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We had a great time in book club this year. We read 12 books together and had so much fun bonding with other readers over our favorite characters.

We read thrillers.

We read mystery.

We read romances.

We read fantasy.

We read something for everyone to enjoy and maybe step outside their usual genre to try something new.

Books We Read this Year:

January: Darling Girl by Liz Michalski

February: Never Lie by Freida McFadden

March: My Phony Valentine by Courtney Walsh

April: Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney

May: Finlay Donovan is Killing it by Elle Cosimano

June: Final Girls by Riley Sager

July: Meet Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune

August: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

September: The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

October: The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins

November: Whispers of You by Catherine Cowles

December: Cocoa Kisses by Melanie Jacobson

Our Favorite Book of the Year:

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros – This one should come as no surprise. This book took the Bookstgram community by STORM and our whole group enjoyed reading it. We’ve read the sequel and are screaming for the third book.

Gold book cover with FOURTH WING in a circle with a dragon outline
Fourth Wing Cover image via Amazon

Fourth Wing Summary:

Violet enrolls in Basgiath War College to become a dragon rider at the request of her mother. Violet joining this deadly school is frowned upon by many due to her small stature and frail body. But her mother, general of the Navarre army, is insistent. But the school’s deadly training techniques aren’t the only threat to Violet. Other cadets want her dead because of her mother’s role in the deaths of their rebel parents, but none more than the Fourth Wing’s wingleader, Xaden Riorson. Xaden is determined to make life at Basgaith difficult for Violet. With some protection from her life long friend, Dain, Violet makes her own way in the War College. But when few dragons present themselves for bonding with humans, all bets are off and even more cadets want Violet out of the picture. The cadets learn that the wards protecting their kingdom are failing almost daily and Violet stumbles upon information that leads her to believe that leadership is hiding a terrible secret from everyone. At Basgiath, everyone has an agenda and the only way out is to make it to graduation without dying… can Violet survive?

 

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Allison Thommen
Allison Thommen is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist turned stay at home mom to two little girls, Aurora and Aubree. She and her husband have been married since 2015 and had dreamed of living in Orlando since they were in college. They moved from Detroit to Clermont in the summer of 2022. They are Disney World annual passholders and are in the parks almost every week. They are also Disney Vacation Club members, their love for Disney runs deep… did you catch that their first daughter was named after Sleeping Beauty? As a family they also love outer space, so they are excited about being so close to the Space Coast. Allison’s favorite place in the whole world is the beach at the Polynesian Village Resort and could sit there for hours (with a Dole Whip in hand of course). In her free time, Allison loves to read, sew, watch reruns of The Big Bang Theory and binge watch new shows on Netflix! Allison moderates the Orlando Mom Book Club and the Village Facebook groups.

2 COMMENTS

  1. I would like to submit a Children’s book for the Book Club. This book is perfect for children ages 4-8. The Book is titled ‘The Foster Pup’. It is published by Nightingale Books Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers. ISBN-13 9781787880092

    This is a heartwarming story of hope and love, it follows a dog who is in foster care with a family, and she finds out that a boy in the house was also in foster care but now has a forever family. The dog finds her forever family too. The book highlights the need for fostering and adoption for both children and animals. Its positive message is sure to be well received by both children and families.

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