Weekly Readers Book Club

09/15/2025

The Newberry County Literacy Weekly Readers Book Club will gather on Tuesday, September 16, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. at 1208 Main Street, Newberry, South Carolina. The selected reading material is 'The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store' by James McBride, a New York Times Bestselling Author.

We have a few books available or you can read on your Kindle.

01/30/2025

For February 4, 2025, read chapters 7-9 in Sleeping with the Ancestors.

01/21/2025

For January 28, 2025, read chapters 4-6 in Sleeping with the Ancestors.

01/14/2025

For January 21, 2025, read the introduction and chapters 1-3 of Sleeping with the Ancestors. Read to page 123.

01/03/2025

10/22/2024

For next week, October 29:

1. Order your own copy of They Come at Knight by Yasmin Angoe. If you are unable to place an order, quickly contact another book club member who can order for you.
2. Read the first six chapters. (Based on the first book, this should be about 30 pages.)

10/15/2024

For October 22, finish reading Her Name Is Knight.

09/25/2024

For October 1, read through page 166 in Her Name Is Knight.

09/19/2024

For Tuesday, September 24, 2024, read through page 99 in Her Name Is Knight.

08/21/2024

[Edited with updated information] Important dates

Text Joanne or drop a comment here if you haven’t claimed a copy of the new book. $10.

September 10, Weekly Readers resumes with Her Name Is Knight by Yasmin Angoe.

05/29/2024

May 7, 2024: Book Talks

Barbara:
A View from Harlem: A Story of Redemption (Cafe Hearts; volume 2) by Tracey Fagan Danzey
https://www.amazon.com/View-Harlem-Story-Redemption-Hearts/dp/1548224774

Joe:
Still Life by Louise Penny. (Chief Inspector Gamanche novel; book 1)
https://www.gamacheseries.com/books/still-life/

A Death in Vienna by Frank Tallis (Lieberman papers; volume 1)
https://groveatlantic.com/book/a-death-in-vienna/

Zoo Station by David Downing (John Russell Series; Book 1)
https://sohopress.com/books/zoo-station/

Jane Whitefield series by Thomas Perry.
https://www.thomasperryauthor.com/jane-whitefield-novels.html

Jonathan Kellerman
https://www.jonathankellerman.com/

Eloise:
Ebony Makepeace Is Dead by Janeen Ann O'Connell (Brad Culley Mysteries; book 1)
https://nextchapter.pub/books/ebony-makepeace-is-dead

Joe / Andy discussion
The Purple Diaries: Mary Astor and the Most Sensational Hollywood Scandal of the 1930s.
https://www.amazon.com/Purple-Diaries-Sensational-Hollywood-Scandal/dp/1682302997

Maltese Falcon (1941). Movie.
https://click.justwatch.com/a?r=https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/the-maltese-falcon?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios

The Alienist by Caleb Carr. (Laszlo Kreizler mysteries; volume 1)
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/D8L/the-alienist-series/

https://click.justwatch.com/a?r=https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/the-alienist?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios

Joanne:
One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle.
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/One-Italian-Summer/Rebecca-Serle/9781982166809

David:
The Bad Weather Friend by Dean Koontz
https://www.deankoontz.com/book/the-bad-weather-friend/

Andy:
Dune by Frank Herbert
https://www.amazon.com/Dune-Movie-Tie-Frank-Herbert/dp/0593640349

Louis L’Amour series
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_L%27Amour

Denise:
Facing Your Giants: God Still Does the Impossible by Max Lucado.
https://maxlucado.com/products/facing-your-giants-god-still-does-the-impossible/

Back From the Dead by Bill Walton.
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Back-from-the-Dead/Bill-Walton/9781476716879