Bellevue Book Club

Join us for this month's Thursday Thriller at Mercury Coffee in Bellevue off of Northup Way.
Book of the month: The September House by Carissa Orlando

Goodreads Synopsis:
A woman is determined to stay in her dream home even after it becomes a haunted nightmare in this compulsively readable, twisty, and layered debut novel.

When Margaret and her husband Hal bought the large Victorian house on Hawthorn Street—for sale at a surprisingly reasonable price—they couldn’t believe they finally had a home of their own. Then they discovered the hauntings. Every September, the walls drip blood. The ghosts of former inhabitants appear, and all of them are terrified of something that lurks in the basement. Most people would flee.

Margaret is not most people.

Margaret is staying. It’s her house. But after four years Hal can’t take it anymore, and he leaves abruptly. Now, he’s not returning calls, and their daughter Katherine—who knows nothing about the hauntings—arrives, intent on looking for her missing father. To make things worse, September has just begun, and with every attempt Margaret and Katherine make at finding Hal, the hauntings grow more harrowing, because there are some secrets the house needs to keep.

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📘 Book of the Month (Sep): Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke

📍 Location: Bellevue Library, Meeting Room TBD

Join us for our September Bellevue Book Club Meetup as we explore a wickedly funny and frighteningly perceptive debut about memory, identity, and the stories we tell ourselves. Whether you've finished the book, read a few chapters, or simply want to listen in, you're warmly welcome.

📝 Brief Book Summary
Natalie lives a traditional lifestyle – and her followers are sick with envy. Her charming farmhouse on her working ranch is artfully cluttered, her husband is a handsome cowboy, her homemade sourdough boules are each more beautiful than the last. So what if there are nannies and producers and industrial-grade ovens behind the scenes? What her followers don’t know won’t hurt them.

Agenda
11:00 – 11:30 AM: Meet & Greet
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM: Book Discussion
12:30 – 1:00 PM: Socialize and connect with fellow member

🚗 Free Parking at Library Parking Lot and Garage

🚉 Public Transport

• Light rail to Downtown Bellevue and walk/hop on to BellHop shuttle
• Sound Transit buses

Please be considerate of members in waitlist and update your RSVP asap if you’re unable to attend

Join us for this month's Thursday Thriller at Mercury Coffee in Bellevue off of Northup Way.
Book of the month: Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Goodreads Synopsis:
After receiving a frantic letter from her newly-wed cousin begging for someone to save her from a mysterious doom, Noemí Taboada heads to High Place, a distant house in the Mexican countryside. She’s not sure what she will find—her cousin’s husband, a handsome Englishman, is a stranger, and Noemí knows little about the region.

Noemí is also an unlikely rescuer: She’s a glamorous debutante, and her chic gowns and perfect red lipstick are more suited for cocktail parties than amateur sleuthing. But she’s also tough and smart, with an indomitable will, and she is not afraid: Not of her cousin’s new husband, who is both menacing and alluring; not of his father, the ancient patriarch who seems to be fascinated by Noemí; and not even of the house itself, which begins to invade Noemi’s dreams with visions of blood and doom.

Her only ally in this inhospitable abode is the family’s youngest son. Shy and gentle, he seems to want to help Noemí, but might also be hiding dark knowledge of his family’s past. For there are many secrets behind the walls of High Place. The family’s once colossal wealth and faded mining empire kept them from prying eyes, but as Noemí digs deeper she unearths stories of violence and madness.

And Noemí, mesmerized by the terrifying yet seductive world of High Place, may soon find it impossible to ever leave this enigmatic house behind.

* Please be considerate of other members and only RSVP if you are able to make it to the meeting.

Join us for this month's Thursday Thriller at Mercury Coffee in Bellevue off of Northup Way.
Book of the month: Hannibal by Thomas Harris (Hannibal Lecter #3)

Goodreads Synopsis:
The sequel to "Silence of the Lambs" marks the return of Dr Hannibal Lecter. One of Hannibal's victims, the influential and rich Mason Verger - a paraplegic confined to a respirator thanks to Hannibal - is bent on revenge and FBI agent Clarice Starling provides the perfect bait.

**This book is the third in the Hannibal Lecter series, but it can be read as a stand alone story.

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