October Book

It has been a little challenging to get our book club meeting scheduled for September, so now we are in October!! I hope everyone has had a chance to read our book from last month, Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow, by Jessica Day George. Let's plan on meeting this week to discuss it! I am scheduling the meeting for this Thursday, October 6th, at 9:00 pm at Applebys on Everett Mall Way. I know it's late, but they have half-price appetizers at that time! :) I will try to be there at 8:45 to get us a table if anyone wants to join me! Please let me know if you can make it!

Frances recommended the book for October. I have already started it and I am hooked so far! The book is Birthmarked, by Caragh M. O'Brien. Here is a brief synopsis:

IN THE ENCLAVE, YOUR SCARS SET YOU APART, and the newly born will change the future.

In the future, in a world baked dry by the harsh sun, there are those who live inside the walled Enclave and those, like sixteen-year-old Gaia Stone, who live outside. Following in her mother's footsteps Gaia has become a midwife, delivering babies in the world outside the wall and handing a quota over to be "advanced" into the privileged society of the Enclave. Gaia has always believed this is her duty, until the night her mother and father are arrested by the very people they so loyally serve. Now Gaia is forced to question everything she has been taught, but her choice is simple: enter the world of the Enclave to rescue her parents, or die trying.

A stunning adventure brought to life by a memorable heroine, this dystopian debut will have readers racing all the way to the dramatic finish.