BOOK CLUB READING CHALLENGE RESOURCES

One reader compared Peggy and Maude's tiny narrowboat to the lives available to women at the time: a confined space in which they could move, make a home, and perhaps even be happy, but one that still limited how far they could stretch. 

Go into Behind Her Eyes knowing as little as possible. Pay attention to what catches your attention along the way, form your own opinions about the characters, and see where the story takes you.

There were readers who thoroughly enjoyed it, readers who were disappointed by it, and quite a few who landed somewhere around "it was okay." But even many of its critics acknowledged that it was quick, readable, and knew how to keep the pages turning.

One of the biggest questions the book left us with was how much our circumstances determine the lives we end up living.

The Bookbinder of Jericho (Published as The Bookbinder in North America) returns us to the world of early twentieth-century Oxford, but this time our story unfolds among the women who physically made the books that filled its libraries and universities.

The Secret Book Society reminded many of us why books have always mattered. They educate, inspire, challenge, comfort, and connect us. More importantly, they bring people together.

At first glance, this may seem like a crime novel, but beneath the suspense lies a story about family, belonging, resilience, and the legacies we inherit. One of the pleasures of discussing a book like this is discovering how differently each of us interprets its characters and the choices they make.

Welcome to this month's Sole Sister Ramblers  Book Club Reading Challenge! This month we're reading Watch Out for Her by Canadian author Samantha M. Bailey, a psychological thriller that will keep you questioning first impressions right until the final pages.

This probably wasn't a memoir that everyone would recommend to a friend, but it was one that deepened many members' appreciation for Margaret Atwood.

A memoir that divided opinions but succeeded in starting honest conversations about fear, authenticity, personal growth, and the different ways we define a life well lived.

This month we're travelling to Victorian London, where books are considered dangerous by some, women are expected to know their place, and a quiet act of rebellion begins with a shared love of reading.

Every month won't bring a new favourite, but every month offers the chance to step into another world, learn something new, and share the journey with readers from around the globe.

Year of Yes is not a prescriptive guide or a one-size-fits-all manifesto. It’s a lived experiment. What makes it resonate is its honesty—the acknowledgment that saying yes can be uncomfortable, messy, and even uncertain.

What does it mean to tell the story of a life? What is remembered, what is reshaped, and what is quietly left out?

Remarkably Bright Creatures lived up to its title in more ways than one. While it gave us a brilliantly imagined octopus, it also reminded us that humans, too, are remarkably bright when we allow ourselves to connect, to heal, and to begin again.

The Paris Express is a reminder that every shared space—no matter how fleeting—holds countless untold stories.

Reading isn’t just about turning pages—it’s about the quiet moments where something shifts inside you. In this personal reflection, Naomi shares what books have meant to her over a lifetime, and how reading continues to inspire connection, curiosity, and deeper understanding.

This month, the Sole Sister Ramblers Book Club stepped into 1950s Tehran, where first love, political upheaval, family expectation, and cultural identity all collide in Marjan Kamali’s The Stationery Shop.

Remarkably Bright Creatures is a gentle but deeply moving story about connection—between generations, between strangers, and even across species.

At its heart, How to Read a Book is about what happens when lives collide—and how people recover from those collisions.

Great Circle follows Marian Graves, a fiercely independent aviator determined to circumnavigate the globe by crossing over both poles. Orphaned young and raised in Missoula alongside her beloved twin brother Jamie, Marian grows up defying expectation — socially, sexually, and professionally.