Haley's Virtual Book Club

I'm so excited you are interested in joining my virtual book club! We'll meet weekly to discuss the chosen book.

Virtual meetings will be 45 - 60 minutes long and hosted on Google Meet. Please try to prioritize the sessions and utilize the calendar invites RSVP feature to confirm when you'll attend. Even if you don't have a chance to read that week, you'll still be able to benefit from the discussion. 

July’s Book will be: Shell Games by Bonnie Kistler.

Session Dates:

  • July 10 at 8pm

  • July 17 at 8pm

  • July 24 at 8pm

  • July 31 at 8pm

A dazzling thriller about a young woman whose fabulously wealthy mother might be the victim of an elaborate con or might be losing her mind––and the daughter can’t tell where the truth lies.

Julie’s mother Kate is a force of nature––a glamorous woman of seventy, a self-made real estate developer, a grande dame in Florida society, and a power broker in Florida politics. It wasn’t easy for Julie to grow up in the shadow of such a dynamo, but she loves her mother, and she and her husband Eric are thrilled when Kate marries her long-lost high school sweetheart, a salt-of-the-earth man named Charlie.

But their storybook romance ends abruptly. On their wedding night, Kate calls the police in hysterics to report that Charlie just confessed to a notorious unsolved crime from decades before. 

Charlie says she imagined it. Eric says that Kate has dementia. And the FBI says that Charlie couldn’t possibly have committed that crime.

Julie doesn’t know what to believe. Is her brilliant mother losing her mind? Or is sweet, lovable Charlie gaslighting Kate to gain control of her fortune?

As Julie tries to navigate through this maze of paranoia and mind games, cracks start to develop in her own marriage as it seems that Eric is keeping secrets . . .

Set against a backdrop of rampant development and devastating climate change, Shell Games is a psychological thriller that will make your head spin and the pages turn as you wonder exactly who is doing what to whom.

August’s Book will be: Those Empty Eyes by Charlie Donlea

Session Dates:

  • August 14 at 8pm

  • August 21 at 8pm

  • August 28 at 8pm

  • September 4 at 8pm

FAQ’s

  • A: Anyone who wants to read this book. You do not have to be anything specific to join us.

  • A: Life is busy, and I’ve found this is the best way for me to connect. It give you the flexibility to join from anywhere and in the comfort of your own space.

  • A: Either will work for our discussion. Read along with us however works best for you.

  • A: I’ll send out calendar invites breaking the book up into chunks. Each time we meet we’ll talk about that particular section we just read. I provide conversation topics, but we all can talk freely on the Google Meet call. You can join in the conversation as much or as little as you feel comfortable.