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Join the Monday night book club for an in-person chat about Trespasses by Louise Kennedy. Trespasses is set in Northern Ireland during the Troubles. This shattering novel is “about a young woman caught between allegiance to community & a dangerous passion. Amid daily reports of violence, Cushla lives a quiet life with her mother in […]
An introspective science-fiction novel interwoven with Mexican folklore, April takes a journey through the stars with The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera. Books on Tap reads titles not typically found at your neighbor's book club. No celebrity lists, no high-profile awards, but plenty of adventure, excitement, & reflection. In The Last Cuentista, the future […]
Enemies in the Orchard by Dana Vanderlugt will be the April selection for the Monday night book club. "It’s October 1944, & while Claire’s older brother, Danny, is off fighting in World War II, her dad hires a group of German POWs to help with the apple harvest on their farm. Claire wants nothing to […]
In Japan, cats with crooked tales are signs of good fortune. Follow one such cat & his owner on a road trip to visit three longtime friends in The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa. Join the members of Books on Tap, a book club that seeks out the unbeaten path. No celebrity lists, no […]
"Eilis Lacey is Irish, married to Tony Fiorello, a plumber & one of four Italian American brothers, all of whom live in neighboring houses on a cul-de-sac in Lindenhurst, Long Island, with their wives & children & Tony’s parents, a huge extended family. It is the spring of 1976 & Eilis is now forty with […]
The mysteries of Earth's past & future collide when a young girl from South Dakota accidentally discovers a giant metal hand buried deep underground in Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel. "Reminiscent of The Martian & World War Z, Sleeping Giants is a luminous conspiracy yarn that shoots for (& lands among) the stars" (Pierce Brown). […]
Join the members of Monday Night Book Club to kick off a summer of art exploration with Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier. "History & fiction merge seamlessly in this luminous novel about artistic vision & sensual awakening" (Amazon). Read the book that brought Vermeer's work into the twenty-first century. Available at the […]
