Take a Chance Book Club: Snowblind
Expand your Reading Horizons!
Are you interested in joining a book club but not sure what you might like to read? We are a book club that reads and discusses a different genre each month. Take a chance with us! New members are always welcome.
Join us the second Monday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at Westover Library.
Registration required. For Adults.
This month's genre is Mystery/Suspense and the book club selection is "Snowblind" by Ragnar Jonasson (special selection by book club members).
2024 Reading List
- Jan. 8: "Foster" by Claire Keegan (Novella)
- Feb. 12: "Sing, Unburied, Sing" by Jesmyn Ward (Novel)
- Mar. 11: "Everyone in My Family has Killed Someone" by Benjamin Stevenson (Mystery)
- Apr. 8: "Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Advocate"" by Judith Heumann (History/Memoir)
- May 13: "A Tale for the Time Being" by Ruth Ozeki (Metafiction)
- Jun. 10: "Lone Women" by Victor Lavalle (Western/Horror)
- Jul. 8: "Trust" by Hernan Diaz (Historical Fiction)
- Aug. 12: "The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain" by Bill Bryson (Travel/Humor)
- Sept. 9: "Parable of the Sower" by Octavia Butler (Science Fiction)
- Oct. 14: "Romantic Comedy" by Curtis Sittenfeld (Contemporary Romance)
- Nov. 4: "Firekeeper's Daughter" by Angeline Boulley (Young Adult)
- Dec. 9: "Snowblind" by Ragnar Jonasson (Mystery/Suspense)
A limited number of reserved print copies of the selected book "will be available at Westover Library circulation desk approximately one month before the book club meeting. Books are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Patrons are also encouraged to place holds on available print or digital copies.
For more information, please call the Westover Branch Library at 703-228-5260.
- Date:
- Monday, December 9, 2024
- Time:
- 6:30pm - 7:30pm
- Location:
- Longfellow Room
- Library:
- Westover Library
- Audience:
- Events for Adults Good for Adults Age 55+
- Categories:
- Book Discussion
- Calendar:
- Arlington Public Library
About the book: Where: A quiet fishing village in northern Iceland, where no one locks their doors. It is accessible only via a small mountain tunnel. Who: Ari Thor is a rookie policeman on his first posting, far from his girlfriend in Reykjavik. He has a past that he's unable to leave behind. What: A young woman is found lying half-naked in the snow, bleeding and unconscious, and a highly esteemed elderly writer falls to his death. Ari is dragged straight into the heart of a community where he can trust no one, and secrets and lies are a way of life. Past plays tag with the present and the claustrophobic tension mounts, while Ari is thrust ever deeper into his own darkness-blinded by snow and with a killer on the loose.