What we’re about
Want to join a book club, have interesting conversations, and meet new people? We are a fun group of women who love to get together to socialize and discuss books we have read.
If you are interested in meeting some nice people to discuss interesting books and get to know one another - then please give us a try. We try to read a wide variety of literature - and, as much as possible, we select books that have received literary awards or great reviews. Members will be encouraged to read the assigned books, but can still attend if even they didn't finish...
If you plan on attending regularly, there will be a $20 fee per year to help me defray the costs of using the Meetup site. If we end up with enough members and go over the Meetup Organizer fee I had to pay, the excess will go into a kitty for drinks or snacks at our end of the year party.
Meeting times are scheduled for 6:00 PM the third Thursday of every month (easy to remember - it's almost a rhyme: THIRd THURsday). We typically meet at a member's home for a potluck and discussion.
One meeting of each year will be to socialize, discuss our last book assigned the previous year, and to set up our book list for the coming year. All members are encouraged to add potential titles to the list we choose from, and we will try hard to choose at least one book that each person has suggested or wants to read.
We also include social events on our calendar. Everyone is welcome to help come up with ideas for these!
CBAS BOOKS FOR 2024
- 12/14/23: Holiday Party with ($25 limit) Gift Exchange/Steal, Book: The Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortoise - by Julia Stuart | Sandy’s house (1129 Manchaca Loop, Apex - Blue lights on the front porch)
- 1/18/24: The Dictionary of Lost Words - by Pip Williams | Leigh’s house: 2805 Tobermory Lane, Raleigh
- 2/15/24: The Glass Hotel - by Emily St. John Mandel | Stephanie’s house:
- 3/21/24: Heaven and Earth Grocery Store - by James McBride | Peggy’s house:
- 4/18/24: The Rabbit Hutch - by Tess Gunty | Sandy’s house: 1129 Manchaca Loop, Apex
- 5/16/24: Lady Tan’s Circle of Women - by Lisa See |
- 6/20/24: Hello Beautiful - by Ann Napolitano | Lisa B’s house: 641 Yellow Oak Dr., Apex
- 7/18/24: The Historian - by Elizabeth Kostova |
- 8/15/24: Rules of Civility - by Amor Towles | Karen’s house:
- 9/19/24: One Second After - by William R. Forstchen | Leigh’s house: 2805 Tobermory Lane, Raleigh
- 10/17/24: The Lost Apothecary - by Sarah Penner
- 11/21/24: West with Giraffes - by Lynda Rutledge
- 12/19/24: Holiday Party with Gift Exchange/Steal, Book: The Night Watchman - by Louise Erdrich | Sandy’s house: 1129 Manchaca Loop, Apex
OLD LISTS:
BOOKS FOR 2022 and 2023:
Thanks to everyone for their contributions to the book list. We had so many great books to choose from, we had to keep going through most of 2023! We will be flexible and open to changes as the months progress, but here is the current book list through October 2023:
- (February 2022) The Sweetness of Water - Nathan Harris
- (March 2022) The Book of Two Ways - Jodi Picoult
- (April 2022) This Tender Land - William Kent Krueger
- (May 2022) Cloud Cuckoo Land - Anthony Doerr
- (June 2022) The Girl with the Louding Voice - Abi Daré
- (July 2022) The Midnight Library - Matt Haig
- (August 2022) The Four Winds - Kristin Hannah
- (September 2022) Little Brother – Cory Doctorow
- (October 2022) - Harry’s Trees - Jon Cohen
- (November 2022) - When We Were Vikings - Andrew David MacDonald
- (December 2022) - The World That We Knew - Alice Hoffman
- (January 2023) Educated - Tara Westover
- (February 2023) Ordinary Grace - William Kent Krueger
- (March 2023) Wool - Hugh Howey
- (April 2023) Klara and the Sun - Kazuo Ishiguro
- (May 2023) Talking to Strangers (Nonfiction) - Malcolm Gladwell
- (June 2023) Sold on a Monday - Kristina McMorris
- (July 2023) The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven (Short Stories) - Sherman Alexie
- (August 2023) The Sentence by Louise Erdrich
- (September 2023) The Boy in the Field - Margot Livesey
- (October 2023) Midwives - Chris Bohjalian
