Durango Book Clubbers

For our Spooky-ish pick of October we are reading Circe by Madeline Miller!

Book Blurb:

In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe is a strange child--neither powerful like her father nor viciously alluring like her mother. Turning to the world of mortals for companionship, she discovers that she does possess power: the power of witchcraft, which can transform rivals into monsters and menace the gods themselves.

Threatened, Zeus banishes her to a deserted island, where she hones her occult craft, tames wild beasts, and crosses paths with many of the most famous figures in all of mythology, including the Minotaur, Daedalus and his doomed son Icarus, the murderous Medea, and, of course, wily Odysseus.

But there is danger, too, for a woman who stands alone, and Circe unwittingly draws the wrath of both men and gods, ultimately finding herself pitted against one of the most terrifying and vengeful of the Olympians. To protect what she loves most, Circe must summon all her strength and choose, once and for all, whether she belongs with the gods she is born from or with the mortals she has come to love.

Schedule:
2:00- 2:30pm - Arrival, get food, drinks, chatting + catch up
2:30pm-3:45pm - Book talk begins.
Never worry if you are running late, you are welcome to come join whenever you can make it.
3:45pm- 4:00pm Vote on next book and pick our date.
Saturday, October 10th @ 2:00pm
Lost? Call or text: 720-984-5365
To join our Group Chat please text me at 720-984-5365.

Sun, sea, and suspicious motives. Grab your detective hat—for our next read, we’re plunging straight into Saltwater by Katy Hays.

Book Blurb:
In 1992 Sarah Lingate is found dead below the cliffs of Capri, leaving behind her three-year-old daughter, Helen. Despite suspicions that the old-money Lingates are involved, Sarah’s death is ruled an accident, and every year the family returns to prove it’s true. But on the thirtieth anniversary of Sarah’s death, the Lingates arrive at the villa to find a surprise waiting for them—the necklace Sarah was wearing the night she died.

Schedule:
2:00- 2:30pm - Arrival, get food, drinks, chatting + catch up
2:30pm-3:45pm - Book talk begins.
Never worry if you are running late, you are welcome to come join whenever you can make it.
3:45pm- 4:00pm Vote on next book and pick our date.
Saturday, November 7th @ 2:00pm
Lost? Call or text: 720-984-5365
To join our Group Chat please text me at 720-984-5365.

Date is subject to change and location is TBD.

Get your tea ready-we're reading The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kamali!

A quiet stationery shop. A burning romance. A sudden political coup. Sixty years of unanswered questions.
This month, we’re taking a journey from the vibrant streets of 1953 Tehran to modern-day New England in Marjan Kamali’s deeply moving novel. It’s a powerful exploration of fate, memory, and the choices that shape our lives long after love seems lost.
Why you'll love it:

• 🌹 Sweepingly romantic yet grounded in real history
• 📜 Richly atmospheric setting (you'll smell the ink and fresh pages)
• 💬 Endless topics to debate at our meeting—from the role of fate to the secrets we keep

Pick up your copy, start reading, and prepare for plenty to talk about at our next hangout!

Book Blurb:
Roya, a dreamy, idealistic teenager living amid the political upheaval of 1953 Tehran, finds a literary oasis in kindly Mr. Fakhri’s neighborhood stationery shop, stocked with books and pens and bottles of jewel-colored ink.

Then Mr. Fakhri, with a keen instinct for a budding romance, introduces Roya to his other favorite customer—handsome Bahman, who has a burning passion for justice and a love for Rumi’s poetry—and she loses her heart at once. Their romance blossoms, and the little stationery shop remains their favorite place in all of Tehran.
A few short months later, on the eve of their marriage, Roya agrees to meet Bahman at the town square when violence erupts—a result of the coup d’etat that forever changes their country’s future. In the chaos, Bahman never shows. For weeks, Roya tries desperately to contact him, but her efforts are fruitless. With a sorrowful heart, she moves on—to college in California, to another man, to a life in New England—until, more than sixty years later, an accident of fate leads her back to Bahman and offers her a chance to ask him the questions that have haunted her for more than half a century: Why did you leave? Where did you go? How is it that you were able to forget me?

A poignant, heartfelt new novel by the award-nominated author of Together Tea—extolled by the Wall Street Journal as a “moving tale of lost love” and by Shelf Awareness as “a powerful, heartbreaking story”—explores loss, reconciliation, and the quirks of fate.

Schedule:
2:00- 2:30pm - Arrival, get food, drinks, chatting + catch up
2:30pm-3:45pm - Book talk begins.
Never worry if you are running late, you are welcome to come join whenever you can make it.
3:45pm- 4:00pm Vote on next book and pick our date.

Lost? Call or text: 720-984-5365
To join our Group Chat please text me at 720-984-5365.