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Hit the Book(s) Club : This semester's book choices

The home base for all information about the Book Club run and sponsored by the University of Idaho Library

Roll 1, book 1

Classic:

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

Emily Brontë's only novel, a work of tremendous and far-reaching influence, the Penguin Classics edition of Wuthering Heights is the definitive edition of the text, edited with an introduction by Pauline Nestor. Lockwood, the new tenant of Thrushcross Grange, situated on the bleak Yorkshire moors, is forced to seek shelter one night at Wuthering Heights, the home of his landlord. There he discovers the history of the tempestuous events that took place years before; of the intense relationship between the gypsy foundling Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw; and how Catherine, forced to choose between passionate, tortured Heathcliff and gentle, well-bred Edgar Linton, surrendered to the expectations of her class. As Heathcliff's bitterness and vengeance at his betrayal is visited upon the next generation, their innocent heirs must struggle to escape the legacy of the past. (from Goodreads)

Reading Schedule & Metting times 

Discussing chapters 1-10

  • Meeting in the Library's Living Room area, 1st floor, to the right when you walk in.
  • Thursday September 4th from 11-12pm
  • Friday September 5th from 2:30-3:30pm 

Discussing chapters 11-21

  • Meeting in the Library's Living Room area, 1st floor, to the right when you walk in.
  • Thursday September 18th from 11-12pm
  • Friday September 19th from 2:30-3:30pm 

Discussing chapters 22-End

  • Meeting in the Library's Living Room area, 1st floor, to the right when you walk in.
  • Thursday October 2nd from 11-12pm
  • Friday October 3rd from 2:30-3:30pm 

Roll 2, Book 2

Mystery 

A Flicker in the Darker by Stacy Willingham

 

When Chloe Davis was twelve, six teenage girls went missing in her small Louisiana town. By the end of the summer, Chloe’s father had been arrested as a serial killer and promptly put in prison. Chloe and the rest of her family were left to grapple with the truth and try to move forward while dealing with the aftermath.

Now 20 years later, Chloe is a psychologist in private practice in Baton Rouge and getting ready for her wedding. She finally has a fragile grasp on the happiness she’s worked so hard to get. Sometimes, though, she feels as out of control of her own life as the troubled teens who are her patients. And then a local teenage girl goes missing, and then another, and that terrifying summer comes crashing back. Is she paranoid, and seeing parallels that aren't really there, or for the second time in her life, is she about to unmask a killer?

In a debut novel that has already been optioned for a limited series by actress Emma Stone and sold to a dozen countries around the world, Stacy Willingham has created an unforgettable character in a spellbinding thriller that will appeal equally to fans of Gillian Flynn and Karin Slaughter.(from Goodreads) 

 

Reading Schedule & Metting times 

  • Discussing chapters 1-14

    • Meeting in the Library's Living Room area, 1st floor, on the right when you walk in.
    • Thursday October 23rd from 11-12pm
    •  Friday October 24th 2:30-3:30pm
  • Discussing chapters 15-30

    • Meeting in the Library's Living Room area, 1st floor, on the right when you walk in.
    • Thursday November 13th from 11-12pm
    •  Friday November 14th 2:30-3:30pm
  • Discussing chapters 31-end 

    • Meeting in the Library's Living Room area, 1st floor, on the right when you walk in.
    • Thursday December 4th from 11-12pm
    •  Friday December 5th 2:30-3:30pm

Reviews of book 1

Bonus Materials 

Video Biography:

Reviews of book 2

Bonus Materials 

Author Interview: