{"id":55710,"date":"2025-02-17T06:00:10","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T12:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=55710"},"modified":"2025-02-14T11:48:44","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T17:48:44","slug":"february-2025-qcl-quad-cities-live-book-club-selections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/february-2025-qcl-quad-cities-live-book-club-selections\/","title":{"rendered":"February 2025 QCL (Quad Cities Live) Book Club Selections"},"content":{"rendered":"

In January, Morgan and I read The Last Love Note <\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/span>by Emma Grey in honor of Thank a National Handwriting Day on January 23rd<\/span>. Below is a short synopsis of the book.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kate’s husband, Cam receives a diagnosis with no cure that progresses quickly leaving her a 39-year-old widow with a small son. Quickly in survival mode, Kate jumps into caring for her son, and dives into her new job. Living through her grief every day, Kate finds it hard to move on from losing the love of her life.<\/p>\n

When a work trip presents itself, Kate and boss\/friend Hugh jump on a plane but end up stranded on the other side of the continent. The first time away from her son, Kate has the ability to deal with her grief head-on and decide where she wants her life to go and who will be joining her on this next journey.<\/p>\n

This book gutted me, it was so beautiful and sad and full of hope. Emma Grey dove headfirst into the grieving process and did so with many little snippets of comical relief with mix of beautiful characters.<\/p>\n

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Morgan and I have a very exciting lineup of book options for\u00a0<\/span>February. B<\/span>elow are our 4 options including our winning title: Just Another Missing Person.<\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/a>Feel free to check them out from Davenport Public Library!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>On Rotation<\/a> <\/em><\/strong>by Shirlene Obuobi (In Honor of Black History Month & Women Physicians Day February 3rd<\/sup> )<\/span><\/b>\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For fans of Grey\u2019s Anatomy and Seven Days in June, this dazzling debut novel by Shirlene Obuobi explores that time in your life when you must decide what you want, how to get it, & who you are, all while navigating love, friendship, and the realization that the path you\u2019re traveling is going to be a bumpy ride.\u2013 provided by Goodreads<\/p>\n

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\"\"The Lost Apothecary <\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a>by Sarah Penner (In Honor of International Day of Women in Science February 11th<\/sup> <\/span><\/b>)<\/span><\/p>\n

A female apothecary secretly dispenses poisons to liberate women from the men who have wronged them – setting three lives across centuries on a dangerous collision course.\u2013 provided by Goodreads<\/p>\n

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\"\"Mango, Mambo, and Murder <\/strong><\/em><\/a>by Raquel V. Reyes (In Honor of Galentine\u2019s Day February 13th<\/sup> <\/span><\/b>)<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Cuban-American cooking show star Miriam Quinones-Smith becomes a seasoned sleuth in Raquel Reyes’s Caribbean Kitchen Mystery debut, a savory treat for fans of Joanne Fluke and Jenn McKinlay.\u2013 provided by our Goodreads<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\"\"Just Another Missing Person<\/strong><\/i><\/a> by Gillian McAllister (In Honor of Missing Day February 20th<\/sup> )<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

From the author of the Reese\u2019s Book Club Pick and the\u00a0New York Times<\/i>\u00a0bestseller\u00a0Wrong Place Wrong Time<\/i>\u00a0comes a new heart-stopping thriller in which a missing-person case unravels deeper, darker secrets that lead a detective to an impossible moral choice.\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\u00a0here!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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