Novel Ideas Book Group

Adrian Rizzo is seven when she meets her father for the first time. That was the day he nearly killed her—before her mother, Lina, stepped in. A decade later Adrian has created her own line of yoga and workout videos, but she starts getting threatening messages. Join us in this zoom meeting to discuss this […]

The synopsis from Bookshare is below. #1 bestselling author Lisa Scottoline offers a sweeping and shattering epic of historical fiction fueled by shocking true events, the tale of a love triangle that unfolds in the heart of Rome”’in the creeping shadow of fascism What war destroys, only love can heal. Elisabetta, Marco, and Sandro grow

We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season, and that 2022s a much better year for all of us. To kick off the new year, guest host Carla Hayes will lead us in the discussion of the book The Midnight Library by Matt Haig. DB 100906. The synopsis from Bookshare is below. Between life and

It’s hard to believe the holidays are upon us. As we do every year, Novel Ideas will be discussing a Christmas book. This year it will be Comfort & Joy by Kristin Hannah. DBC16784 Here is the Bookshare link to this book: https://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/1868087?returnPath=L3NlYXJjaD9tb2R1bGVOYW1lPXB1YmxpYyZrZXl3b3JkPUNvbWZvcnQgJmFtcDsgSm95 The synopsis from BARD is below. School librarian Joy Candellaro takes an

From legendary storyteller and #1 bestseller Stephen King, whose “restless imagination is a power that cannot be contained” (The New York Times Book Review), comes a thrilling new novel about a good guy in a bad job. Billy Summers is a man in a room with a gun. He’s a killer for hire and the

Novel Ideas will be discussing The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah. DB 102287 The Synopsis from Bookshare is below. From the number-one bestselling author of The Nightingale and The Great Alone comes a powerful American epic about love and heroism and hope, set during the Great Depression, a time when the country was in crisis

We will be discussing the last two books in the trilogy. The Sugarhouse Blues, (DB 94303) and The Goodbye Cafe (DB 97130) Both books are on Bookshare, and the synopsis for each is below. Have a wonderful summer, and we’ll see you in September. The Sugarhouse Blues In the second novel of the Hudson Sisters

The synopsis from bookshare is below. From New York Times bestselling author Mariah Stewart comes the first novel in her all-new series, The Hudson Sisters, following a trio of reluctant sisters as they set out to fulfill their father’s dying wish. In the process, they find not only themselves, but the father they only thought

 Novel Ideas will have a slightly different format for May. We will start with a brief discussion led by Judy Wilkinson about the program Library users Of America has planned for the ACB Convention. If anyone from Library Users of America would like to join us in June to discuss the program for the

Synopsis from bookshare. Hidden desires, long-held secrets, and the sacrifices people make for family are at the heart of this powerful first novel by the popular Pulitzer Prize—winning journalist.and0A moving, unforgettable story about time, progress, and how the mistakes of one generation get repeated or repaired by the next.and?—J. Courtney Sullivan, New York Times bestselling

Novel Ideas will be discussing the book What She Left Behind by Ellen Marie Wiseman. DBC 06250 Below is the synopsis from Bookshare. Ten years ago, Izzy Stone’s mother fatally shot her father while he slept. Devastated by her mother’s apparent insanity, Izzy, now seventeen, refuses to visit her in prison. But her new foster

Novel Ideas will be discussing the book The Book Of Two Ways by Jodi Picoult. DB 100856 Below is the synopsis from BookShare. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Small Great Things and A Spark of Light comes a riveting novel about the choices that alter the course of our lives. Everything