What are the book clubs reading?

So you don't have time to go to a book group but want to keep up with current literature?

Here's what the local book clubs read (or are reading) this month:

The Shoreline Library group read The Leisure Seeker by Michael Zadoorian.

In Michael Zadoorian's The Leisure Seeker the Robinas have shared a wonderful life for more than sixty years. Now in their eighties, Ella suffers from cancer and John has Alzheimer's. Yearning for one last adventure, the self-proclaimed "down-on-their-luck geezers" kidnap themselves from the adult children and doctors who seem to run their lives and steal away from their home in suburban Detroit on a forbidden vacation of rediscovery.

With Ella as his vigilant copilot, John steers their '78 Leisure Seeker RV along the forgotten roads of Route 66 toward Disneyland in search of a past they're having a damned hard time remembering. Yet Ella is determined to prove that, when it comes to life, you can go back for seconds—even when everyone says you can't.

The Friends of the Library Book Club meets on the second Monday of each month at 7pm. The Leisure Seeker will be discussed on April 13.

Richmond Beach Friends of the Library read Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter.

"In 1962, a young Italian innkeeper unwittingly ends up taking part in the Hollywood 'clean up' of a love affair on the set for the film Cleopatra. Fast forward to present day Los Angeles; Pasquale Tursi shows up at the studio of a legendary Hollywood producer to find out the fate of the actress he met so briefly, so long ago.

The 'beautiful ruins' refer not only to the stunning descriptions of the Italian coastline, but also to the winding path a life can take and the sweet middle ground that we sometimes discover when our dreams don't pan out." -- Sarah Harvey, Tattered Cover Book Store, Denver, CO

Good Knits book club at Third Place Commons knits while they talk books. You still have time to read their book and get to the session, with or without knitting.

Monday, April 13, 7pm in The Commons at Town Center in Lake Forest Park.

"Join us to knit or crochet while we discuss Léon and Louise, an atmospheric, unconventional love story set in early twentieth century France."

Bring your own project or help us reach our goal of providing 200 hats for the homeless in December. New to knitting? Come at 6:30 and get a free lesson.

And a heads-up for Good Knits - the book for May 11 is The Storied Life of A. J. Fickry by Gabrielle Zevin.

All these books are available for purchase at Third Place Books or may be available at one of our local libraries.

Updated 04-06-2015 9:11am