Book Club Discussion of The Night Ship

YA Book Club Discussion of The Second Death of Edie & Violet Bond

Discover Book Club Discussion of Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm

The Law of Magic YA book signing with Tyler A. Mann

Book Signing: Chicken Soup for the Soul featuring author Angela Bonomo

Book Signing with Jan Jacobi

Carlene O' Connor celebrates NO STRANGERS HERE with Colleen Cambridge #BNMiddayMystery

Lee and Andrew Child celebrate NO PLAN B with Ruth Ware #BNMiddayMystery

Jess Kidd discusses THE NIGHT SHIP our October #BNBookClub selection

Rainbow Rowell celebrates SCATTERED SHOWERS with Stephanie Perkins

Janice Hallett celebrates THE APPEAL Hank Phillippi Ryan #BNMiddayMystery

Shannon Messenger celebrates STELLARLUNE, the newest in the Keeper of the Lost Cities series, with James Ponti

Anthony Horowitz celebrates THE TWIST OF A KNIFE and MAGPIE MURDERS with Lucy Foley #BNMiddayMystery

Jennifer L. Armentrout celebrates A LIGHT IN THE FLAME

Louise Penny discusses A WORLD OF CURIOSITIES

We will be meeting to discuss Other Birds by Sarah Addison AllenBook Synopsis: "Between the real and the imaginary, there are stories that take flight in the most extraordinary ways. Right off the coast of South Carolina, on Mallow Island, The Dellawisp sits&mdash;a stunning cobblestone building shaped like a horseshoe and named after the tiny turquoise birds who, alongside its human tenants, inhabit an air of magical secrecy. When Zoey comes to claim her deceased mother's apartment on Mallow Island, she meets her quirky and secretive neighbors, including a girl on the run, two estranged middle-aged sisters, a lonely chef, a legendary writer, and three ghosts. Each with their own story, Each with their own longings. Each whose ending isn't written yet."

Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen

Other Birds (Barnes & Noble Book Club Edition)

&ldquo;Did he strike you as a rising man?&rdquo; This is the question that surrounds Abraham Lincoln, the freshly minted lawyer eager to take Springfield by storm. But how can he know if he is rising or falling when so much of his character is yet to be determined including who he loves, what sort of politics he wants to engage in, and even what he believes about key issues plaguing the nation? Picking up at the end of his award-winning debut Young Lincoln, Jan Jacobi&rsquo;s Lincoln in Springfield continues the saga of Abraham Lincoln&rsquo;s development, as the young man becomes a young professional and politician. No longer does Lincoln grapple with his upbringing and yearn for freedom to forge his own path, now he is firmly on it&mdash;albeit on a borrowed horse and with only tenuous ideas about who exactly it is he wants to become. Follow along, from his time as a fledgling lawyer in Springfield to his first term as a Whig Congressman representing Illinois in Washington, D.C. As he argues cases, builds friendships with allies and rivals alike, marries, and begins his political career, the portrait of the presidential Lincoln will begin to emerge, though not without some stumbles along the way. Though he still doesn&rsquo;t quite know the answer, Lincoln in Springfield&mdash;Lincoln on his own for the first time&mdash;will begin to discern just what kind of person he is destined to be. &ldquo;In this fascinating second volume, Lincoln in Springfield, Jacobi&rsquo;s Lincoln matures with the town and the nation, and comes to understand that their challenges are also to be his.&rdquo; &mdash;Robert Bray, author of Reading with Lincoln

Young Lincoln

Lincoln in Springfield

<div class="book-seller-cntnt" style="box-sizing:border-box;outline:0px;border-bottom:1px solid rgb(161, 162, 161);margin-bottom:1em;font-family:Lato, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;">This is a family drama with fathers, mothers and daughters all scored with a soundtrack of jazz music. When one man must navigate the relationships between the women he loves and has loved in the past along with his own teenage daughter, Laura Warrell&rsquo;s lyrical prose and sweeping story bring us on a ride. This novel has a lot of heart and power told through the kind of voices readers will return to again and again.</div><div class="overview-cntnt" itemprop="description" style="box-sizing:border-box;outline:0px;font-family:Lato, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;">GMA BUZZ PICK&nbsp;&bull;&nbsp;Passion and risk, fathers and daughters, wives and single women, jazz and soul: a "gorgeously written debut" (Celeste Ng, best-selling author of&nbsp;Little Fires Everywhere) about the perennial temptations of dangerous love, told by the women who love Circus Palmer&mdash;trumpet player and old-school ladies&rsquo; man&mdash;as they ultimately discover the power of their own voices. &ldquo;A modern masterpiece.&rdquo; &mdash;Jason Reynolds, best-selling author of&nbsp;Look Both Ways It&rsquo;s 2013, and Circus Palmer, a forty-year-old Boston-based trumpet player and old-school ladies&rsquo; man, lives for his music and refuses to be tied down. Before a gig in Miami, he learns that the woman who is secretly closest to his heart, the free-spirited drummer Maggie, is pregnant by him. Instead of facing the necessary conversation, Circus flees, setting off a chain of interlocking revelations from the various women in his life. Most notable among them is his teenage daughter, Koko, who idolizes him and is awakening to her own sexuality even as her mentally fragile mother struggles to overcome her long-failed marriage and rejection by Circus. </div>

Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm

These true personal stories of miracles, angels, answered prayers, messages from heaven, miraculous healing, amazing coincidences, divine timing and divine intervention will give you hope and deepen your faith. We call them "miracles," "remarkable coincidences," and "divine interventions." The truth is, we're not at all sure what they are. What we do know is that they happen every day to people from all walks of life, and they can't be explained. But what stories they make! Be prepared to be amazed, inspired, and comforted by these 101 true, personal stories.

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Miracles and the Unexplainable: 101 Stories of Hope, Answered Prayers, and Divine Intervention

Based on a real-life event, an epic historical novel from the award-winning author of&nbsp;Things in Jars&nbsp;that illuminates the lives of two characters: a girl shipwrecked on an island off Western Australia and, three hundred years later, a boy finding a home with his grandfather on the very same island. 1629: A newly orphaned young girl named Mayken is bound for the Dutch East Indies on the&nbsp;Batavia, one of the greatest ships of the Dutch Golden Age. Curious and mischievous, Mayken spends the long journey going on misadventures above and below the deck, searching for a mythical monster. But the true monsters might be closer than she thinks. 1989: A lonely boy named Gil is sent to live off the coast of Western Australia among the seasonal fishing community where his late mother once resided. There, on the tiny reef-shrouded island, he discovers the story of an infamous shipwreck...? With her trademark &ldquo;thrilling, mysterious, twisted, but more than anything, beautifully written&rdquo; (Graham Norton,&nbsp;New York Times&nbsp;bestselling author) storytelling, Jess Kidd weaves a unputdownable and charming tale of friendship and sacrifice, brutality and forgiveness.

The Night Ship (Barnes & Noble Book Club Edition)

Upon earning entry to the prestigious University Arcanum, mage-in-training Kyzyl Shenta is given the chance to study at one of the greatest centers for the arcane. But succumbing to his hubris leads the mage to unleash a terrible force upon the land.As a child, Kyzyl was fascinated by the world of magic, and now, as a young man, he seeks to extend his knowledge by studying under the world's greatest masters of the arcane arts. However, inexperienced and na&iuml;ve Kyzyl doesn't hold every subject in high regard as he clashes with the Master of Clerics on matters of faith and philosophy.Convinced that the Master Cleric is unworthy of his position and respect due to his belief in faith-based magic, the young mage seeks a way to discredit not only his tutor, but all who all who intertwine their faith with their magic. And, in doing so, he unwittingly unleashes a violent force that threatens not only his life, but the lives of everyone on the continent of Aragore.With his life on the line, and full of regret, Kyzyl must right his wrongdoing and undo his grievous mistake. But can the mage push himself mentally, physically, and morally in order to succeed in this quest and, along the way, will the young man learn what is truly required to become a great wizard? Or, will this one moment of magical misjudgment be his lifelong legacy?

The Law of Magic

We will discuss The Manningtree Witches by A. K. BlakemoreBook Synopsis:Wolf Hall&nbsp;meets&nbsp;The Favourite&nbsp;in this beguiling debut novel that brilliantly brings to life the residents of a small English town in the grip of the seventeenth-century witch trials and the young woman tasked with saving them all from themselves. &nbsp; "This is an intimate portrait of a clever if unworldly heroine who slides from amused observation of the 'moribund carnival atmosphere' in the household of a 'possessed' child to nervous uncertainty about the part in the proceedings played by her adored tutor to utter despair as a wagon carts her off to prison." &mdash;Alida Becker,&nbsp;The New York Times Book Review England, 1643.&nbsp;Puritanical fervor has gripped the nation. And in Manningtree, a town depleted of men since the wars began, the hot terror of damnation burns in the hearts of women left to their own devices. Rebecca West, fatherless and husbandless, chafes against the drudgery of her days, livened only occasionally by her infatuation with the handsome young clerk John Edes. But then a newcomer, who identifies himself as the Witchfinder General, arrives. A mysterious, pious figure dressed from head to toe in black, Matthew Hopkins takes over the Thorn Inn and begins to ask questions about what the women on the margins of this diminished community are up to. Dangerous rumors of covens, pacts, and bodily wants have begun to hang over women like Rebecca&mdash;and the future is as frightening as it is thrilling. Brimming with contemporary energy and resonance,&nbsp;The Manningtree Witches&nbsp;plunges its readers into the fever and menace of the English witch trials, where suspicion, mistrust, and betrayal run amok as a nation's arrogant male institutions start to realize that the very people they've suppressed for so long may be about to rise up and claim their freedom.

Discussion of The Manningtree Witches by A. K. Blakemore

We will be discussing Belladonna by Adalyn Grace.&nbsp;Boos Synopsis:Orphaned as a baby, nineteen-year-old Signa has been raised by a string of guardians, each more interested in her wealth than her well-being&mdash;and each has met an untimely end. Her remaining relatives are the elusive Hawthornes, an eccentric family living at Thorn Grove, an estate both glittering and gloomy. Its patriarch mourns his late wife through wild parties, while his son grapples for control of the family&rsquo;s waning reputation and his daughter suffers from a mysterious illness. But when their mother&rsquo;s restless spirit appears claiming she was poisoned, Signa realizes that the family she depends on could be in grave danger and enlists the help of a surly stable boy to hunt down the killer.However, Signa&rsquo;s best chance of uncovering the murderer is an alliance with Death himself, a fascinating, dangerous shadow who has never been far from her side. Though he&rsquo;s made her life a living hell, Death shows Signa that their growing connection may be more powerful&mdash;and more irresistible&mdash;than she ever dared imagine.

YA Book Club: Belladonna by Adalyn Grace

Belladonna (Barnes & Noble YA Book Club Edition)

This Barnes &amp; Noble YA Book Club Edition features bonus content including a thrilling epilogue chapter and a scene annotated by the author, as well as a custom case and unique endpapers!Deliciously chilling and edge-of-your-seat suspenseful.&rdquo; &mdash;Nina LaCour, Printz Award&ndash;winning author of&nbsp;We Are Okay &nbsp; Sacramento, 1885 &nbsp; Edie and Violet Bond know the truth about death. The seventeen-year-old twins are powerful mediums, just like their mother&mdash;Violet can open the veil between life and death, and Edie can cross into the spirit world. But their abilities couldn&rsquo;t save them when their mother died and their father threatened to commit them to a notorious&nbsp;asylum.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Now runaways, Edie and Violet are part of a traveling Spiritualist show, a tight-knit group of young women who demonstrate their real talents under the guise of communing with spirits. Each night, actresses, poets, musicians, and orators all make contact with spirits who happen to have something to say. . . notions that young ladies could never openly express.But when Violet&rsquo;s act goes terribly wrong one night, Edie learns that the dark spirit responsible for their mother&rsquo;s death has crossed into the land of the living. As they investigate the identity of her mysterious final client, they realize that someone is hunting mediums&hellip;and they may be next. Only by trusting in one another can the twins uncover a killer who will stop at nothing to cheat death.

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