Virtual Old Colorado City/Carnelian Coffee Book Group

Feel free to join us for the virtual version of the Carnelian Coffee Book Group, facilitated by the Pikes Peak Library District. Multiple copies, including online, are available through PPLD.

February's book is Normal People by Sally Rooney

Here's the publisher's synopsis:

Connell and Marianne grew up in the same small town, but the similarities end there. At school, Connell is popular and well liked, while Marianne is a loner. But when the two strike up a conversation—awkward but electrifying—something life changing begins.

A year later, they’re both studying at Trinity College in Dublin. Marianne has found her feet in a new social world while Connell hangs at the sidelines, shy and uncertain. Throughout their years at university, Marianne and Connell circle one another, straying toward other people and possibilities but always magnetically, irresistibly drawn back together. And as she veers into self-destruction and he begins to search for meaning elsewhere, each must confront how far they are willing to go to save the other.

Normal People is the story of mutual fascination, friendship and love. It takes us from that first conversation to the years beyond, in the company of two people who try to stay apart but find that they can’t.

Contact me for more information, or a link and invite to the Zoom meeting at jpaisley@ppld.org.

Here are the upcoming selections (subject to change)
March 3 Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

April 7 Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia