books I read for book clubs I attend.
Club Reads 2025 Public
Created by Elise
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When the Tides Held the Moon by Venessa Vida Kelley
In Coney Island, true love rises to the surface. With lush illustrations and buoyant prose, Venessa Vida Kelley forges an …
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Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
4 stars
Good Omens meets The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet in this defiantly joyful adventure set in California's San …
Elise says: Early contender for best of the year. you could criticize it as overly genuine, perhaps even saccharine, but that's what was needed for this story. trust me, if you're in the strike zone for this, it will move you deeply.
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Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell
4 stars
Discover this creepy, charming monster-slaying fantasy romance—from the perspective of the monster—by Nebula Award-winning debut author John Wiswell
Shesheshen has …
Elise says: This was very disappointing; such an interesting premise, executed... lukewarmly. and readers who expected more were mocked in the text. lame!
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Elise says: I'm sorry but unless it's genuinely earth shattering I just don't get out of my chair for m/m. rest of the club was pretty positive on it though.
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Elise says: Much closer to what Someone You Can Build A Nest In should have been! the yearning. the tension, the passion, all manage to overcome what can sometimes be overly prosaic and staid horror writing.
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To Shape a Dragon's Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose (Nampeshiweisit, #1)
3 stars
The remote island of Masquapaug has not seen a dragon in many generations—until fifteen-year-old Anequs finds a dragon’s egg and …
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Brighter Than Scale, Swifter Than Flame by Neon Yang
With an armored, oath-bound hero reminiscent of The Mandalorian and the Asian-inspired epic fantasy of She Who Became the Sun, …
