Bookish @ Belmont: A book club for adults

Bookish is a monthly, themed book club. We pick the theme you can choose the book, we will provide a couple of titles incase you need inspiration! Light refreshments will be provided. Please see the list below for the Themes and titles. *Recommended read March 17th Theme: SCIENCE FICTION Suggested Authors: 1. Stephen Baxter: The Long Earth 2. Isaac Askimov: I, Robot* April 21st Theme: SPRING/NEW BEGINNINGS/ HOPE Suggested Authors: 1. Ocean Vuong: On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous* 2. Betty Smith: A Tree Grows In Brooklyn 3. Francis Hodson Burnett: The Secret Garden May 19th Theme: CLASSIC WORKS Suggested Authors: 1. Jane Austen: Sense and Sensibility 2. Charles Dickens: A Tale of Two Cities 3. Virginia Wolfe: A Room of One's Own* 4. William Shakespeare: Othello June 16th Theme: LGBTQ+ Pride Suggested Authors: 1. T.J Klune: A House in the Cerulean Sea* 2. Adam Silvera: They Both Die At The End July 21st Theme: U.S. HISTORY Suggested Authors: 1. Pauline Mater: American Scripture 2. Gordon S. Wood: The Radicalism of the American Revolution 3. Anne F. Rockwell: A Spy Called James* August 18th Theme: Summer/Summer Mysteries Suggested Authors: 1. Elin Hilderbrand: The Hotel Nantucket 2. Agatha Christie: Midsummer Mysteries 3. Richard Osman: The Thursday Murder Club* September 15th Theme: Hispanic Authors Suggested Authors: 1. Sandra Cisneros: The House on Mango Street 2. Andrew Boryga: Victim 3. Santiago Jose Sanchez: Hombrecitio* October 20th Theme: HORROR Highlighted Authors: 1. Stephen King: Needful Things 2. H,P. Lovecraft: The Lovecraft Mythos 3. Mary Shelley: Frankenstein* November 16th Theme: :NATIVE AMERICAN AUTHORS Suggested Authors: 1. N. Scott Momaday: House Made of Dawn 2. Leslie Marmon Silko: Ceremony* 3. Tommy Orange: There There 4. Anfeline Boulley: Warrior Girl Unearthed December 21st Theme: WINTER AND WINTER CELEBRATIONS Suggested Authors: 1. David A. Adler: The Story of Hanukkah 2. William Howard: The Willows in Winter* 3. Carolyn McVickar Edwards: The Return of the Light 4. Maulana Karenga: Kwanza: A Celebration of Family, Community, and Culture