THE BOOK NOOK
Join Our Virtual Book Club!
Sarah Skelton
Attention book lovers!
I’m thrilled to be a regular contributor to Ayrshire Magazine and hope you have enjoyed reading the interviews with authors who have appeared at events at The Book Nook Stewarton. It has been lovely to meet some of you in person too, when you have visited The Book Nook.
Both Ayrshire Magazine and The Book Nook would love to expand their community of book lovers so have come together to form a virtual book club to share the joy of reading. It’s the perfect way to connect with fellow reading enthusiasts and share the thrill of a great book.
Imagine cosying up at home, sipping a glass of wine, coffee, or hot chocolate, and diving into a lively discussion with friends, then sharing your opinions, having debates about characters, and guessing the twists of the next book in your favorite series. Sounds great, doesn’t it?
Our new virtual book club will be a private group where we can:
Share our reading lists – Discover what your fellow bookworms are reading and get inspired by their selections.
Post discussion questions – Stimulate engaging conversations with thought-provoking questions.
Exchange thoughts and opinions – Share your insights and perspectives on the latest reads.
Host live chats – For those who wish to participate in real-time discussions and connect with other members.
Other benefits include:|
Q&A sessions with authors – Join our exclusive Book Nook events where you can interact directly with authors and ask them your burning questions.
Broad reading selection – Ever stumbled upon a hidden gem? Join us to explore books you might not have picked up on your own and watch your literary horizons expand!
Cultural exchange – Dive into diverse perspectives! Gain insights from members with different backgrounds and enrich your understanding of books through fresh viewpoints.
Deep discussions – Let’s go beyond the surface! Delve deeper into themes, characters, and plots with fascinating conversations that will keep you hooked.
Motivation – Need a little push to keep reading? Stay motivated to read regularly and finish books with the support of your fellow book club members.
Sense of community – Make meaningful connections! Build relationships with people who share your passion for reading and bond over the authors and books you love.
There are so many perks to being part of our book club!
As owner of The Book Nook, I read widely, both for pleasure and for work. Sometimes, I have read book club choices that I thought I would not enjoy, only to discover I was wrong, and have then opened up a whole new reading seam! And it is such a great feeling when you have recommended a book to someone who also really enjoys reading it.
Each month, Ayrshire Magazine Virtual Book Club members will be offered the choice of two books to read. These choices will be the same as those offered to ‘BookNookers’ (The Book Nook book club members), so there will be the opportunity for members of both clubs to interact online. You will also get the chance to recommend books that you feel would make excellent book club reads.
Plus, once you’ve signed up via Facebook, The Book Nook will give you a special code to order the book club choices, which will save you the p&p costs! This can be done at
www.booknookstewarton.co.uk/shop/ayrshire-magazine-virtual-book-club.
Join now and choose your March/April read from one of these two non-fiction options:
Orbital by Samantha Harvey
Winner of The Booker Prize 2024
Life on our planet as you’ve never seen it before. A team of astronauts in the International Space Station collects meteorological data, conducts scientific experiments and tests the limits of the human body. But mostly they observe. Together they watch their silent blue planet, circling it sixteen times, spinning past continents and cycling through seasons, taking in glaciers and deserts, the peaks of mountains and the swells of oceans. Endless shows of spectacular beauty witnessed in a single day. Yet although separated from the world they cannot escape its constant pull.
News reaches them of the death of a mother, and with it comes thoughts of returning home. They look on as a typhoon gathers over an island and people they love, in awe of its magnificence and fearful of its destruction. The fragility of human life fills their conversations, their fears, their dreams.
So far from earth, they have never felt more part – or protective – of it. They begin to ask, what is life without earth? What is earth without humanity?
Penance by Eliza Clark
Do you know what happened already? Did you know her? Did you see it on the internet? Did you listen to a podcast? Did the hosts make jokes? Did you see the pictures of the body? Did you look for them? It’s been nearly a decade since the horrifying murder of sixteen-year-old Joan Wilson rocked the small seaside town of Crow-on-Sea. Based on hours of interviews with witnesses and family members, and even correspondence with the killers themselves, journalist Alec Z. Carelli has constructed what he claims is the ‘definitive account’ of the crime. It’s a riveting snapshot of lives scarred by tragedy, and a town left in turmoil. The only question is: how much of Carelli’s story is true?
How to Join
To become a member of AM Virtual Book Club, simply sign up at www.facebook.com/groups/ayrshiremagbookclub where you’ll be able to request to join our private group. We can’t wait to meet you and start this exciting book loving journey together!
Happy reading!
