I discovered something very important about this month’s BookTalk title that I’d like to pass along, don’t read it in public. Unless you’re one of those people who cries with a single, sparkling tear slipping down your cheek (not a gulper and snorter like me), you’ll just embarrass yourself trying to get through this one in a coffee shop or at the café in the grocery store. No, Irreplaceable by Stephen Lovely is definitely a stay-at-home read.
I’ve had the pleasure of spending time with friends during the past two weeks. My friends are very important to me, and I cherish the time we have to be together. People become friends under many different circumstances. Sometimes it’s through our children, sometimes through work or church.
In January, we will explore two very different mysteries. One involves a Gypsy fortune teller and an eleven year old sleuth. The other involves the lost prophecies of Nostradamus, secret societies, and world domination. Join us at the Antioch Branch on January 23 at 7:00 p.m. to discuss these novels.
How do you go on when you lose your sister to an eating disorder? Join us at the Antioch Branch on Monday, February 6, at 6:30 p.m. and discover how Jane copes as we discuss Jane in Bloomby Deborah Lytton.
Come Join Us for the Colbern Road Evening Book Club
This month the Colbern Road Evening Book Clubis discussing The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. Join us Wednesday, January 25th at 7:00 p.m. to discuss the first novel in Collins’s trilogy.
The Raytown Branch Adult Book Group will be reading Live Wire by Harlan Coben for their February meetings. Myron Bolitar is trying to locate his missing brother while their father clings to life. This thriller asks a provocative question: Is a pretty lie better than the ugly truth?
Once again, it's the end of the month and almost time for next month's book club at the Grain Valley Branch. We will be discussing The Last Jihad by Joel C. Rosenberg. I found this to be an exciting book. I hope all of the book club patrons enjoyed it as well.
In January, Thursday’s Mystery Book Club discussed 
