Iris Book Club: 2025 Book Club Notes

Demon Copperhead (Barbara Kingsolver)

Next Meeting: November 2 at 7pm - Pale Fire - Vladimir Nabokov (Lara)

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The Silent Patient (Alex Michaelides)

Homegoing (Yaa Gyasi)

The Wedding People (Alison Espach)

The School of Mirrors (Eva Stachniak)

The Reading List (Sarah Nisha Adams)

Christmas at the Vinyl Cafe (Stuart McLean)

Wreck the Halls (Tessa Bailey)

Our Book Rating System

5 Irises - Loved It – 100% recommend everyone buy this amazing book right now. I can’t stop thinking or talking about it. It was well written with memorable characters with distinct voices, fantastic pacing, and plot lines that kept my attention. Definitely want to re-read.
4 Irises - I really enjoyed it and would recommend it to most people. There were moments I really loved, however, there were just a few things that could be improved upon.
3 Irises - I liked it but I didn’t love it. I may recommend to others but probably not. There were flaws – it was slow in parts, had unlikable characters, and/or clunky writing.
2 Irises – Meh - something about it just didn’t quite click with me. I read it (or most of it) but didn’t enjoy it and wouldn’t recommend it. It was lacking in writing, characterization, and/or had problematic plot lines.
1 Iris – I didn’t finish the book due to major issues with the characters, plot or writing or I finished it because I had to but it never got better. Not worth paper it was written on – a tree died for no reason for this book.