MC-NPL offers two book clubs via Zoom: Mystery Tuesday Book Club and Saturday Book Club.
Email Mathew Wielgus at mwielgus@mclinc.org for a Zoom link. Log in with a computer or cellphone and join the discussion! A Zoom account is not required to participate.
Mystery Tuesday Book Club
led by Dr Monica D’Antonio, Associate Professor at Montgomery County Community College. The club meets on the first Tuesday of each month at 2 pm to discuss thriller, suspense, true crimes, noir and detective fiction.
Next meeting is on February 2nd, 2021 at 2pm.
“An automobile breakdown strands Nero Wolfe and Archie in the middle of a private pasture–and a family feud over a prize bull. A restauranteur’s plan to buy the stud and barbecue it as a publicity stunt may be in poor taste, but it isn’t a crime . . . until Hickory Caesar Grindon, the soon-to-be-beefsteak bull, is found pawing the remains of a family scion. Wolfe is sure the idea that Caesar is the murderer is, well, pure bull. Now the great detective is on the horns of a dilemma as a veritable stampede of suspects–including a young lady Archie has his eye on–conceals a special breed of killer who wins a blue ribbon for sheer audacity.” – Goodreads
Book selections for upcoming months:
March An Unsuitable Job for a Woman by PD James
April The Missing American by Kwei Quartey
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Saturday Book Club
Meets on the third Saturday of each month at 2 pm. Dr Hal Halbert, Professor at Montgomery County Community College facilitates the discussion. The club engages in all kinds of genre.
Next meeting is on February 20, 2021 at 2PM.
“Stella Lane thinks math is the only thing that unites the universe. She comes up with algorithms to predict customer purchases — a job that has given her more money than she knows what to do with, and way less experience in the dating department than the average thirty-year-old.
It doesn’t help that Stella has Asperger’s and French kissing reminds her of a shark getting its teeth cleaned by pilot fish. Her conclusion: she needs lots of practice — with a professional. Which is why she hires escort Michael Phan. The Vietnamese and Swedish stunner can’t afford to turn down Stella’s offer, and agrees to help her check off all the boxes on her lesson plan — from foreplay to more-than-missionary position…
Before long, Stella not only learns to appreciate his kisses, but to crave all the other things he’s making her feel. Soon, their no-nonsense partnership starts making a strange kind of sense. And the pattern that emerges will convince Stella that love is the best kind of logic…” — Goodreads
Book selections for upcoming months:
March Born a Crime by Noah Trevor
April Machines like me and people like you by McEwan, Ian
