BOOK CLUBS

We currently have three book clubs. All three meetings are held here at our store, Wall Street Books, starting at 6pm. However, after August the Hooks & Books club will fluctuate between being held at Wall Street Books and The Tangled Dragonfly. There is food provided at the meetings by the members.

The men's book club, Books & Bros, is held the first Thursday of each month.

The ladies' book club, The Bookworm Brigade, meets every second Thursday of the month. As of right now, our ladies book club is closed to new members.

Hooks & Books is our newest book club for readers who do needlework like knitting, crocheting, felting, sewing, etc. After August, it'll be the third Thursday of every month.

If you or someone you know are interested in joining, please come into the store and discuss it with an employee who can help you get into our book club app. We use an app so that our members don't have to be in a huge group text.

Address:

163 Wall Street

Waynesville, NC 28786

The Bookworm Brigade—For Ladies

This month's meeting will be Thursday August 13th. The ladies from the club will be providing a variety of delicious treats—Lovin' from the Oven— as well as a savory dish or two to eat while we discuss our newest read. This month we are reading Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke.

The synopsis:

My name was Natalie Heller Mills, and I was perfect at being alive.

Natalie lives a traditional lifestyle. Her charming farmhouse is rustic, her husband a handsome cowboy, her six children each more delightful than the last. So what if there are nannies and producers behind the scenes, her kitchen hiding industrial-grade fridges and ovens, her husband the heir to a political dynasty? What Natalie’s followers—all 8 million of them—don’t know won’t hurt them. And The Angry Women? The privileged, Ivy League, coastal elite haters who call her an antifeminist iconoclast? They’re sick with jealousy. Because Natalie isn’t simply living the good life, she’s living the ideal—and just so happens to be building an empire from it.

Until one morning she wakes up in a life that isn’t hers. Her home, her husband, her children—they’re all familiar, but something’s off. Her kitchen is warmed by a sputtering fire rather than electricity, her children are dirty and strange, and her soft-handed husband is suddenly a competent farmer. Just yesterday Natalie was curating photos of homemade jam for her Instagram, and now she’s expected to haul firewood and handwash clothes until her fingers bleed. Has she become the unwitting star of a ruthless reality show? Could it really be time travel? Is she being tested by God? By Satan? When Natalie suffers a brutal injury in the woods, she realizes two things: This is not her beautiful life, and she must escape by any means possible.

We have a limited number of hardback copies in store—we will always provide a physical copy of which ever book we are reading for the month for members to buy—so get your copy ASAP before we run out.

“To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.”

~Victor Hugo

Books & Bros—For Men

“Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you.”

~ Carlos Ruiz Zafón

The men's book club is brand new and is still growing. There is a sign-up sheet in the store if you are interested in joining. August's meeting will be held Thursday the 6th at 6pm. This meeting will be hosted by the owner of the store. Greg Owens. The book this month is The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett.

The synopsis:

At sixty-three years old, million-dollar lottery winner PJ Halliday would be the luckiest man in Pondville, Massachusetts, if it weren’t for the tragedies of his life: the sudden death of his eldest daughter and the way his marriage fell apart after that. Since then, PJ spends both his money and his time at the bar, and he probably doesn’t have much time left—he’s had three heart attacks already. But when PJ reads the obituary of his old romantic rival, he realizes his high school sweetheart, Michelle Cobb, is finally single again. Filled with a new enthusiasm for life, PJ decides he’s going to drive across the country to the Tender Hearts Retirement Community in Arizona to win Michelle back.

Before PJ can hit the road, tragedy strikes Pondville, leaving PJ the sudden guardian of his estranged brother’s grandchildren. Anyone else would be deterred from the planned trip, but PJ figures the orphaned kids might benefit from getting out of town. PJ also thinks he can ask Sophie, his adult daughter who’s adrift in her twenties, to come along to babysit. And there’s one more surprise addition to the roster: Pancakes, a former nursing home therapy cat with a knack of predicting death, who recently turned up outside PJ’s home.

This could be the second chance PJ has long hoped for—a fresh shot at love and parenting—but does he have the strength to do both those things again? It’s very possible his heart can’t take it.

We have a limited number of paperback copies in store—we will always provide a physical copy of which ever book we are reading for the month for members to buy—so get your copy ASAP before we run out.

Hooks & Books—For Needleworkers

This is a brand-new book club! We really want this book club to be where people who love to crochet, knit, felt, embroider, sew, or do any other needlework can come and be with other crafty people while talking all about books! This first official meeting is on Friday August 21st from 6pm-8pm. This month we're reading House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune. There is a sign-up sheet inside the store. If you have any questions call our store number: 828-456-5000. We hope you'll join us!

The synopsis:

Linus Baker leads a quiet, solitary life. At forty, he lives in a tiny house with a devious cat and his old records. As a Case Worker at the Department in Charge Of Magical Youth, he spends his days overseeing the well-being of children in government-sanctioned orphanages.

When Linus is unexpectedly summoned by Extremely Upper Management he's given a curious and highly classified assignment: travel to Marsyas Island Orphanage, where six dangerous children reside: a gnome, a sprite, a wyvern, an unidentifiable green blob, a were-Pomeranian, and the Antichrist. Linus must set aside his fears and determine whether or not they’re likely to bring about the end of days.

But the children aren’t the only secret the island keeps. Their caretaker is the charming and enigmatic Arthur Parnassus, who will do anything to keep his wards safe. As Arthur and Linus grow closer, long-held secrets are exposed, and Linus must make a choice: destroy a home or watch the world burn.

An enchanting story, masterfully told, is about the profound experience of discovering an unlikely family in an unexpected place―and realizing that family is yours.

“A good book and a good crochet project can be the perfect companions on a rainy afternoon.”

~ Unknown