Book Club

May 2022 – Where the Forest Meets the Stars by Glendy Vanderah Reading a book whose genre is in question presents some challenges.  Zion’s May selection, Where the Forest Meets the Stars by Glendy Vanderah was a puzzler for a…
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April 2022 – A Good Mother by Lara Bazelton It is always a thrill to find a book you just can’t put down, and Zion’s readers encountered one in A Good Mother by Lara Bazelton.  Whether you like or dislike…
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March 2022 – Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann There might be no truer adage than “the victors write the history books”.  This month, Zion’s readers were introduced to a time in this country’s history they never heard…
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February 2022 – The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell First, let it be said that Lisa Jewell is an author who can keep you engaged and entertained as she masterfully spins her tales of suspense.  She certainly did that…
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January 2022 – Keeping Lucy by T. Greenwood There are many ways to judge the worth of a book – by the number of people who read it, by the strength of the characterization, by the type of story, and…
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Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf One of the great challenges for an author of fiction must be to make each story stand out from all the others that have gone before it.  Certainly, the author of Zion’s Book…
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September 2021 – The Pecan Man by Cassie Dandridge Selleck Zion’s Readers returned from their summer vacations revived and eager to discuss The Pecan Man by Cassie Dandridge Selleck, a slim book that has had movie rights optioned and a…
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June 2021 – Black Buck by Mateo Askaripour   Signals are important.  We all use signals to help us interpret whatever is facing us.  If we can recognize a signal, we can begin to develop understanding of a subject, an…
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May 2021 –  Hostile Witness by William Lashner Rarely has Zion’s Book Club had a closer relationship to a chosen book than May’s Hostile Witness.   Our reader who selected this novel shares a profession with author William Lashner.  Lashner is…
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April 2021 – The Wife, The Maid, and the Mistress by Ariel Lawhon Zion’s Book Club took a step back in time for their April selection to the 1930’s:  New York City speakeasies, Prohibition, the infancy of the Broadway musical…
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