of Illinois.
- James by Percival EverettWegmans, Cherry Hill, NJ$4.00
James is a novel by author Percival Everett published in 2024. The novel is a re-imagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain but told from the perspective of Huckleberry's friend on his travels, Jim, who is an escaped slave. The novel won the 2024 Kirkus Prize and the National Book Award for Fiction.
Some of the early scenes of Everett's novel closely follow Huckleberry Finn, but as the two separate and Jim goes off on his own picaresque "adventures", the tone turns more serious as it explores issues of rape, murder, beatings, and racism.
