Event List

Discussing Dead Space by Kali Wallace, a science fiction murder mystery. Hester Marley, a gifted AI expert survives a catastrophic attack that left her injured, indebted, and stran...

Discussing In Order to Live: a North Korean Girl’s Journey to Freedom by Yeonmi Park.  Park’s memoir details her escape from North Korea and her journey to freedom in Sou...

Discussing The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern.  This is a standalone fantasy book written in a very beautiful and lyrical writing style that tells the story of the riva...

Discussing Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah.  Winter Garden is a historical fiction novel based on the Siege of Leningrad (St. Petersburg) during World War II and fea...

Discussing A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab.   A young adult fantasy novel and the first installment of the Shades of Magic series. Kell Ma...

Discussing author Jhumpa Lahiri is an American novelist and short-story writer whose works illuminate the immigrant experience, in particular that of East Indians.  She won th...

Discussing 2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson.  Scientific advances have opened gateways to an extraordinary future. Earth is no longer our only home; new habitats have been cr...

Discussing Desert Queen by Janet Wallach.  This is the story of Gertrude Bell, who explored, mapped, and excavated the Arab world throughout the early twentieth century. ...

Discussing The Midnight Library by Matt Haig.  This is the story of Nora, a depressed woman in her 30s, who, on the day she decides to die, finds herself in a library ful...

Discussing Wager: a tale of shipwreck, mutiny, & murder by David Grann. Grann’s enthralling nonfiction work tells the gripping narrative of the ill-fated HMS Wager, a Brit...

Discussing Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke.  A 1953 science fiction novel & Clarke’s first successful novel. Set in the future, the novel spans over 130 years wit...

Discussing The Maid by Nita Prose. A cozy murder mystery featuring Molly, who has difficulty in social situations, but who takes great pride in her work as a maid at an upscale hot...

Discussing The Road by Cormack McCarthy.  A post-apocalyptic novel that details the grueling journey of a father & his young son as they make their way across a lands...

Discussing author Paul Doiron. Doiron, a native of Maine, is the author of the Mike Bowditch crime novels, which have been nominated for various awards. He was Editor Emeritus of D...

Discussing The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson.  A science fiction novel about a future world where nanotechnology has become a part of everyday life.  Themes of education...

Discussing The Last Astronaut by David Wellington.  Due to a failed mission to Mars, Sally Jansen, a leading astronaut, is convinced her days in space are over.  But...