{"id":849,"date":"2022-05-06T12:53:15","date_gmt":"2022-05-06T16:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogearedbookshampton.com\/?p=849"},"modified":"2022-07-08T13:51:44","modified_gmt":"2022-07-08T17:51:44","slug":"first-thursdays-book-club-5-5-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogearedbookshampton.com\/first-thursdays-book-club-5-5-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"First Thursday&#8217;s Book Club 5\/5\/2022"},"content":{"rendered":"[et_pb_section admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221;]\n\t\t\t[et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221;]\n\t\t\t\t[et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221;]\n<p>It&#8217;s hard to believe that it is already May! And it did not feel like May temperatures last night. If I had been thinking more about time last night, I would have realized that this May is our book club&#8217;s 4th anniversary! Time really has flown by ( although the last 2 years did seem to merge into 1. ) So, happy anniversary!! And to past and current members alike, thank you for making all of those first Thursday&#8217;s so much fun!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am happy to report that my latest reading slump has passed. This month I read Shana&#8217;s One True Love by Taylor Jenkins Reid, The Sweetness of Water by Nathan Harris, and The Secret Keeper, Shana is borrowing this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shana finished Deanna Rabourn&#8217;s series with The Dark Inquiry. She also enjoyed The Dutchess by Wendy Holden, and I&#8217;m borrowing The Last Mrs. Parish by Liv Constantine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hugh read an impressive self-published work by Claude McKenna, Beyond the Last War. He also read The Paradox Hotel by Rob Hart which sounded very inventive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Matt read Hugh&#8217;s pick The Chain by Adrian McKinty. 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