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We have a host of book clubs started, so take your pick below for the time or group that best suits you, or set up your own club and propose your own time by contacting us. Remember that a 15% discount on club picks will be offered to those who join a regular book group at the store!
Starting Your Own Book Club
We've had a number of people express interest in starting their own book club. While Cornerstone Books does not initiate new clubs, we'd be happy to host your group once you organize. To help, we've included a Book Club Sign-Up Sheet that you can post on the store corkboard, or anywhere else you'd like to solicit members. Add your idea, your moderator, and then simply post the form on the board. Once you have enough people, contact the store to reserve your time and place in the cafe. Remember that all book clubs meeting in the store receive a 15% discount on their club picks.
Mystery Book Club
1st Wednesday at 7pm
(Next Meeting: Wednesday, September 1 at 7pm)
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Due to popular demand, the Mystery Book Club is back! This month's pick is The Intelligencer by Leslie Silbert: "Novice private investigator Kate Morgan teams up with a European financier who is investigating a centuries-old manuscript that documents the final days of an Elizabethan-era murder victim."
The Science Fiction Book Club
1st Thursday at 7pm
(Next Meeting: Thursday, September 2 at 7pm)
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This long-running club in the North Shore has a special focus on science fiction.
This month's pick is The Windup Girl edited by Paolo Bacigalupi: "Anderson Lake is a company man, AgriGen's Calorie Man in Thailand. Under cover as a factory manager, Anderson combs Bangkok's street markets in search of foodstuffs thought to be extinct, hoping to reap the bounty of history's lost calories. There, he encounters Emiko. Emiko is the Windup Girl, a strange and beautiful creature. One of the New People, Emiko is not human; instead, she is an engineered being, creche-grown and programmed to satisfy the decadent whims of a Kyoto businessman, but now abandoned to the streets of Bangkok. Regarded as soulless beings by some, devils by others, New People are slaves, soldiers, and toys of the rich in a chilling near future in which calorie companies rule the world, the oil age has passed, and the side effects of bio-engineered plagues run rampant across the globe."
The Daytime Book Club
2nd Tuesday at 11am
(Next Meeting: September 14 at 11am)
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This new club is open to anyone who would like to meet during weekdays rather than in the evening. It's open to one and all and any book is fair game! Come join us for a leisurely morning discussion.
This month's pick is: (TBD)
Cornerstone Book Club
2nd Wednesday at 7pm
(Next Meeting: Wednesday, September 8 at 7pm)
*No August meeting.
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The first book club founded at Cornerstone Books, we read everything from fiction to biography to current events to mysteries.
This month's book club pick is The Passage by Justin Cronin: "A security breach at a secret U.S. government facility unleashes the monstrous product of a chilling military experiment that only six-year-old orphan Amy Harper Bellafonte can stop."
Wine, Travel and Food Book Club
3rd Wednesday at 7pm
(Next Meeting: September 15 at 7pm)
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For those who love to talk and taste food and wine from around the globe, this is the club for you! We'll be sitting down together once a month to discuss books featuring the romantic places that inspire great food and wine. We're looking for some guest speakers at this club as well, so keep an eye out.
This month's pick is: (TBD)
Movie Book Club
3rd Friday at 7pm
(Next Meeting: Friday, September 17 at 7pm)
*No August meeting.
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Here's how it will work: earlier in the month, we'll pick out a book that has been adapted for a movie and read it. Then, later that month, we'll get together in the cafe to discuss the book, then watch the movie to see how the two compare.
This month, we'll be watching and reading Millions. "After their mother dies, two brothers find a huge amount of money which they must spend quickly before England switches to the new European currency, but they disagree on what to do with it."
History Book Club
4th Wednesday at 7pm
*No August meeting.
Next meeting: September 22
This club meets on the 4th Wednesday of every month at 7pm.
In September we'll be reading, Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. The author draws on Rockefeller's own papers to provide a biography of the legendary oilman, capitalist, and philanthropist
