Maude’s Book Club
Maude’s Book Club
Bonus Book of the Month: ‘This Is How You Lose the Time War’ by Amal El-Mohtar
Happy Pride Month!
This month, our BONUS BOOK OF THE MONTH has been on our TBR for a while, and thanks to #BookTok, Amal El-Mohtar’s This Is How You Lose the Time War has been on everyone’s list.
We love using our platform to amplify women’s voices and more importantly, queer voices throughout the year!
Join our live book chat on Twitch to discuss the series together!
Join our book club today and help us vote for our 2025 books.
Book of the Month Preview: ‘Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil’ by V.E. Schwab
Who else is in Summer mode?
We have a brand new release from Maude Garrett’s favourite author, V.E. Schwab, as our pick in June!
Our BOOK OF THE MONTH for June is BURY OUR BONES IN THE MIDNIGHT SOIL by V.E. Schwab.
If you’ve been with our book club since The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, you know we will always support Schwab and her newest release. She can transport the reader to another realm, and that’s the beauty of her writing.
The MBC community always has fun discussions in Discord and engages in in-depth analysis during our live book chats on Twitch!
Bonus Book of the Month: ‘Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy #2 Greater Good & #3 Lesser Evil by Timothy Zahn
It’s STAR WARS month!!
This month, our BOOK OF THE MONTH is a full trilogy, so we decided to read the next two books in the Thrawn Trilogy - Greater Good and Lesser Evil for our BONUS BOOKS.
Maude Garrett has been a HUGE Star Wars fan, and it’s finally time to get this famous little trilogy off the TBR list!
Join our live book chat on Twitch to discuss the series together!
Join our book club today and help us vote for our 2025 books.
Book of the Month Preview: ‘Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy #1 Chaos Rising’ by Timothy Zahn
Oh, hello, May!
If you’re a massive Star Wars fan, you know it’s the month for Star Wars because of May the 4th. Maude Garrett has been meaning to read the Thrawn trilogy, and our community members thought this would be the perfect time!
Our BOOK OF THE MONTH for May is Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising by Timothy Zahn.
If you’ve been waiting to read Thrawn Ascendancy, join us this month!
The MBC community always has fun discussions in the discord and an in-depth analysis during our live book chat on Twitch!
Bonus Book of the Month: 'A Court of Wings and Ruin’ by Sarah J. Maas
If you know Maude Garrett, you know she has read the ACOTAR series from beginning to end four times over. We read A Court of Thorns and Roses last January. When the community loves a series, we continue to read them for book club as our BONUS BOOKS.
Last October, we read the second novel in the ACOTAR series, A Court of Mist and Fury. For April, we wanted to continue in the world of fairies with A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas.
On our discord, we have a Sarah J. Maas and ACOTAR channel where the MBC community has lively discussions. Come join our live book chat on Twitch so we can all gush about this series together.
Book of the Month Preview: ‘Jade City’ by Fonda Lee
It seems April is the perfect month to dive into a new series. It’s hard to choose a book to kick off spring, and Maude Garrett has had this series on her TBR for a while.
Our BOOK OF THE MONTH for April is Jade City by Fonda Lee.
According to Goodreads reviews, people have said, “JADE CITY is a gripping Godfather-esque saga of intergenerational blood feuds, vicious politics, magic, and kungfu.” That certainly has our attention!
If you have had The Green Bone Saga on your TBR, start it with us this month!
Book of the Month Preview: ‘Words of Radiance’ by Brandon Sanderson
After completing the first book in the Stormlight Archive, The Way of Kings, it was necessary to follow up with the second book in the series!
Our BOOK OF THE MONTH for March is Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson.
MBC has had wonderful discussions about this series so far. Her admiration for Sanderson grows with each book she has read.
Book of the Month Preview: ‘The Eye of the Bedlam Bride’ by Matt Dinniman
Maude Garrett has been raving about the LITRPG series Dungeon Crawler Carl. Our club members have loved all five books in the series. We are continuing with the sixth book in the series, The Eye of the Bedlam Bride.
Gamers, are you ready to dive in with our book club?
MBC has had such wonderful discussions about this series so far. Garrett interviewed Matt Dinniman, and our members gave insightful questions.
Bonus Book of the Month: 'Onyx Storm’ by Rebecca Yarros
Maude Garrett and the MBC community love our BONUS BOOKS!
For those who want to start with one of the best sci-fi books of the past couple of years, join us in reading Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros. If you’ve been with us since Fourth Wing and Iron Flame then you know how much we love our dragon riders! If you’ve been waiting for a good time to start Onyx Storm join us this February!!
Join our book club today and help us vote for our 2025 books.
Bonus Book of the Month: ‘Starter Villain’ by John Scalzi
Maude Garrett and the MBC community love our BONUS BOOKS!
For those who want to start with one of the best sci-fi books of the past couple of years, join us in reading Starter Villain by John Scalzi. It was a Nominee for Readers' Favorite Science Fiction (2023) on Goodreads and a finalist for Best Novel in 2024 at the Hugo Awards.
Book of the Month Preview: ‘Light Bringer’ by Pierce Brown
One of Maude Garrett’s favourite series is Red Rising by Pierce Brown. We have been reading the series for a while, and Maude has even interviewed Brown herself.
The BOOK OF THE MONTH for January is Light Bringer - the sixth book of the Red Rising series.
Bonus Book of the Month: ‘System Collapse’ by Martha Wells
Maude Garrett and the MBC community love our BONUS BOOKS!
For those who need to hit their reading goals by the end of the year, novellas are the way to go! Since we are reading Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells, we chose book seven of the Murderbot Diaries - System Collapse.
Join our book club today and help us vote for our 2025 books.
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Not only do community members interact with other book lovers and creator Maude Garrett, but Maude connects with the authors of the books directly so the community can also discuss the book with their favoruite authors.
