Maude’s Book Club

Maude’s Book Club

Book of the Month: ‘Mirrored Heavens’ by Rebecca Roanhorse
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Book of the Month: ‘Mirrored Heavens’ by Rebecca Roanhorse

Maude Garrett has been on the Rebecca Roanhorse train for a while and last year the community enjoyed Fevered Star. MBC has waited for the cover reveal of Mirrored Heavens and now we will continue the series for our Book Club in July!

If Maude loves a series and our community enjoys it too, we always continue to dedicate a month to some of our favourites!

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Bonus Book of the Month Preview: ‘Recursion’ by Blake Crouch
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Bonus Book of the Month Preview: ‘Recursion’ by Blake Crouch

Maude Garrett has been such a fan of Blake Crouch and has inspired many of our community members to read his novels. He is one of the sci-fi greats and for July we will be reading Recursion.

After reading Dark Matter, which is now a series on Apple TV Plus, you will want to read everything he has ever written. Crouch can break down complex ideas and have them toy with your reality. It’s brilliant writing, and Maude is thrilled to bring the world of Crouch to our book club.

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Bonus Book of the Month: ‘Under the Whispering Door’ by TJ Klune
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Bonus Book of the Month: ‘Under the Whispering Door’ by TJ Klune

We have all enjoyed his writing, and now we have decided to read Under the Whispering Door as a light bonus book for June. The term “light” is used loosely because Klune has a way of making everyone emotional.

For those who have read The House in the Cerulean Sea or have Under the Whispering Door on their TBR come and join us this month as we read it together!

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The ‘Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow’ by Gabrielle Zevin Has Found Its Director!
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The ‘Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow’ by Gabrielle Zevin Has Found Its Director!

Maude Garrett even interviewed her and told Zevin how much this book affected her. It’s a beautiful novel that many readers didn’t expect to love as much as they did. Zevin’s writing is a gut punch to the soul as she crafts a stunning relationship between two people.

Paramount Studios had acquired the rights to the book in 2021 before its publishing date in 2022. It has taken quite a bit of time to develop everything, news broke out over the weekend that has fans of the best-selling novel soaring.

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Book of the Month Preview: ‘The Way of Kings’ by Brandon Sanderson
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Book of the Month Preview: ‘The Way of Kings’ by Brandon Sanderson

Maude Garrett has been such a fan of Brandon Sanderson over the years. MBC has even covered the Mistborn trilogy in the past. Sanderson has such a strong wit and writes his adventures beautifully. They are fully formed characters with motivations and more importantly dreams. They all overcome obstacles that help improve their perspective about themselves and how they live.

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Book of the Month Preview: ‘Dark Age’ by Pierce Brown
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Book of the Month Preview: ‘Dark Age’ by Pierce Brown

Hey, Howlers!

Maude Garrett has been raving about Red Rising, and our book club members have loved the second book, Golden Son. Morning Star and Iron Gold have gotten some mixed feelings from our community. This April, we head back into the universe created by Pierce Brown with Dark Age, the fifth book in the series. It was a nominee for Best Science Fiction in 2019.

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Is Casting Underway For ‘Beach Read’ By Emily Henry?
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Is Casting Underway For ‘Beach Read’ By Emily Henry?

In the middle of last year Maude Garrett, Amanda Tass, and Amanda Guarragi (me), all read books by Emily Henry. If you don’t follow us on Goodreads, then come on over! After reading Book Lovers, Beach Read and Happy Place, we are all awaiting the release of Funny Story in April.

It’s hard to tell which film will come to fruition first, but Henry continuously surprises readers by posting on her Instagram story. And we feel that Beach Read will be the first one with a confirmed cast.

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The History Behind ‘The Poppy War’ by R.F. Kuang
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The History Behind ‘The Poppy War’ by R.F. Kuang

The Poppy War became the first notable series for R.F. Kuang as she fused historical fiction with fantasy. The series follows a young girl who chooses to become a soldier rather than be forced into an arranged marriage at fourteen.

Kuang understands the political scope and military strategy in the series because of her studies in the field. Rin possesses a thirst for knowledge because, for Rin, that is the ultimate power early on.

In a way, Rin parallels Kuang’s ability to retain all this information and usefully extract pieces that become relevant at any moment. 

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Join Maude’s Book Club!

We know that the internet can be a tough space to navigate and that’s why we want to create a safe space for everyone in the reading community to be able to discuss their favourite books with other bookworms.

Not only do community members interact with other book lovers and creator Maude Garrett, but Maude connects with the authors of the books directly so the community can also discuss the book with their favoruite authors.