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Page to Screen Book Club (Remote)

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

The Books Around the Corner Page to Screen Book Club is led by the owner/librarian, Stephanie Rose, and meets monthly on the third Tuesday of every month at 6PM. We would like to extend an invitation to all of our customers that love books that have or will become adapted into shows or films. (RSVP is not required). Our book discussions aim to bring people together to talk about books in a safe and inviting atmosphere. Our meetings are lovely and inclusive; we invite you to attend. Come and enjoy a lively discussion about the chosen book with other readers. Join us on August 18th for our Page to Screen Book Club. We will discuss The End of October by Lawrence Wright. In this riveting…

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Free – $5

True Crime Book Club (Remote)

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

The True Crime Book Club is led by the true crime aficionado Rachel Newton Cumley. We would like to extend an invitation to all of our true crime enthusiasts. Our book discussions aim to bring people together to talk about books in a safe and inviting atmosphere. Our meetings are lovely and inclusive; we invite you to attend. Come and enjoy a lively discussion about the chosen book with other readers. Starting in August we will be meeting every third Wednesday at 6pm. This month's pick is American Kingpin by Nick Biltonvil. The unbelievable true story of the man who built a billion-dollar online drug empire from his bedroom - and almost got away with it In 2011, a 26-year-old libertarian programmer named Ross Ulbricht…

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Page Turner Book Club (Remote)

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

The Books Around the Corner Page Turner Book Club is led by the owner/librarian, Stephanie Rose, and meets monthly on the third Thursday of every month at 6PM. We would like to extend an invitation to all of our mystery and thriller loving customers (RSVP is not required). Our book discussions aim to bring people together to talk about books in a safe and inviting atmosphere. Our meetings are lovely and inclusive; we invite you to attend. Come and enjoy a lively discussion about the chosen book with other readers. Join us on August 20th for our next Page Turner Book Club. We will discuss The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell. “Rich, dark, and intricately twisted, this enthralling whodunit mixes family saga with domestic noir…

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Two Rivers Virtual Book Club August

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

August is a special edition of Book Club, a Summer Reading Roundup where we invite you to bring a favorite book that you read this summer, any genre! Each participant will get a chance to talk about their selection. In addition to bringing a book that you loved, you are also welcome to bring a book that you hated! That should make for some fun discussion. To order: https://www.tworiversbooks.com/ Liz Smith is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Two Rivers Book Club August Time: Aug 25, 2020 06:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82860767766?pwd=SXV6bmNPZURLWjFOKzZKYXZXa2lFdz09 Meeting ID: 828 6076 7766 Passcode: 408015 One tap mobile +12532158782,,82860767766#,,,,,,0#,,408015# US (Tacoma) +13462487799,,82860767766#,,,,,,0#,,408015# US (Houston) Dial by your location +1 253 215 8782 US…

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Fiction Addiction Book Club (Remote)

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Join us for the August meeting of the Fiction Addiction Book Club on August 26th. REMOTE INSTRUCTIONS Join online! https://zoom.us/j/306490858 Meeting ID: 306 490 858 OR Join by phone (301) 715-8592 We will discuss A Good Neighborhood by Therese Anne Fowler. About the Book: In Oak Knoll, a verdant, tight-knit North Carolina neighborhood, professor of forestry and ecology Valerie Alston-Holt is raising her bright and talented biracial son, Xavier, who’s headed to college in the fall. All is well until the Whitmans―a family with new money and a secretly troubled teenage daughter―raze the house and trees next door to build themselves a showplace. With little in common except a property line, these two families quickly find themselves at odds: first, over an historic oak tree…

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Horror Book Club (Remote)

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

The Books Around the Corner Horror Book Club is led by the owner/librarian, Stephanie Rose, and meets monthly on the fourth Thursday of every month at 6PM. We would like to extend an invitation to all of our horror loving customers (RSVP is not required). Our book discussions aim to bring people together to talk about books in a safe and inviting atmosphere. Our meetings are lovely and inclusive; we invite you to attend. Come and enjoy a lively discussion about the chosen book with other readers. Our August pick is The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones and we will meet on August 27th. About the book: A tale of revenge, cultural identity, and the cost of breaking from tradition in this latest…

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Romance Book Club (Remote)

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Our book discussions aim to bring people together to talk about books in a safe and inviting atmosphere. Our meetings are lovely and inclusive; we invite you to attend. Come and enjoy a lively discussion about the chosen book with other readers. Join us on September 3rd at 5pm for our Romance Book Club. We will discuss One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London. About the book: Bea Schumacher is a devastatingly stylish plus-size fashion blogger who has amazing friends, a devoted family, legions of Insta followers--and a massively broken heart. Like the rest of America, Bea indulges in her weekly obsession: the hit reality show Main Squeeze. The fantasy dates! The kiss-off rejections! The surprising amount of guys named Chad! But Bea is sick and…

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Historical Fiction Book Club (Remote)

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Join us on September 4th at 4pm for our Historical Fiction Book Club. We will discuss City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert. About the book: Beloved author Elizabeth Gilbert returns to fiction with a unique love story set in the New York City theater world during the 1940s. Told from the perspective of an older woman as she looks back on her youth with both pleasure and regret (but mostly pleasure), City of Girls explores themes of female sexuality and promiscuity, as well as the idiosyncrasies of true love. In 1940, nineteen-year-old Vivian Morris has just been kicked out of Vassar College, owing to her lackluster freshman-year performance. Her affluent parents send her to Manhattan to live with her Aunt Peg, who owns a flamboyant,…

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Fantasy Book Club (Remote)

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

September 8th will be a Fantasy Pick. Join us on Tuesday September 8th at 6pm for our Books Around the Corner Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book Club. We will discuss Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir. About the book: The Emperor needs necromancers. The Ninth Necromancer needs a swordswoman. Gideon has a sword, some dirty magazines, and no more time for undead nonsense. Tamsyn Muir's Gideon the Ninth, first in The Locked Tomb Trilogy, unveils a solar system of swordplay, cut-throat politics, and lesbian necromancers. Her characters leap off the page, as skillfully animated as arcane revenants. The result is a heart-pounding epic science fantasy. Brought up by unfriendly, ossifying nuns, ancient retainers, and countless skeletons, Gideon is ready to abandon a life of servitude and an afterlife…

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True Crime Book Club (Remote)

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

The True Crime Book Club is led by the true crime aficionado Rachel Newton Cumley. We would like to extend an invitation to all of our true crime enthusiasts. Our book discussions aim to bring people together to talk about books in a safe and inviting atmosphere. Our meetings are lovely and inclusive; we invite you to attend. Come and enjoy a lively discussion about the chosen book with other readers. Join us on Wednesday September 16th 6pm for True Crime Book Club. This month's pick is The Killer Across the Table by John Douglas. The legendary FBI criminal profiler, number-one New York Times bestselling author, and inspiration for the hit Netflix show Mindhunter delves deep into the lives and crimes of four of the…

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