Virtual Book Club

Are you looking for a book club that meets online? Look no further than our Virtual Book Club! We meet monthly on the last Monday of each month and we read some fabulous books.

To start off our year, we will be reading the debut novel by Yegi Y. Ham called The Invisible Hotel on Monday, January 26th. The Invisible Hotel is a gothic, speculative horror novel about Yewon, a young woman stuck in her rural South Korean hometown after losing her job. Haunted by recurring dreams of an endless, ominous hotel filled with infinite rooms and keys, she wakes to a life overshadowed by the lingering trauma of the Korean War. In her village, families keep the decaying bones of ancestors in their bathtubs—symbols of a conflict that never truly ended. Yewon’s brother serves near the North Korean border, her sister faces a devastating crisis, and her mother’s health is failing, leaving the family in perpetual tension and grief. As Yewon’s dream world and reality begin to blur, the hotel reveals deeper truths about generational trauma and the nation’s unresolved past.

This book is available in regular print and as an ebook on Libby. 

For Black History Month in February, we will be reading Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on Monday, February 23rd. Dream Count follows four interconnected women navigating love, identity, and personal reckoning. Chiamaka, a Nigerian travel writer isolated in America during the pandemic, reflects on past relationships and her regrets. Her best friend Zikora, a high-achieving lawyer, faces emotional collapse after a painful betrayal. Chiamaka’s confident cousin Omelogor, a financial success in Nigeria, begins to question her own sense of self. Meanwhile, Kadiatou, Chiamaka’s housekeeper, struggles to protect the life she has built for her daughter in America when a devastating hardship strikes.

This book is available in regular and large print and as an ebook on Libby. 

To celebrate St. Patrick's Day in March, we will be reading The Paris Express by Emma Donoghue on Monday, March 30th. The Paris Express is a fast-paced novel inspired by a real 1895 train disaster, following a diverse group of passengers on a fateful journey to Paris. Onboard are politicians racing to make a crucial vote, a medical student worried a young woman is gravely ill, a secretary eager to persuade her employer of the future of motion pictures, two train workers living double lives, and a young anarchist plotting something dangerous. Their intersecting stories build tension and momentum as the train speeds toward the historic catastrophe captured in unforgettable photographs. 

This book is available in regular and large print, and as an ebook and eaudiobook on Libby. 

To register and get the Zoom link, please ask to join on the Facebook group of "CoqLibrary Virtual Book Club".

Alternatively, you may email Ann at ajohannes@coqlibrary.ca

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