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The Giver of Stars and The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek

5 Comments / Book Club Guides, Desserts, Literary and Upmarket, Readers, Recipes, Romance, Women's Fiction / By Mallory

If you don’t know about it, there has been some controversy about the publication of The Giver of Stars soon after the publication of The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek. Personally, I loved them both and think they are both worth a read! And, if you read them both, it will make for a lively book club discussion I can promise you that. You can dedicate one meeting to each book with a bonus meeting to the comparison of the two and you’ll have plenty to talk about.

The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek Book Club Questions and Recipe

5 Comments / Book Club Guides, Desserts, Literary and Upmarket, Readers, Recipes, Women's Fiction / By Mallory

The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek tackles two unique subjects in history that you may not be familiar with–the Pack Horse Librarians and the Blue People of Kentucky. The Pack Horse Library was part of Roosevelt’s Works Progress Administration in 1930s. The blue-skinned people of Kentucky were a real group of people born with blue skin who lived in the mountains of Appalachia.

The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek Book Club Discussion Questions

1 Comment / Book Club Guides, Literary and Upmarket, Readers / By Mallory

In the poverty-stricken Appalachian town of Troublesome Creek, Roosevelt’s Pack Horse Library Project aims to bring education to citizens so far up the mountains that they’ve rarely seen a book. Cussy Mary is a proud Pack Horse Librarian, but she’s also a Blue. The last of the blue-skinned people of Kentucky, according to her father, a group thought of as untouchable and cursed.

A Man Called Ove Book Club Questions and Recipe

5 Comments / Book Club Guides, Desserts, Literary and Upmarket, Readers, Recipes / By Mallory

Have you read A Man Called Ove? It’s a book that book clubs love. Fredrik Backman is a master of the human experience and A Man Called Ove captures his talent, sending the reader through the array of human emotions (which is why book clubs love the book).

News of the World Book Club Questions and Recipe

2 Comments / Book Club Guides, Desserts, Literary and Upmarket, Readers, Recipes / By Mallory

Maybe before now you had not heard of News of the World or its author, Paulette Jiles. News of the World was a finalist for the National Book Award. It’s also slated to become a movie later this year starring Tom Hanks (who doesn’t love Tom Hanks?).