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SUMMARY:Silent Book Club
DESCRIPTION:With traditional book clubs there’s the scramble to finish the selected book\, and the pressure to have something smart to say. Wouldn’t it be great to have a book club where you could just enjoy books and friends —without any homework? \nAt Silent Book Club\, there’s no assigned reading. All readers are welcome—ebooks\, audiobooks\, textbooks\, comic books… it’s BYOBook. Join us at the Purple Couch Bookshop to socialize from 6:00-6:30pm. Staff will be on hand to help you find a great read if you need one. Then\, from 6:30-7:30\, pick a spot and read whatever makes you happy. The store will stay open until 8:00pm for those who need to finish one more chapter or are ready to find their next great book. \nCLICK HERE TO SAVE YOUR SPOT
URL:https://purplecouchbookshop.com/event/silent-book-club-9/
LOCATION:The Purple Couch Bookshop\, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b\, North Andover\, MA\, 01845\, United States
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SUMMARY:Queer Book Club - Arthur & Teddy are Coming Out by Ryan Love
DESCRIPTION:A laugh-out-loud story of heartbreak and joy\, Arthur and Teddy Are Coming Out is Beth O’Leary’s The Switch meets Grace & Frankie—with a sprinkling of Bridget Jones on top. \nCLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOUR SEAT \nWhen 79-year-old Arthur Edwards gathers his family together to share some important news\, no one is prepared for the bombshell he drops: he’s gay\, and after a lifetime in the closet\, he’s finally ready to come out. \nArthur’s 21-year-old grandson\, Teddy\, has a secret of his own: he’s also gay\, and developing serious feelings for his colleague Ben. But Teddy doesn’t feel ready to come out yet—especially when Arthur’s announcement causes shockwaves in the family. \nArthur and Teddy have always been close\, and now they must navigate first loves\, heartbreak\, and finding their place in their community. But can they—and their family—learn to accept who they truly are?
URL:https://purplecouchbookshop.com/event/queer-book-club-arthur-teddy-are-coming-out-by-ryan-love/
LOCATION:The Purple Couch Bookshop\, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b\, North Andover\, MA\, 01845\, United States
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SUMMARY:Thriller Book Club - The Butcher by Jennifer Hillier
DESCRIPTION:In this “skillfully penned tale of murder and cover-up that will keep readers enthralled until the powerful finish” (Fresh Fiction)\, family secrets and a serial killer from the past converge in this electrifying thriller. \nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER \nIn 1985\, Edward Shank famously gunned down the Beacon Hill Butcher\, ending the serial killer’s reign of terror over the city of Seattle. But now in his eighties\, Edward’s action-packed glory days are long behind him. The decorated former Seattle police chief has given up his high-maintenance Victorian home to his grandson Matt for a quiet life at the nearby Sweetbay Village Retirement Residence\, where mac-n-cheese Wednesdays have become the highlight of his week. \nThough it’s hard to watch his grandfather get older\, Matt is thrilled to inherit the large house he grew up in. Already an accomplished chef with a popular restaurant and a TV show in the works\, Matt’s dream life is finally within reach…until he discovers a crate buried in the backyard that holds a secret about his grandfather so terrible\, it threatens to ruin all their lives if it ever gets out. Especially his girlfriend Sam’s\, whose mother was killed when she was only two years old. \nAs Matt struggles with his dark family secret\, Sam’s obsession with solving her mother’s murder continues to grow. A true crime writer now working on a book about the Butcher\, Sam has always suspected her mother was one of his victims\, even though she was killed two years after the Butcher was supposedly gunned down. \nBut when new victims begin to turn up\, their murders eerily similar to the Butcher’s all those years ago\, Sam realizes she might be right. The more she digs into the old murders\, the more dangerous it gets…and the truth is closer to home than she ever could have imagined. \n“A tense\, suspenseful\, thoroughly creepy thriller” (Booklist)\, The Butcher sinks its teeth in you from the very first page.
URL:https://purplecouchbookshop.com/event/thriller-book-club-the-butcher-by-jennifer-hillier/
LOCATION:The Purple Couch Bookshop\, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b\, North Andover\, MA\, 01845\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Clubs
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SUMMARY:Romantasy Book Club - From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout
DESCRIPTION:Join the brand new Romantasy Book Club at the Purple Couch Bookshop \nCLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOUR SEAT \n\n\n\n\nFrom our spicy fantasy readers\, a book club is born. 🌹 \nWe’re officially launching our first Romantasy Book Club meeting. \n📖 From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout\n📅 Saturday\, April 12 · 1:00 PM\n📍 The Purple Couch Bookshop \nSave your seat on the couch. Sign up on Eventbrite before they’re gone. \nCome for the book. Stay for the chaos. ✨ \n\n\n 
URL:https://purplecouchbookshop.com/event/romantasy-book-club/
LOCATION:The Purple Couch Bookshop\, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b\, North Andover\, MA\, 01845\, United States
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SUMMARY:Romance Book Club - Two Can Play by Ali Hazelwood
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our April Romance Book Club pick. \nCLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOUR SPOT \n\n\n\n\nViola Bowen has the chance of a lifetime: to design a video game based on her all-time favorite book series. The only problem? Her colead is Jesse F-ing Andrews\, aka her archnemesis. Jesse has made it abundantly clear over the years that he wants nothing to do with her—and Viola has no idea why. \nWhen their bosses insist a wintry retreat is the perfect team-building exercise\, Viola can’t think of anything worse. Being freezing cold in a remote mountain lodge knowing Jesse is right next door? No\, thank you. \nBut as the snow piles on\, Viola discovers there’s more to Jesse than she knew\, and heat builds in more ways than one.
URL:https://purplecouchbookshop.com/event/romance-book-club-two-can-play-by-ali-hazelwood/
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SUMMARY:Sunday Silent Book Club
DESCRIPTION:We invite you to hold space with us on select Sunday mornings from 10am -12pm. \nCLICK HERE TO SAVE YOUR SEAT \nWith traditional book clubs there’s the scramble to finish the selected book\, and the pressure to have something smart to say. Wouldn’t it be great to have a book club where you could just enjoy books and friends —without any homework? \nAt Silent Book Club\, there’s no assigned reading. All readers are welcome—ebooks\, audiobooks\, textbooks\, comic books… it’s BYOBook. Join us at the Purple Couch Bookshop to socialize from 10:00-10:30am. Staff will be on hand to help you find a great read if you need one. Then\, from 10:30-11:30\, pick a spot and read whatever makes you happy. The store will be opening to the public at 12pm for those who need to finish one more chapter or are ready to find their next great book.
URL:https://purplecouchbookshop.com/event/sunday-silent-book-club-15/
LOCATION:The Purple Couch Bookshop\, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b\, North Andover\, MA\, 01845\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Clubs
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SUMMARY:Fantasy Book Club - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
DESCRIPTION:Fantasy Book Club is heading in a whole new direction\, this time\, to space! Please join us for our exploration of Project Hail Mary for our April pick. \n\n\n\nCLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOUR SEAT  \nRyland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate\, last-chance mission—and if he fails\, humanity and the earth itself will perish. \n\n\nExcept that right now\, he doesn’t know that. He can’t even remember his own name\, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. \nAll he knows is that he’s been asleep for a very\, very long time. And he’s just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home\, with nothing but two corpses for company. \nHis crewmates dead\, his memories fuzzily returning\, Ryland realizes that an impossible task now confronts him. Hurtling through space on this tiny ship\, it’s up to him to puzzle out an impossible scientific mystery—and conquer an extinction-level threat to our species. \nAnd with the clock ticking down and the nearest human being light-years away\, he’s got to do it all alone. \nOr does he? \nAn irresistible interstellar adventure as only Andy Weir could deliver\, Project Hail Mary is a tale of discovery\, speculation\, and survival to rival The Martian—while taking us to places it never dreamed of going.
URL:https://purplecouchbookshop.com/event/fantasy-book-club-project-hail-mary/
LOCATION:The Purple Couch Bookshop\, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b\, North Andover\, MA\, 01845\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Clubs
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SUMMARY:Fiction Book Club - Is This A Cry for Help? by Emily Austin
DESCRIPTION:Best selling author\, Emily Austin\, returns for our April Fiction Book Club Selection. \nCLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOUR SEAT \n\n\n\n\nEmily Austin\, the bestselling “queen of darkly quirky\, endearingly flawed heroines” (Sarah Haywood\, author of The Cactus)\, returns with a luminous new novel following a librarian who comes back to work after a mental breakdown only to confront book-banning crusaders in an empowering story of grief\, love\, and the power of libraries. \nDarcy’s life turned out better than she could have ever imagined. She is a librarian at the local branch\, while her wife Joy runs a book binding service. Between the two of them\, there is no more room on their shelves with their ample book collections\, various knickknacks and bobbles\, and dried bouquets. Rounding out their ideal life is two cats and a sun-soaked house by the lake. \nBut when Darcy receives the news that her ex-boyfriend\, Ben\, has passed away\, she spirals into a pit of guilt and regret\, resulting in a mental breakdown and medical leave from the library. When she returns to work\, she is met by unrest in her community and protests surrounding intellectual freedom\, resulting in a call for book bans and a second look at the branch’s upcoming DEI programs. \nThrough the support of her community\, colleagues\, and the personal growth that results from examining her previous relationships\, Darcy comes into her own agency and the truest version of herself. Is This a Cry for Help? not only offers a moving portrait of queer life after coming of age but also powerfully explores questions about sexuality\, community\, and the importance of libraries.
URL:https://purplecouchbookshop.com/event/fiction-book-club-is-this-a-cry-for-help-by-emily-austin/
LOCATION:The Purple Couch Bookshop\, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b\, North Andover\, MA\, 01845\, United States
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