Welcome to the Winebrary Book Clubs!
Since our first meeting in May 2023, this community has grown to include hundreds of different people, book clubs at least once a week, seasonal reading retreats and sporadic book themed and local author events! Regular book club meetings are free and open to anyone/everyone! For any questions about book clubs, please message Winebrary Book Clubs on Facebook or @winebrarybookclubs on Instagram.
Here is what we have coming up:
Author Book Club- Katherine Bitner
Join local author, Katherine Bitner, to discuss her latest novel, 'Unravel Me'! Includes a signed copy of the book. Sign up prior to 4/1 to have the book delivered to the Winebrary to read before the meeting. Cost is $15.
Sign up link here:
Facebook event link here:
https://www.facebook.com/share/1ACE3vcsbD/
Book Club Author Event Field Trip- Marie Bostwick at Page 158 Books
Description
"This is a novel about ambitious women and the mentors that inspired them to excellence . . . Bostwick carves an unforgettable path for her characters."--Adriana Trigiani, bestselling author of The Good Left Undone
Margaret Ryan never really meant to start a book club . . . or a feminist revolution in her buttoned-up suburb.
By 1960s standards, Margaret Ryan is living the American woman's dream. She has a husband, three children, a station wagon, and a home in Concordia--one of Northern Virginia's most exclusive and picturesque suburbs. She has a standing invitation to the neighborhood coffee klatch, and now, thanks to her husband, a new subscription to A Woman's Place--a magazine that tells housewives like Margaret exactly who to be and what to buy. On paper, she has it all. So why doesn't that feel like enough?
Margaret is thrown for a loop when she first meets Charlotte Gustafson, Concordia's newest and most intriguing resident. As an excuse to be in the mysterious Charlotte's orbit, Margaret concocts a book club get-together and invites two other neighborhood women--Bitsy and Viv--to the inaugural meeting. As the women share secrets, cocktails, and their honest reactions to the controversial bestseller The Feminine Mystique, they begin to discover that the American dream they'd been sold isn't all roses and sunshine--and that their secret longing for more is something they share. Nicknaming themselves the Bettys, after Betty Friedan, these four friends have no idea their impromptu club and the books they read together will become the glue that helps them hold fast through tears, triumphs, angst, and arguments--and what will prove to be the most consequential and freeing year of their lives.
The Book Club for Troublesome Women is a humorous, thought provoking, and nostalgic romp through one pivotal and tumultuous American year--as well as an ode to self-discovery, persistence, and the power of sisterhood.
**Preorder your book here to pick up at the event:
Link to Facebook event here:
Spicies Book Club
Next up for Spicies is ‘Pucking Around' by Emily Rath!
Amazon link to book here:
AND 'Run Little Bunny' by Serena Pier (this is a standalone novella)
Read one or both! Both available on KU. Amazon links for reference; please support your local libraries and bookshops.
Feel free to bring a friend or a snack to share but no outside beverages!
This book club meets monthly on the first Thursday.
Link to Facebook event here:
Book & Supper Club
The first official book of the book & supper club is 'Love & Saffron' by Kim Fay! This book club will meet quarterly and book choices must be inspired by food! Bring a food item to share inspired by the book! Amazon link to book here:
No outside beverages!
Link to Facebook event here:
Scaries Book Club
Next up for Scaries ‘The Last House on Needless Street' by Catriona Ward!
Amazon link to book here:
No outside beverages!
This book meets monthly on the second Thursday of the month. Link to Facebook event here:
Fantasy Book Club
May’s fantasy book club pick is ‘One Dark Window' by Rachel Gillig! Amazon link to book here for reference:
We encourage you to shop small if purchasing the book or access the book through your local library or the Libby app!
Feel free to bring a friend or a snack to share, but no outside beverages, please!
Link to Facebook event here:
Winebrary Book Clubs 2nd Anniversary Party!
Join us to celebrate TWO YEARS of Winebrary Book Clubs!!
Food will be potluck.
T-shirts will be available to order May 1st.
We will all have an opportunity to take our picture with all the books we read for the book clubs last year.
No book club meeting this year.
No outside beverages!
Link to Facebook event here:
Author Event- Scaries Book Club
JUNE BOOK CLUB PICK + SPECIAL AUTHOR EVENT!
The Winebrary Scaries Book Club is thrilled to announce our June read:
'What He Left Behind' by Benjamin Bradley
In the quiet town of Oak Hill, North Carolina, secrets lie beneath the surface. When a stranger is found murdered in a cornfield, Detective Grace Bingham is thrust into her first homicide case. To solve it, she must partner with Jacob Sawyer—a big-city detective who broke her heart and left town years ago.
As they identify the victim, connections emerge to a tragic case from fifteen years prior involving the powerful Dockery family. Grace and Jacob race to uncover the truth, confronting dangerous secrets that the town would kill to keep hidden.
We’re especially excited because this month comes with a very special treat—Benjamin Bradley himself will be joining us for this book club!
Grab your copy:
Signed hardcover: $25
FREE e-book: generously gifted by the author
Use this link to order:
Order by April 25th to have your signed hardcover delivered in time for pickup at our May Scaries meeting.
No outside beverages!
This book meets monthly on the second Thursday of the month. Link to Facebook event here:
Fantasy Book Club
June's fantasy read is is ‘A Fate Inked In Blood' by Danielle L. Jensen! Amazon link to book for reference here:
We encourage you to shop small if purchasing the book or access the book through your local library or the Libby app!
Feel free to bring a friend or a snack to share, but no outside beverages, please!
Link to Facebook event here:
All Genres Book Club
For the month of April, we are discussing 'The Briar Club' by Kate Quinn! Amazon link to book here for reference:
This book is included in KU if you have it! We encourage you to shop small if purchasing the book or access the book through your local library or the Libby app!
NO OUTSIDE BEVERAGES! Feel free to bring a friend or a snack to share.
This book club meets every month on the fourth Thursday. Link to Facebook event here:
Margs & Memoirs Book Club
Meet up at 7pm at Los Tres in Rolesville! This book club meets every other third Monday. April's book is ‘The House of My Mother’ by Shari Franke. Amazon link to book here:
This book club meets every other month on the third Monday at Los Tres Magueyes. Link to Facebook event here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1027640609190805
Please try to RSVP accurately to this event on Facebook so we know how big of a table to get!
Fantasy Book Club
April's pick for fantasy is ‘Quicksilver’ by Callie Hart! This is the first book of a two book series. Amazon link to book here (book is free on KU):
Feel free to bring a friend or a snack to share, but no outside beverages, please!
This book club meets monthly on the third Thursday of the month. Link to Facebook event here:
The Winebrary Book Clubs Membership
If the book clubs bring value to your life, a big way to support them is through the Winebrary Book Clubs membership! This is a $25/month auto draft which provides the member with their first drink free at every onsite book club, one yoga class added to their Mindbody account per month (they do accumulate and you can use them for a guest if you are already a member of the yoga studio), discounts on merch and retreats and access to members only events!
Become a member here: https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=5726794&stype=40&prodId=111