{"id":55510,"date":"2025-01-30T06:00:16","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T12:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=55510"},"modified":"2025-01-22T13:48:45","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T19:48:45","slug":"january-2025-qcl-quad-cities-live-book-club-selections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/january-2025-qcl-quad-cities-live-book-club-selections\/","title":{"rendered":"January 2025 QCL (Quad Cities Live) Book Club Selections"},"content":{"rendered":"

In December, Morgan and I were unable to meet due to circumstances outside of our control. The title that we were slated to read was The Great Alone <\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/span>by Kristin Hannah in honor of Thank a Soldier Week the week of Christmas<\/span>. Below is a short synopsis of the book provided by Goodreads!<\/span><\/p>\n

The year is 1974, Ernt Allbright decides to uproot his family to live off the grid in America\u2019s last true frontier, Alaska. Once in Alaska, the family is taken in by generous locals but as the days grow shorter, Ernt\u2019s mental health declines leaving his family to have to fend for themselves.<\/p>\n

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Morgan and I have a very exciting lineup of book options for\u00a0<\/span>January. B<\/span>elow are our 4 options including our winning title: The Last Love Note<\/em><\/a><\/strong>! Feel free to check them out from Davenport Public Library!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Mother-Daughter Murder Night <\/a><\/em><\/strong>by Nina Simon (In Honor of Global Family Day on January 1st)<\/span><\/b>\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Nothing brings a family together like a murder next door.<\/span><\/p>\n

A lighthearted whodunnit about a grandmother-mother-daughter trio of amateur sleuths. Gilmore Girls , but with murder.<\/p>\n

High-powered\u00a0businesswoman\u00a0Lana Rubicon\u00a0has a lot to be\u00a0proud her keen intelligence, impeccable taste, and the\u00a0L.A. real estate empire she\u2019s built.\u00a0But when she finds herself trapped 300 miles\u00a0north of the city,\u00a0convalescing\u00a0in a\u00a0sleepy \u00a0 coastal town with her adult daughter\u00a0Beth\u00a0and teenage granddaughter Jack, Lana is stuck\u00a0counting otters instead of square footage\u2014and hoping that boredom won\u2019t kill her before the cancer does.<\/p>\n

Then Jack\u2014tiny in stature but fiercely independent\u2014happens upon a dead body while kayaking. She\u00a0quickly\u00a0becomes a suspect in\u00a0the\u00a0homicide investigation, and the Rubicon women are thrown into chaos. Beth\u00a0thinks Lana should focus on recovery, but Lana has\u00a0a better idea. She\u2019ll pull on her wig,\u00a0find the true murderer, protect her family, and prove she still has power. With Jack and\u00a0Beth\u2019s\u00a0help, Lana uncovers a web of lies, family vendettas, and land disputes lurking beneath the\u00a0surface\u00a0of a community populated by folksy conservationists and wealthy ranchers. But as\u00a0their amateur snooping advances into ever-more dangerous territory,\u00a0the\u00a0headstrong Rubicon women\u00a0must learn to do the one thing they\u2019ve always depend on each other.\u2013 provided by Goodreads<\/p>\n

<\/b>\"\"<\/a>In Five Years <\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span>by Rebecca Serle (In Honor of Science Fiction Day on January 2nd<\/span><\/b>)<\/span><\/p>\n

Dani has it all, a great apartment, a great boyfriend, and a job interview for her dream position. Everything is going according to plan until she wakes up five years in the future in an unfamiliar apartment with an unfamiliar man who is not her new fianc\u00e9. What went wrong? Can she fix the future?<\/p>\n

I really liked this book but was not prepared for the devastating turn of events. If you read this, please go gently, it is beautifully written but something that hit me hard.\u2013 personal review<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>The Luckiest Girl Alive <\/a><\/em><\/strong>by Jessica Knoll (In Honor of Morgan loving a Thriller<\/span><\/b>)<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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HER PERFECT LIFE IS A PERFECT LIE. As a teenager at the prestigious Bradley School, Ani FaNelli endured a shocking, public humiliation that left her desperate to reinvent herself. Now, with a glamorous job, expensive wardrobe, and handsome blue blood fianc\u00e9, she\u2019s this close to living the perfect life she\u2019s worked so hard to achieve. But Ani has a secret. There\u2019s something else buried in her past that still haunts her, something private and painful that threatens to bubble to the surface and destroy everything. With a singular voice and twists you won\u2019t see coming, Luckiest Girl Alive explores the unbearable pressure that so many women feel to \u201chave it all\u201d and introduces a heroine whose sharp edges and cutthroat ambition have been protecting a scandalous truth, and a heart that’s bigger than it first appears. The question will breaking her silence destroy all that she has worked for\u2014or, will it at long last, set Ani free?\u2013 provided by our Goodreads<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\"\"<\/a>The Last Love Note<\/strong><\/a><\/i> by Emma Grey (In Honor of National Handwriting Day on January 23rd)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Y<\/b>ou may never stop loving the one you lost. But you can still find love again.<\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Kate is a bit of a mess. Two years after losing her young husband Cameron, she\u2019s grieving, solo parenting, working like mad at her university fundraising job, always dropping the ball\u2014and yet clinging to her sense of humor.<\/p>\n

Lurching from one comedic crisis to the next, she also navigates an overbearing mom and a Tinder-obsessed best friend who’s determined to matchmake Kate with her hot new neighbor.<\/p>\n

When an in-flight problem leaves Kate and her boss, Hugh, stranded for a weekend on the east coast of Australia, she finally has a chance, away from her son, to really process her grief and see what\u2019s right in front of her. Can she let go of the love of her life and risk her heart a second time?<\/p>\n

When it becomes clear that Hugh is hiding a secret, Kate turns to the trail of scribbled notes she once used to hold her life together. The first note captured her heart. Will the last note set it free?<\/p>\n

The Last Love Note<\/i> will make listeners laugh, cry, and renew their faith in the resilience of the human heart\u2014and in love itself.\u2013 provided by Goodreads<\/p>\n

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If you are interested in any of these titles, or have read them, I want to talk about them! Please consider leaving a comment!\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Want to converse with other QCL Book Club followers?\u00a0Consider joining our Goodreads Group!\u00a0<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

You can also access our recorded interviews by visiting the\u00a0QCL Book Club Page!<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

If you missed the segment, you can watch it here!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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