
What we’re about
Welcome to our book club for adults who like to read in multiple genres and multiple age groups. We intentionally include diversity in our reading, including authors of color.
Please send me a message in MU if you're interested in hosting a book club meeting, if you have a book recommendation, or if you know of a venue where we could hold a meeting. We're always looking for new fun places conducive to conversation and fun.
Submit your suggestions for books to read in 2025
Helping Things Run Smoothly:
1. Respect all group members and their opinions.
Since reading and text interpretations are subjective, everyone will have their own opinion. Listening respectfully with an open mind allows us to share our thoughts without negativity.
2. Be considerate and respectful in your words and actions.
We may discuss topics with many differences of opinion. It’s important to understand that we’ve all had unique experiences over our lives, and those experiences affect our points of view. Don’t assume that a person has bad intentions. Instead, respectfully listen to their opinion with an open mind and heart, and then ask questions and/or offer your opinion, so that we can try to understand where we’re all coming from.
3. Let everyone have a chance to speak.
We’d like to hear everyone’s opinion. If the moderator notes that you’re frequently contributing, and others are not able to contribute, the conversation may be redirected so that other group members may speak. It’s our way of allowing everyone the chance to contribute.
4. Raise your hand if you need to.
If you’d like to share an opinion and haven’t been able to speak, feel free to raise your hand. Sometimes points can be made quickly by several participants, and it might be difficult to add to the conversation.
5. Disagreeing with the majority of the group is ok.
Please be sure to share your ideas so that we can hear alternate points of view.
6. RSVPs
Please update your RSVP to “Not Going” as soon as you know you won’t be able to attend a meeting. We may be at some smaller venues with limited space, and we want to make sure that as many members who’d like to join us at meetings can. As a courtesy to everyone, a member may be removed from the group if repeatedly not showing up to meetings without updating the RSVP, or regularly canceling with very short notice.
7. Content
Themes will undoubtedly come up that are triggering to some members. Please read book descriptions so that you can make an informed decision about participating in meetings. There are sites online that can provide information about trigger warnings for different books. No site can eliminate all risk of potential triggers because of the wide range of triggers for different individuals. If something is triggering to you, please seek assistance from a trusted source. Topics may not be censored during our meetings. Please be sure that you’re comfortable with this before attending events, since we may be discussing things that you may not be comfortable discussing. If you'd like to step away from the group for a few minutes until that topic is finished, please feel free to do that.
Please Note: The cover image is a free image from the Freepik.com website. Here is the link if you'd like to see it online. https://www.freepik.com/free-photo/front-view-books-flowers-wooden-table_5893379.htm#position=11
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Pretty Girls by Karin SlaughterRelevate Real Estate, Raleigh, NC
Hello Bookish Family - join us for our book club meeting where we'll have a great discussion about the book and have some social time as well.
The meeting space has a full kitchen area, so feel free to bring your dinner and a drink, or a dish to share. No pressure to do that, just offering it up. :) You're welcome to come socialize and eat starting at 6 if you'd like. The book club discussion will officially start at 6:30. Thanks to my friend Sally Mackie for hosting us in her office!
Please consider supporting one of Raleigh's independent bookstores:
Beow's Books & Brews
Quail Ridge Books
So & So BooksRecommend a book for our 2025 reading list here.
About the Book:
More than twenty years ago, Claire and Lydia’s teenaged sister Julia vanished without a trace. The two women have not spoken since, and now their lives could not be more different. Claire is the glamorous trophy wife of an Atlanta millionaire. Lydia, a single mother, dates an ex-con and struggles to make ends meet. But neither has recovered from the horror and heartbreak of their shared loss—a devastating wound that's cruelly ripped open when Claire's husband is killed.
The disappearance of a teenage girl and the murder of a middle-aged man, almost a quarter-century apart: what could connect them? Forming a wary truce, the surviving sisters look to the past to find the truth, unearthing the secrets that destroyed their family all those years ago . . . and uncovering the possibility of redemption, and revenge, where they least expect it. - Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. JacksonAnn J’s Home, Raleigh, NC
Hello Bookish Family - join us for our book club meeting where we'll have a great discussion about the book and have some social time as well.
Please consider supporting one of Raleigh's independent bookstores:
Quail Ridge Books
So & So Books
Beow's Books & BrewsRecommend a book for our reading list here.
About the Book:
Monday Charles is missing, and only Claudia seems to notice. Claudia and Monday have always been inseparable—more sisters than friends. So when Monday doesn’t turn up for the first day of school, Claudia’s worried.When she doesn’t show for the second day, or second week, Claudia knows that something is wrong. Monday wouldn’t just leave her to endure tests and bullies alone. Not after last year’s rumors and not with her grades on the line. Now Claudia needs her best—and only—friend more than ever. But Monday’s mother refuses to give Claudia a straight answer, and Monday’s sister April is even less help.
As Claudia digs deeper into her friend’s disappearance, she discovers that no one seems to remember the last time they saw Monday. How can a teenage girl just vanish without anyone noticing that she’s gone?
- 100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez (Book Club)Relevate Real Estate, Raleigh, NC
Join us for this month's book. I've heard fantastic things about it and it's a Netflix series.
The meeting space has a full kitchen area, so feel free to bring your dinner. You're welcome to come to socialize and eat starting at 6 if you'd like. The book club discussion will officially start at 6:15.
Please consider supporting one of the Triangle's independent bookstores:
Beow's Books & Brews
Page 158 Books
Quail Ridge Books
So & So BooksRecommend a book for our 2025 reading list here.
About the Book:
"One Hundred Years of Solitude is the first piece of literature since the Book of Genesis that should be required reading for the entire human race. . . . García Márquez has done nothing less than to create in the reader a sense of all that is profound, meaningful, and meaningless in life." —William Kennedy, National ObserverOne of the most influential literary works of our time, One Hundred Years of Solitude remains a dazzling and original achievement by the masterful Gabriel García Márquez, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.
One Hundred Years of Solitude tells the story of the rise and fall, birth and death of the mythical town of Macondo through the history of the Buendiá family. Inventive, amusing, magnetic, sad and alive with unforgettable men and women—brimming with truth, compassion, and a lyrical magic that strikes the soul—this novel is a masterpiece in the art of fiction.
- Fourth Wing, Iron Flame & Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros (The Empyrean Book Club)Link visible for attendees
IN-PERSON......SAVE THE DATE.....LOCATION TBD ASAP. I'm waiting to hear back from a location in north-ish Raleigh.
Keep an eye on the event page for more meetings posted regularly.
Welcome to the world of dragons!! We're doing a binge-worthy book club meeting to discuss all three books in the Empyrean Series. All in 1 night!!
Please consider supporting one of the Triangle's independent bookstores:
Beow's Books & Brews
Page 158 Books
Quail Ridge Books
So & So BooksRecommend a book for our 2025 reading list here.
About the Books:
Check out the fantastic book page on Rebecca's website. All details are there about each book.https://rebeccayarros.com/empyrean