Books & Beans Book Club
June pick: James McBride's The Good Lord Bird, the story of a young boy born a slave who joins John Brown’s antislavery crusade—and who must pass as a girl to survive. You can read ahead with July's little book with a big punch: What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia, Elizabeth Catte's pointed response to J.D. Vance's Hillbilly Elegy. Pulitzer Prize fiction winner Hernan Diaz's Trust follows in August.
Books and Beans is meets the first Monday of each month at Little Green Hive in 1402 Grandin Rd SW Roanoke for anyone who wants drink good coffee (tea, soda, smoothie, etc.) talk about good books (authors) and meet some interesting people.
Don't forget book club discount code BBBC2023 get's you 10% off The Good Lord Bird and all the 2023 picks.
New members should register here.
(Registration gets you on the mailing list for announcements; you do not need to register for each meeting.)
Check out our past reads in the archive or read ahead
