Meeting Times for 2025

All Book Club meetings are on Wednesdays at 7:00 pm in the Barn Door Room, at Lake Forest Church - Huntersville, 8519 Gilead Rd.

5/21/25

Meeting Led by Allison Dobbins | Book: “West With Giraffes” by Linda Rutledge

An emotional, rousing novel inspired by the incredible true story of two giraffes who made headlines and won the hearts of Depression-era America. “Few true friends have I known and two were giraffes…”

6/11/25 KID EVENT

Meeting led by Maggie Park | Children’s Books (Age 5-8) “Books Make Good Friends” w/Activity Book. This will be an activity session using the book and workbook.

7/16/25

Meeting Led by Maggie Park | Fiction “The Chicken Sisters” by J Dell’Antonia

“A charming, hilarious, feel-good story about the kind of bonds & rivalries only sisters can share. Also, a great present for your sister for the holidays!!”—Reese Witherspoon. Three generations. Two chicken shacks. One recipe for disaster.

8/20/25 SPECIAL EVENT – COVERED DISH

Memoir /Cookbook “Taste: My Life Through Food” by Stanley Tucci

Stanley Tucci grew up in an Italian American family that spent every night around the kitchen table. He shared the magic of those meals with us in The Tucci Cookbook and The Tucci Table, and now he takes us beyond the savory recipes and into the compelling stories behind them.

EACH TO BRING A SMALL VERSION OF THEIR FAVORITE RECIPE FROM THE BOOK

9/17/25

Meeting Led By Sue Dobbins | Book: Non-Fiction “Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions” by John Grisham

John Grisham is known worldwide for his bestselling novels, but it’s his real-life passion for justice that led to his work with Jim McCloskey of Centurion Ministries, the first organization dedicated to exonerating innocent people who have been wrongly convicted. Together they offer an inside look at the many injustices in our criminal justice system.

11/19/25
Memoir “The Dog Who Came To Stay” by Hal Borland

One dark and stormy winter night, outside his remote New England farmhouse, Hal Borland heard howling. At the door were a half- starved black-and-white mutt and his puppy companion. While reluctant to welcome these uninvited guests into their home, Hal and his wife gave them refuge, finally naming them Pat and Mike. When a local boy lost his dog, and the Borland's gave Mike to him, Pat's strong personality blossomed, and he becomes a treasured companion and member of the family.