Category Archives: What We’re Reading

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows January 1946: London is emerging from the shadow of the Second World War, and writer Juliet Ashton is looking for her next book subject. Who could imagine that she would find it in a letter from a man she’s neverContinue reading “FEBRUARY 2026 BOOK DISCUSSION”

The Favorites, by Layne Fargo She might not have a famous name, funding, or her family’s support, but Katarina Shaw has always known that she was destined to become an Olympic skater. When she meets Heath Rocha, a lonely kid stuck in the foster care system, their instant connection makes them a formidable duo onContinue reading “MARCH 2026 BOOK DISCUSSION”

Kindred, by Octavia E. Butler Dana, a modern Black woman, is celebrating her 26th birthday with her new husband when she is snatched abruptly from her home in California and transported to the antebellum South. Rufus, the white son of a plantation owner, is drowning, and Dana has been summoned to save him. Dana isContinue reading “APRIL 2026 BOOK DISCUSSION”

The First Ladies, by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray The daughter of formerly enslaved parents, Mary McLeod Bethune refuses to back down as white supremacists attempt to thwart her work. She marches on as an activist and an educator, and as her reputation grows she becomes a celebrity, revered by titans of business andContinue reading “MAY 2026 BOOK DISCUSSION”