What we’re about
Do you love books? Love discussing books? Eating out? Come and join our camaraderie and share a meal and book discussion We meet on the third Tuesday of the month at 6:30m to eat and discuss books. We have a Goodreads site managed by Nina and Rachel.
https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/131717
Goodreads is best accessed using a browser rather than a mobile device - this allows you to see all the Bookclubs book
Each meeting you attend is $2.00 to cover the cost of maintaining the website. Meetings are typically attended by 15-20 depending on the restaurant. The large group breaks down into several smaller informal groups to facilitate easier discussion during the meeting
A moderator prepares questions for the book being discussed. The moderator also chooses 3-4 books for the group to vote for an upcoming month. Being a moderator is a voluntary position. If you would like to be a moderator but need help, let me know and I can assist you.
Rules of engagement
RSVPS open about 2 weeks before the meeting and closes the day before the meeting. If you do not get on the list do not despair. Put yourself on the waitlist and read the book. Many times, life happens, and someone will change their RSVP and a spot will become available. You will receive an email letting you know the spot is available. By the same token, if you find you cannot attend, PLEASE change your RSVP. The system will then send an email to someone on the waitlist. Putting a message on the board does not count. The RSVP must be changed or the next person on the waitlist does not get their email. It is very sad to have a waitlist and members not showing for the meeting. Restaurant will only allow us to reserve a limited number of seats. We need to keep those seats full, or restaurants will not want to deal with us.
Emergencies happen short notice please email through the system if any emergencies/special situation arise CherylAnn
Upcoming events (4)
See all- November 2024, Saint Petersburg Meetup Book clubOutback Steakhouse, St Petersburg, FL
# The Life We Bury Allen Eskens
Moderator: Alice
College student Joe Talbert has the modest goal of completing a writing assignment for an English class. His task is to interview a stranger and write a brief biography of the person. With deadlines looming, Joe heads to a nearby nursing home to find a willing subject. There he meets Carl Iverson, and soon nothing in Joe's life is ever the same. Carl is a dying Vietnam veteran--and a convicted murderer. With only a few months to live, he has been medically paroled to a nursing home, after spending thirty years in prison for the crimes of rape and murder.
As Joe writes about Carl's life, especially Carl's valor in Vietnam, he cannot reconcile the heroism of the soldier with the despicable acts of the convict. Joe, along with his skeptical female neighbor, throws himself into uncovering the truth, but he is hamstrung in his efforts by having to deal with his dangerously dysfunctional mother, the guilt of leaving his autistic brother vulnerable, and a haunting childhood memory. Thread by thread, Joe unravels the tapestry of Carl’s conviction. But as he and Lila dig deeper into the circumstances of the crime, the stakes grow higher. Will Joe discover the truth before it’s too late to escape the fallout? - December 2024, Saint Petersburg Meetup Book club, Book ExchangeNeeds location
# December is our "Used Book Swap", Holiday Meeting. Please Bring a Wrapped, Used Book to exchange during our meeting.
The Lost Bookshop Evie Woods
MODERATOR:
On a quiet street in Dublin, a lost bookshop is waiting to be found…
For too long, Opaline, Martha and Henry have been the side characters in their own lives.
But when a vanishing bookshop casts its spell, these three unsuspecting strangers will discover that their own stories are every bit as extraordinary as the ones found in the pages of their beloved books. And by unlocking the secrets of the shelves, they find themselves transported to a world of wonder… where nothing is as it seems. - January 2025, Saint Petersburg Meetup Book clubNeeds location
# The Wedding People Alison Espach
Moderator: Needed
A propulsive and uncommonly wise novel about one unexpected wedding guest and the surprising people who help us start anew.
It's a beautiful day in Newport, Rhode Island, when Phoebe Stone arrives at the grand Cornwall Inn wearing a green dress and gold heels, not a bag in sight, alone. She's immediately mistaken by everyone in the lobby for one of the wedding people, but she’s actually the only guest at the Cornwall who isn’t here for the big event. Phoebe is here because she’s dreamt of coming for years―she hoped to shuck oysters and take sunset sails with her husband, only now she's here without him. Meanwhile, the bride has accounted for every detail and every possible disaster the weekend might yield except for, well, Phoebe―which makes it that much more surprising when the women can’t stop confiding in each other.In turns uproariously, absurdly funny and devastatingly tender, Alison Espach's The Wedding People is a look at the winding paths we can take to places we never imagined―and the chance encounters it sometimes takes to reroute us.
