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We're looking forward to seeing you soon!
 

About the WFDD Book Club

  • The WFDD Book Club meets quarterly at Scuppernong Books in Greensboro and Book Ferret in Winston-Salem.
  • Scuppernong Books, Bookmarks, and Book Ferret all offer discounts on current book club selections. Just let them know you're part of the club when you make your purchase. 
  • The WFDD Book Club also enjoys a partnership with the Guilford College Bryan Series. Each year, one or more of our book selections is a book by a Bryan Series speaker.  The Bryan Series donates four tickets to see that speaker, which we raffle off to book club members.

 

Our next meeting is:

October 12th at 2pm

What we're reading right now:

The House in the Cerulean Sea

 

About the Book

A magical island. A dangerous task. A burning secret.

Linus Baker leads a quiet, solitary life. At forty, he lives in a tiny house with a devious cat and his old records. As a Case Worker at the Department in Charge Of Magical Youth, he spends his days overseeing the well-being of children in government-sanctioned orphanages.

When Linus is unexpectedly summoned by Extremely Upper Management he's given a curious and highly classified assignment: travel to Marsyas Island Orphanage, where six dangerous children reside: a gnome, a sprite, a wyvern, an unidentifiable green blob, a were-Pomeranian, and the Antichrist. Linus must set aside his fears and determine whether or not they’re likely to bring about the end of days.

But the children aren’t the only secret the island keeps. Their caretaker is the charming and enigmatic Arthur Parnassus, who will do anything to keep his wards safe. As Arthur and Linus grow closer, long-held secrets are exposed, and Linus must make a choice: destroy a home or watch the world burn.

An enchanting story, masterfully told, The House in the Cerulean Sea is about the profound experience of discovering an unlikely family in an unexpected place—and realizing that family is yours.

Past WFDD Book Club Selections

Serena by Ron Rash book cover
Being Mortal by Atul Gawande book cover
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi book cover
Dimestore bu Lee Smith book cover
Cooked by Michael Pollan book cover
Over the Plain House by Julia Franks book cover
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson book cover
Swing Time by Zadie Smith book cover
Street Fight by Janette Sadik-Khan and Seth Solomonow
Still Alice by Lisa Genova book cover
The Salt Line by Holly Goodard Jones book cover
The Secret Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben book cover
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid book cover
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson book cover
Cloud Diary by Steve Mitchell book cover
Find a Way by Diana Nyad book cover
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens book cover
Maybe you Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb book cover
cover of Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
cover of Underground Railroad
cover of The Vanishing Half
Cover of A Land More Kind Than Home
An image of the front cover of the book Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir or Love, Loss, and Family Recipes