{"id":9678,"date":"2024-08-01T15:33:47","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T19:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.andover.lib.oh.us\/live\/?p=9678"},"modified":"2024-08-01T15:33:47","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T19:33:47","slug":"july-2024-reading-between-the-wines-book-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andover.lib.oh.us\/live\/2024\/08\/01\/july-2024-reading-between-the-wines-book-list\/","title":{"rendered":"July 2024 Reading Between the Wines Book List"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our library book club “Reading Between the Wines” meets the first Thursday of each month at the Stable Winery promptly at 6:30 PM. Anyone aged 21+ is welcome to join us! It’s byob (bring your own book) and we discuss what you have been reading. It’s a no stress book club where we are introduced to new genres and authors. We have way more fun than we should! If you want more info give the library a call at 440-293-6792.<\/span><\/p>\n

July’s Books<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

My Name is Ona Judge<\/em><\/strong> by Suzette D. Harrison<\/a><\/span>
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Mary reviewed the audiobook<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

New Hampshire, 1796. \u201cMy name is Ona Judge,and I escaped from the household of the President of the United States. I was the favored maid of George and Martha Washington, but they deemed me a slave and thought me property, and I hear ten dollars is offered as reward for my capture. Now I must write the truth that I have lived, and tell my story\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

A completely heartbreaking tale of love, loss and redemption, based on an astonishing true story from the founding of America. Perfect for fans of Before We Were Yours, Marie Benedict and America\u2019s First Daughter.<\/span><\/p>\n

Nosy Neighbors<\/em> by Freya Sampson<\/a><\/span><\/strong>
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Twenty-five-year-old Kat Bennett has never felt at home anywhere, and especially not in crumbling Shelley House. According to her neighbors, she\u2019s prickly and unapproachable, but beneath her tough exterior, Kat is plagued by guilt from her past.<\/span><\/p>\n

Seventy-seven-year-old Dorothy Darling is Shelley House\u2019s longest resident, and if you believe the other tenants, she\u2019s as cantankerous and vindictive as they come. Except there\u2019s a good reason Dorothy spends her days spying on her neighbors\u2014a closely guarded secret that no else knows and the reason Dorothy barely leaves her beloved home.<\/span><\/p>\n

When their building faces demolition, sworn enemies Kat and Dorothy become unlikely allies in their quest to save their historic home. But when someone starts to play dirty and viciously targets one of the residents, Dorothy and Kat suspect foul play in their community. After the police close the investigation, it’s up to this improbable pair to bring a criminal to justice.<\/span><\/p>\n

What Remains<\/em> by Wendy Walker<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Pam reviewed the book<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Detective Elise Sutton is drawn to cold cases. Each crime is a puzzle to solve, pulled from the past. Elise looks for cracks in the surface and has become an expert on how murderers slip up and give themselves away. She has dedicated her life to creating a sense of order, at work with her ex-marine partner; at home with her husband and two young daughters; and within, battling her own demons. Elise has everything under control, until one afternoon, when she walks into a department store and is forced to make a terrible choice: to save one life, she will have to take another.<\/span><\/p>\n

Elise is hailed as a hero, but she doesn\u2019t feel like one. Steeped in guilt, and on a leave of absence from work, she\u2019s numb, even to her husband and daughters, until she connects with Wade Austin, the tall man whose life she saved. But Elise soon realizes that he isn\u2019t who he says he is. In fact, Wade Austin isn\u2019t even his real name. The tall man is a ghost, one who will set off a terrifying game of cat and mouse, threatening Elise and the people she loves most.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Girl Who Survived by<\/em> Lisa Jackson<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Peggy reviewed the book<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

All her life, she\u2019s been the girl who survived. Orphaned at age seven after a horrific killing spree at her family\u2019s Oregon cabin, Kara McIntyre is still searching for some kind of normal. But now, twenty years later, the past has come thundering back. Her brother, Jonas, who was convicted of the murders has unexpectedly been released from prison. The press is in a frenzy again. And suddenly, Kara is receiving cryptic messages from her big sister, Marlie\u2014who hasn\u2019t been seen or heard from since that deadly Christmas Eve when she hid little Kara in a closet with a haunting, life-saving command: Don\u2019t make a sound.<\/span><\/p>\n

As people close to her start to die horrible deaths, Kara, who is slowly and surely unraveling, believes she is the killer\u2019s ultimate target.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kara survived once. But will she survive again? How many times can she be the girl who survived?<\/span><\/p>\n

The Complete Funky Winkerbean vol 12<\/em> by Tom Batiuk<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Amy J reviewed the book<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Since its newspaper debut in 1972, the comic strip Funky Winkerbean has chronicled the journey through life of a group of students from the fictitious West View High School. This twelfth volume presents strips from 2005, 2006, and 2007. Mixing humor with serious, real-life issues, this volume of The Complete Funky Winkerbean demonstrates that comics that entertain us can also help us comprehend and navigate life\u2019s most difficult challenges. This volume includes the story arc dealing with Lisa Moore\u2019s heartbreaking battle with breast cancer, which became a finalist in the cartooning category of the 2008 Pulitzer Prizes. Other stories include Lisa defending comic shop owner John Howard in an obscenity lawsuit, Wally\u2019s struggles with PTSD upon returning from the war in Afghanistan, and his return to Afghanistan with his wife Becky as part of a project to clear landmines. Marriages, graduations, births, and even the building of a new school all weave around and through Lisa\u2019s story.<\/span><\/p>\n

No Two Persons<\/em> by Erica Bauermeister<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Jen reviewed the audiobook<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

That was the beauty of books, wasn\u2019t it? They took you places you didn\u2019t know you needed to go\u2026<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Alice has always wanted to be a writer. Her talent is innate, but her stories remain safe and detached, until a devastating event breaks her heart open, and she creates a stunning debut novel. Her words, in turn, find their way to readers, from a teenager hiding her homelessness, to a free diver pushing himself beyond endurance, an artist furious at the world around her, a bookseller in search of love, a widower rent by grief. Each one is drawn into Alice\u2019s novel; each one discovers something different that alters their perspective, and presents new pathways forward for their lives.<\/span><\/p>\n

Together, their stories reveal how books can affect us in the most beautiful and unexpected of ways\u2014and how we are all more closely connected to one another than we might think.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sisters One, Two, Three<\/em> by Nancy Star<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Cheryl reviewed the book<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

After a tragic accident on Martha\u2019s Vineyard, keeping secrets becomes a way of life for the Tangle family. With memories locked away, the sisters take divergent paths. Callie disappears, Mimi keeps so busy she has no time to think, and Ginger develops a lifelong aversion to risk that threatens the relationships she holds most dear.<\/span><\/p>\n

When a whispered comment overheard by her rebellious teenage daughter forces Ginger to reveal a long-held family secret, the Tangles\u2019 carefully constructed web of lies begins to unravel. Upon the death of Glory, the family\u2019s colorful matriarch, and the return of long-estranged Callie, Ginger resolves to return to Martha\u2019s Vineyard and piece together what really happened on that calamitous day when a shadow fell over four sun-kissed siblings playing at the shore. Along with Ginger\u2019s newfound understanding come the keys to reconciliation: with her mother, with her sisters, and with her daughter.<\/span><\/p>\n

At turns heartbreaking, humorous, and hopeful,\u00a0Sisters One, Two, Three<\/i>\u00a0explores not only the consequences of secrets\u2014even secrets kept out of love\u2014but also the courage it takes to speak the truth, to forgive, and to let go.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Summer Hideaway<\/em> by Susan Wiggs<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Nancy reviewed the book.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Never get attached<\/i>\u00a0– Private nurse and protected witness Claire Turner lives by this motto. Fleeing a treacherous past, she knows no other way.<\/span><\/p>\n

Never give up<\/i>\u00a0– In the twilight of his life, George Bellamy makes it his final wish to reconcile with an estranged brother. He and Claire journey to Willow Lake – where it all went wrong for him fifty years ago.<\/span><\/p>\n

Never let go<\/i>\u00a0– George’s grandson Ross is ruled by a fierce devotion to family and a deep mistrust of the mysterious Claire … yet sparks fly whenever she’s near. In the face of a wrenching loss, amid the enchantment of Willow Lake, Ross and Claire dare to risk everything for love.<\/span><\/p>\n

Magic Hour<\/em> by Kristin Hannah<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Karen reviewed the book<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr. Julia Cates was one of the country’s preeminent child psychiatrists until a shocking tragedy ruined her career. Retreating to her small western Washington hometown, Julia meets an extraordinary six-year-old girl who has inexplicably emerged from the deep woods nearby\u2014a child locked in a world of unimaginable fear and isolation. To Julia, nothing is more important than saving the girl she now calls Alice. But Julia will need help from others, including the sister she barely knows and a handsome doctor with secrets of his own. What follows will test the limits of Julia’s faith and strength, as she struggles to find a home for Alice… and for herself.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Our library book club “Reading Between the Wines” meets the first Thursday of each month at the Stable Winery promptly at 6:30 PM. Anyone aged 21+ is welcome to join us! It’s byob (bring your own book) and we discuss what you have been reading. It’s a no stress book club where we are introduced…<\/span><\/p>\n

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