What we’re about
Come and join an established book club. We are a group that has been in existence for more than 10 years, looking for some new members to join us.
We read contemporary literature, with a classic and/or non-fiction book to mix things up. We will meet monthly, on the last Wednesday of every month, at the Cherry Hill Wegman's (in the upstairs cafe.)
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Yellowface by R.F. KuangWegmans, Cherry Hill, NJ
June Hayward, an unsuccessful young author, finds herself the only witness to the death of her former classmate and casual friend, Athena Liu, a Chinese-American author who is an industry darling. She decides to position herself as the best friend of the author and begins to edit and re-write Athena's latest unpublished manuscript, a novel about Chinese laborers in World War I.
As she changes more and more of the draft, June begins to feel ownership over the novel and decides to publish it as her original work. June submits the manuscript and is immediately welcomed by publishers and offered a large advance. To avoid controversy, she publishes the book under an Asian-sounding name (Juniper Song, her full first name and middle name) and takes author photos where she appears racially ambiguous. Despite efforts to present herself as Asian, controversy surrounds the success of the novel, and June repeatedly fends off accusations of cultural appropriation and plagiarism on Twitter.
- Magpie Murders by Anthony HorowwitzWegmans, Cherry Hill, NJ
Magpie Murders is a 2016 mystery novel by British author Anthony Horowitz and the first novel in the Susan Ryeland series. The story focuses on the murder of a mystery author and uses a story within a story format.
Susan Ryeland, an editor for Cloverleaf Books, is about to read Magpie Murders, the newest novel in Alan Conway's Atticus Pünd series. Susan notices the last chapter is missing, resulting in a whodunit with no solution. Her boss Charles Clover tells her that Alan Conway is dead. He shows her a letter from Alan Conway, suggesting suicide.
Susan goes to Alan’s home village to look for the last chapter. She becomes convinced that someone murdered Alan and begins investigating. Through her investigation, she learns that Conway hated the mystery genre which had made him successful, preferring to write pretentious literature. After attending Alan’s funeral, Susan makes a list of potential murderers of Conway.
