Host An Unforgettable Book Club Party

When her parents die on the ship from Ireland, young Lavinia is taken in as an indentured servant at the plantation of the captain. The slaves become her family. When she is taken to the city, she wants nothing more than to return to the plantation and her family. However, when she does, everything has changed.

The third book in the Millennium series begins with Lisbeth Salander in the hospital recovering from a gunshot wound to the head as she prepares for her upcoming trial with the help of her computer-savvy friends and the oversexed journalist Blomkvist. In The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, Lisbeth again nails it to those who have done her wrong, particularly the men who hate women.

Nina thinks again, as she will from now on: My city looks best in winter, everything hidden under snow.

Russian Winter is Daphne Kalotay’s debut novel. It is a story about Nina Revskaya, a prima ballerina for the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow. Nina defects to America in the 1950′s and is forced to face her past when she decides to auction her jewelry collection.

Christy is an eleven year old Irish traveller, a Pavee, in the 1950′s. He travels with his dad, his grandda and granny, Uncle Finty and Aunt Bridget and his cousins. This is his family. Wherever they “camp” is his home. He never knew his mam. He only shared seven minutes of breath with her.

Juliet by Anne Fortier is the story of a grad school drop out drawn to Shakepeare summer camps who inherits a key when her aunt passes away. The key takes her on a journey to Siena, Italy where she discovers the truth about her ancestors and her own past.

Tina Cocolina by Pablo Cartaya and Martin Howard is about a cupcake girl trying to find her topping so she can enter the Cream of the Top Cupcake contest. The book includes cupcake and icing recipes by award-winning pastry chef Martin Howard.

The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer is the tale of three Hungarian-Jewish brothers, each with their own unique artistic talents, whose dreams were derailed as Hitler ravaged through Europe. Prior to the war, Andras Lévi excels at his architecture school in Paris and falls in love with a woman in exile. When his visa expires and he must return to Hungary, his life becomes unrecognizable. He tries to make the best of his circumstances as he searches for meaning in what his life has become.

Nancy G. Brinker has kept her promise and then some. In 1977, Susan G. Komen was diagnosed with breast cancer. Over the next three years, she dealt with misinformed doctors, depressing waiting rooms, dehumanizing one-size-fits-all hospital gowns and an unawareness of the socially unspoken words “breast cancer”. “It has to be talked about. Breast cancer–we have to talk about it. It has to change…so women know…so they don’t die. Promise me, Nanny. Promise…you’ll make it change.” “I promise, Suzy. I swear. Even if it takes the rest of my life…”

My Name is Mary Sutter is a book about a well-respected midwife who dreams of being a surgeon in the Civil War era. She gets her chance at an overcrowded Union hospital where she is given the opportunity to assist with amputations when no one else with medical training was available. Her determination and skill win the respect and love of the doctors who were reluctant to believe in her.

The Widower’s Tale is the story of Percival Darling. He still lives in the house where his daughters grew up – “the house of her mother’s heart” according to Clover, Percy’s eldest daughter. Percy is a 70 year old who runs everyday to get in shape to die and who fantasizes of a quasi-Luddite retirement – “Cursed be the cursors; farewell to iEverything and its pertly nicknamed apps.”