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SUMMARY:Romantasy Book Club - The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson
DESCRIPTION:The Raven Scholar is a masterfully woven tale of imperial intrigue from an electrifying new voice in epic fantasy. \n\n\n\nOur July pick is The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson. \nCLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOUR SEAT \nIf you enjoy clever heroines\, political intrigue\, hidden agendas\, and richly imagined fantasy worlds\, this month’s selection belongs on your TBR. \nThe Raven Scholar\nSpice Level: Mild\nSunday\, July 12\n1 PM \nWhether you’ve finished the book or are just getting started\, we’d love to have you join us. \nAttendance is free\, but we’d appreciate an RSVP through Eventbrite. It helps us know how many readers to expect and make sure everyone has a seat at the table. Link in bio.
URL:https://purplecouchbookshop.live/event/romantasy-book-club-the-raven-scholar-by-antonia-hodgson/
LOCATION:The Purple Couch Bookshop\, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b\, North Andover\, MA\, 01845\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Clubs
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SUMMARY:Queer Book Club - Red\, White\, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
DESCRIPTION:What happens when America’s First Son falls in love with the Prince of Wales? \nCLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOU SEAT \n\n\nIn person + on Zoom\nJoin us for a fan-favorite queer romance that is equal parts swoony\, funny\, and heartfelt—perfect for a summer discussion full of energy and emotion.When First Son Alex Claremont-Diaz clashes with his longtime rival\, Prince Henry of Wales\, their very public feud becomes an international PR nightmare. To smooth things over\, the two are forced into a staged friendship for the cameras. But what starts as damage control quickly turns into something much more real. As Alex navigates his mother’s reelection campaign and the pressures of public life\, he and Henry find themselves in a secret relationship that could change everything—from their futures to the relationship between their countries.“Charming\, witty\, and full of heart—this is the kind of love story that makes you believe in hope\, change\, and happy endings.” \nWhy you should join us\nThis is one of those books that sparks conversation\, laughter\, and maybe even a little debate. Whether you’re rereading a favorite or picking it up for the first time\, come be part of a welcoming\, inclusive space where we celebrate queer stories and community. No pressure to finish the book—just show up as you are and join the conversation.All are welcome. No need to be queer to attend—just come ready to connect\, share\, and enjoy the discussion together.
URL:https://purplecouchbookshop.live/event/queer-book-club-red-white-and-royal-blue-by-casey-mcquiston/
LOCATION:The Purple Couch Bookshop\, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b\, North Andover\, MA\, 01845\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Clubs
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SUMMARY:Sunday Silent Book Club
DESCRIPTION:We invite you to hold space with us on select Sunday mornings from 10am -12pm. \nCLICK HERE TO SAVE YOUR SEAT \nWith traditional book clubs there’s the scramble to finish the selected book\, and the pressure to have something smart to say. Wouldn’t it be great to have a book club where you could just enjoy books and friends —without any homework? \nAt Silent Book Club\, there’s no assigned reading. All readers are welcome—ebooks\, audiobooks\, textbooks\, comic books… it’s BYOBook. Join us at the Purple Couch Bookshop to socialize from 10:00-10:30am. Staff will be on hand to help you find a great read if you need one. Then\, from 10:30-11:30\, pick a spot and read whatever makes you happy. The store will be opening to the public at 12pm for those who need to finish one more chapter or are ready to find their next great book.
URL:https://purplecouchbookshop.live/event/sunday-silent-book-club-18/
LOCATION:The Purple Couch Bookshop\, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b\, North Andover\, MA\, 01845\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Clubs
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SUMMARY:Fantasy Book Club - Between Sun and Shadow by Laura Genn
DESCRIPTION:Our Fantasy Book Club selection for July is Between Sun and Shadow by Laura Genn. \nHades and Persephone reimagined on a tidally locked planet\, for fans of queer romance\, mutant superpowers\, eccentric robots\, and much more! \n\n\n\n\nCLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOUR SEAT \nSixteen-year-old Kori struggles to be a dutiful heiress to the Daylands\, a post-cataclysmic society reliant on chip implants to retain memory. With a strict routine and an overly cautious mother\, Kori has only one friend\, Aspect—an industrial robot she’s repurposed. Determined to awaken sentience in her metal companion\, Kori crash-lands in enemy territory while hunting for a memory that might do the trick. \nRavaged by radiation from a meteorite\, the citizens of the Shadowlands have evolved into beast-like creatures with supernatural abilities. Adria\, a winged mutant\, has wrested control of the Shadowlands from her bloodthirsty parents—but not everyone is so willing to embrace her leadership. What better way to instill confidence in her court than by capturing a foreign princess and demanding ransom? \nHowever\, what began as a political maneuver transforms into a potent attraction as Kori’s longing for relationship echoes Adria’s own. Granted free rein of Adria’s fortress\, Kori stumbles upon a startling revelation that could upend the Daylands entirely. As rebellion grows and Adria’s precarious hold on her throne wavers\, Adria and Kori must join forces to avert all-out war. Does a queen of shadows really stand a chance with a princess of sunlight? Or has the chasm between their nations grown too wide? \nA science fantasy “Beauty and the Beast\,” this action-packed adventure is written in dual point of view and layered with a charming robot\, a cuddly three-headed dog\, mind-bending twists\, and sapphic yearning.
URL:https://purplecouchbookshop.live/event/fantasy-book-club-between-sun-and-shadow-by-laura-genn/
LOCATION:The Purple Couch Bookshop\, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b\, North Andover\, MA\, 01845\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Clubs
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260723T200000
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SUMMARY:Romance Book Club - Romantic Hero by Kirstie Greenwood
DESCRIPTION:A heartbroken romance novelist is must address her writer’s block when the villainous cowboy from her books shows up in the real world. \nCLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOUR SEAT \n\n\n\n\nGertie Bickerstaff writes happily-ever-afters for a living. . . . Or she did\, until her own love life fell apart. Now\, her ex is thriving\, her deadline is looming\, and she can’t write a single word. \nThe last thing Gertie needs is more drama—like waking up to find a confused and rugged cowboy on her sofa. And not just any cowboy\, but River Oakley\, the villain from her unfinished novel. Somehow very real . . . and very shirtless. \nRiver wants to go home. Gertie wants her life back. So they strike a deal: he’ll use his cunning ways to help her win back her ex\, she’ll finish the novel\, and\, surely\, he’ll return to whatever world he rode in from. \nBut as River Oakley proves to be so much more than just the bad guy\, Gertie has to choose: the ending she thought she wanted . . . or the plot twist she never saw coming. \nLet’s discuss what happens at Romance Book Club\, Thursday\, July 23 at 7:00pm
URL:https://purplecouchbookshop.live/event/romance-book-club-romantic-hero-by-kirstie-greenwood/
LOCATION:The Purple Couch Bookshop\, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b\, North Andover\, MA\, 01845\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Clubs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260726T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260726T113000
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SUMMARY:CANCELED - Writers Round Table – Works in Progress Sharing
DESCRIPTION:Unfortunately we’ve had to cancel the event due to a scheduling conflict.
URL:https://purplecouchbookshop.live/event/writers-round-table/
LOCATION:The Purple Couch Bookshop\, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b\, North Andover\, MA\, 01845\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Clubs
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SUMMARY:Horror Book Club - The Exorcist by William Blatty
DESCRIPTION:There’s a reason they call them classics. Come discuss the phenomenal #1 bestseller that inspired the classic motion picture\, a landmark of supernatural horror that remains the most terrifying and unforgettable novel ever written. \nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER \nOriginally published in 1971\, The Exorcist is a bestselling literary phenomenon and remains one of the most frightening and controversial novels ever written. \nBased on true events of a child’s demonic possession in the 1940s\, The Exorcist tells the story of eleven-year-old Regan MacNeil and her mother Chris\, a famous actress and doting mother. When Regan’s personality unexpectedly shifts and she starts exhibiting disturbing\, often violent behavior\, her desperate mother is driven to seek help from two Catholic priests\, men who will risk everything—including their own souls—in a terrifying rite of exorcism to free the girl from the ancient malevolent force possessing her. \nPurposefully raw and profane\, this landmark of classic horror still has the extraordinary ability to shock readers and cause them to forget that it is “just a story.” More than fifty years after its initial publication\, The Exorcist remains a truly unforgettable reading experience.
URL:https://purplecouchbookshop.live/event/horror-book-club-the-exorcist-by-william-blatty/
LOCATION:The Purple Couch Bookshop\, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b\, North Andover\, MA\, 01845\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Clubs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260730T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260730T200000
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SUMMARY:Fiction Book Club - The Names by Florence Knapp
DESCRIPTION:The extraordinary novel that asks: Can a name change the course of a life? \nCLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOUR SEAT \n\n\n\nIn the wake of a catastrophic storm\, Cora sets off with her nine-year-old daughter\, Maia\, to register her son’s birth. Her husband\, Gordon\, a local doctor\, respected in the community but a terrifying and controlling presence at home\, intends for her to name the infant after him. But when the registrar asks what she’d like to call the child\, Cora hesitates… \nSpanning thirty-five years\, what follows are three alternate and alternating versions of Cora’s and her young son’s lives\, shaped by her choice of name. In richly layered prose\, The Names explores the painful ripple effects of domestic abuse\, the messy ties of family\, and the possibilities of autonomy and healing. \nWith exceptional sensitivity and depth\, Knapp draws us into the story of one family\, told through a prism of what-ifs\, causing us to consider the “one . . . precious life” we are given. The book’s brilliantly imaginative structure\, propulsive storytelling\, and emotional\, gut-wrenching power are certain to make The Names a modern classic.
URL:https://purplecouchbookshop.live/event/fiction-book-club-the-names-by-florence-knapp/
LOCATION:The Purple Couch Bookshop\, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b\, North Andover\, MA\, 01845\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Clubs
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SUMMARY:Thursday Silent Book Club
DESCRIPTION:With traditional book clubs there’s the scramble to finish the selected book\, and the pressure to have something smart to say. Wouldn’t it be great to have a book club where you could just enjoy books and friends —without any homework? \nCLICK HERE TO SAVE YOUR SPOT \nAt Silent Book Club\, there’s no assigned reading. All readers are welcome—ebooks\, audiobooks\, textbooks\, comic books… it’s BYOBook. Join us at the Purple Couch Bookshop to socialize from 6:00-6:30pm. Staff will be on hand to help you find a great read if you need one. Then\, from 6:30-7:30\, pick a spot and read whatever makes you happy. The store will stay open until 8:00pm for those who need to finish one more chapter or are ready to find their next great book.
URL:https://purplecouchbookshop.live/event/thursday-silent-book-club-5/
LOCATION:The Purple Couch Bookshop\, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b\, North Andover\, MA\, 01845\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Clubs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260809T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260809T140000
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SUMMARY:Romantasy Book Club - Dire Bound by Sable Sorenson
DESCRIPTION:Fourth Wing meets The Hunger Games in this spicy\, page-turning romantasy. \n\n\n\n\nCLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOUR SEAT \nGet ready for Direbound by Sable Sorensen. \nThis fantasy adventure delivers powerful magic\, danger\, romance\, and high-stakes tension from beginning to end. \nSpice Level: Hot\nSunday\, August 9\n1 PM \nJoin fellow romantasy readers for an afternoon of books\, conversation\, and community.
URL:https://purplecouchbookshop.live/event/romantasy-book-club-dire-bound-by-sable-sorenson/
LOCATION:The Purple Couch Bookshop\, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b\, North Andover\, MA\, 01845\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Clubs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260812T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260812T200000
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SUMMARY:Queer Book Club - Her Wicked Roots by Tanya Pell
DESCRIPTION:A dark and atmospheric sapphic gothic horror novel filled with mystery\, obsession\, and deadly secrets. \nCLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOUR SEAT \n\n\n\n\nJoin us for a haunting and beautifully written queer gothic novel that blends mystery\, romance\, and botanical horror into an unforgettable reading experience. \nWhen Cordelia Beecher escapes the charity school where she was raised in search of her missing brother\, she follows a trail of clues to the quiet town of Farrow. But no one seems to know who he is—or what happened to him. Desperate for answers\, Cordelia finds refuge at Edenfield\, a sprawling estate owned by the enigmatic Lady Evangeline\, a renowned botanist known for sheltering young women in need. \nAs Cordelia settles into life at the estate and grows closer to Evangeline’s daughter Briar\, she begins to uncover unsettling secrets hidden among the gardens and glasshouses. When evidence emerges that her brother may have once lived at Edenfield\, Cordelia becomes determined to discover the truth\, even if it means confronting the darkness growing beneath the estate’s beautiful surface. \nInspired by Nathaniel Hawthorne’s classic tale Rappaccini’s Daughter\, Her Wicked Roots is an atmospheric sapphic gothic filled with poisonous blooms\, family secrets\, obsession\, and questions about the fine line between protection and control. Fans of Mexican Gothic\, Midsommar\, and eerie slow-burn horror will find plenty to love. \n“Darkly enchanting\, HER WICKED ROOTS is haunting\, propulsive and as hypnotic as the poisonous blooms at the novel’s heart. Truly a bewitching sapphic delight.” – Francesca May\, author of Wild and Wicked Things and This Vicious Hunger \nWhy you should join us \nThis is more than a book club—it’s a space to connect\, reflect\, and celebrate queer stories together. Whether you’ve finished the book\, just started\, or simply want to be part of the conversation\, you are welcome. We center community over completion and conversation over perfection. Expect thoughtful discussion\, lots of laughs\, and a welcoming group that shows up for each other. \nAll are welcome. No need to be queer to attend—just come ready to listen\, share\, and be part of something meaningful.
URL:https://purplecouchbookshop.live/event/queer-book-club-her-wicked-roots-by-tanya-pell/
LOCATION:The Purple Couch Bookshop\, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b\, North Andover\, MA\, 01845\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Clubs
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260813T200000
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SUMMARY:Thriller Book Club - The Season of Sinking by Daphne Woolsoncroft
DESCRIPTION:From a hit true crime podcaster turned novelist\, a woman’s unsettling past creeps back to her consciousness as she returns to her hometown. \n\n\n\n\nOur August Thriller Book Club Selection is The Season of Sinking by Daphne Woolsoncroft. \nCLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOUR SEAT \nWhen Imogen Bly’s mother suddenly passes away\, she leaves her Seattle apartment and returns to Lake Blair—the picturesque Washington town where she grew up. After Imogen and her twin sister Amelia arrive\, ready to pack up their mother’s home\, strange things begin to happen\, reminding Imogen of her long held feelings of dread surrounding her hometown. \nImogen enlists the help of her first crush\, next-door neighbor Rory\, to uncover the truth about her mother’s death and the traumatic event she experienced as a child. But is the boy who got away really the man with something to hide? Or is the suspicious neighbor in the house across the lake behind it all? \nWhen Imogen’s own family’s tragedies lead her to question the disappearance of a local young woman the previous year\, her persistent unease becomes terrifyingly real and suddenly nowhere feels safe …
URL:https://purplecouchbookshop.live/event/thriller-book-club-the-season-of-sinking-by-daphne-woolsoncroft/
LOCATION:The Purple Couch Bookshop\, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b\, North Andover\, MA\, 01845\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Clubs
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260816T120000
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SUMMARY:Sunday Silent Book Club
DESCRIPTION:We invite you to hold space with us on select Sunday mornings from 10am -12pm. \nCLICK HERE TO SAVE YOUR SEAT \nWith traditional book clubs there’s the scramble to finish the selected book\, and the pressure to have something smart to say. Wouldn’t it be great to have a book club where you could just enjoy books and friends —without any homework? \nAt Silent Book Club\, there’s no assigned reading. All readers are welcome—ebooks\, audiobooks\, textbooks\, comic books… it’s BYOBook. Join us at the Purple Couch Bookshop to socialize from 10:00-10:30am. Staff will be on hand to help you find a great read if you need one. Then\, from 10:30-11:30\, pick a spot and read whatever makes you happy. The store will be opening to the public at 12pm for those who need to finish one more chapter or are ready to find their next great book.
URL:https://purplecouchbookshop.live/event/sunday-silent-book-club-16/
LOCATION:The Purple Couch Bookshop\, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b\, North Andover\, MA\, 01845\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Clubs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260816T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260816T160000
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SUMMARY:Fantasy Book Club - Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke
DESCRIPTION:A “tradwife” influencer suddenly awakens in the brutal reality of 1855— is it an elaborate hoax or something more sinister? \n\n\n\n\nOur Fantasy Book Club selection for August is Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke. \nCLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOUR SEAT \n“A bold and biting satire\, Yesteryear…will have you cackling and gasping right to the final page.”\n—Nita Prose\, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Maid series \nMy name was Natalie Heller Mills\, and I was perfect at being alive. \nNatalie lives a traditional lifestyle. Her charming farmhouse is rustic\, her husband a handsome cowboy\, her six children each more delightful than the last. So what if there are nannies and producers behind the scenes\, her kitchen hiding industrial-grade fridges and ovens\, her husband the heir to a political dynasty? What Natalie’s followers—all 8 million of them—don’t know won’t hurt them. And The Angry Women? The privileged\, Ivy League\, coastal elite haters who call her an antifeminist iconoclast? They’re sick with jealousy. Because Natalie isn’t simply living the good life\, she’s living the ideal—and just so happens to be building an empire from it. \nUntil one morning she wakes up in a life that isn’t hers. Her home\, her husband\, her children—they’re all familiar\, but something’s off. Her kitchen is warmed by a sputtering fire rather than electricity\, her children are dirty and strange\, and her soft-handed husband is suddenly a competent farmer. Just yesterday Natalie was curating photos of homemade jam for her Instagram\, and now she’s expected to haul firewood and handwash clothes until her fingers bleed. Has she become the unwitting star of a ruthless reality show? Could it really be time travel? Is she being tested by God? By Satan? When Natalie suffers a brutal injury in the woods\, she realizes two things: This is not her beautiful life\, and she must escape by any means possible. \nA gripping\, electrifying novel that is as darkly funny as it is frightening\, Yesteryear is a gimlet-eyed look at tradition\, fame\, faith\, and the grand performance of womanhood.
URL:https://purplecouchbookshop.live/event/fantasy-book-club-yesteryear-by-caro-claire-burke/
LOCATION:The Purple Couch Bookshop\, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b\, North Andover\, MA\, 01845\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Clubs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260820T190000
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SUMMARY:Romance Book Club - The Missed Connection by Tia Williams
DESCRIPTION:An intensely romantic tale about a woman searching for her handsome seatmate on a European flight & the unexpected places her hunt for love. \n\n\n\n\nThis month\, the Romance Book Club will be joined by Guest Moderator Amy from Lala Books in Lowell. \nCLICK HERE TO LET US KNOW YOU’RE COMING \nNew York Times bestselling author Tia Williams returns with an intensely romantic\, deliciously sexy tale about a woman searching for her handsome seatmate on a European flight—and the unexpected places her hunt for love leads her. \nSasha Cruz knows types. As a booked-and-busy casting agent\, she’s always casting—at happy hour\, the grocery store\, everywhere. She’s all about finding the perfect person to slot into the perfect role. What she doesn’t do\, however\, is relationships. Too much energy\, not enough time. \nOn a flight to Paris for work\, a chance encounter with her type changes everything. Sasha’s seated next to a broodingly attractive mystery man\, and sparks fly—but they never exchange contact information. Convinced she’s lost out on her soulmate\, Sasha emails her work friend for help\, but accidentally writes to the entire company worldwide! The international manhunt to find Seat F begins. \nMeanwhile Sasha takes matters into her own hands. She hires a smoldering detective she knew in another lifetime—who complicates matters in unforeseen (and irresistible) ways. \nWith a worldwide search underway\, will love take flight for Sasha?
URL:https://purplecouchbookshop.live/event/romance-book-club-the-missed-connection-by-tia-williams/
LOCATION:The Purple Couch Bookshop\, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b\, North Andover\, MA\, 01845\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Clubs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260827T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260827T200000
DTSTAMP:20260818T021732Z
CREATED:20260805T175833Z
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SUMMARY:Fiction Book Club - Valley of the Moms by Hannah Selinger
DESCRIPTION:Don’t miss our discussion of the most talked about book on the North Shore. \n\n\n\n\nStepford Wives meets Big Little Lies in this twisty thriller that uncovers the untruths\, petty grievances\, and local school politics underneath a seemingly quaint small town. \nCLICK HERE TO LET US KNOW YOU’RE COMING \nHamilton\, Massachusetts is one of those suburban towns that appears untouched by the outside world where stay-at-home moms wear 2ct diamond studs to the playground\, where a million-dollar property is “affordable\,” and where the Parent Teacher Organization is a hotbed of controversy. Sure\, some people struggle to make ends meet\, but residents would say discussing such ugly matters is impolite. Hamilton has been like this forever\, and everyone likes it that way. Or: almost everyone. \nIt’s not that Anna Plummer doesn’t like Hamilton\, but she never thought she’d be married with two young kids\, comfortable\, complacent…and growing more bored by the minute. So\, when she realizes her second grader won’t be able to attend the “Ziti with Your Sweetie” school dance because she didn’t pay for a “Premium” membership\, she snaps. She sends an email to the terrifying president of the PTO—and all hell breaks loose. \nOne year later\, Anna is found dead in the frozen Ipswich River. Left to pick up the pieces\, her husband\, Denny\, is shaken to his core. He’s no expert\, but he’s seen enough Dateline to know that the police think he’s the main suspect. If they aren’t going to get justice for Anna\, he will. Told through the alternating perspectives of Anna and Denny exactly one year apart\, and with a shocking concluding twist\, Valley of the Moms is a gripping look at the underpinnings of grief\, the social structures of wealth\, and the secrets people keep—even among friends and loved ones.
URL:https://purplecouchbookshop.live/event/fiction-book-club-valley-of-the-moms-by-hannah-selinger/
LOCATION:The Purple Couch Bookshop\, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b\, North Andover\, MA\, 01845\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Clubs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260830T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260830T140000
DTSTAMP:20260818T021847Z
CREATED:20260805T182600Z
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SUMMARY:Horror Book Club - Dead But Dreaming of Electric Sheep
DESCRIPTION:Philip K. Dick meets the Coen Brothers in this genre-bending near-future tech nightmare that is as bitingly funny as it is horrifically believable from the New York Times bestselling author of Horror Movie. \nJoin us to discuss Dead But Dreaming of Electric Sheep on Sunday\, August 30 at 1pm. CLICK HERE TO LET US KNOW YOU’RE COMING \n\n\n\n\nMeet Julia Flang\, a twenty-something former semi-professional gamer\, living with her retired uncle\, and working two jobs she doesn’t like. Out of the blue\, her estranged mother\, a CFO for one of the world’s largest tech companies\, offers her a temp job with a payday Julia can’t refuse. One sham interview later\, she’s offered the job: to chaperone a man in a vegetative state—one with proprietary AI implanted in his head—from California to the East Coast. \nTo sum up in Julia’s own words: “You want me to remote control this dead dude across the country.” In a word\, yes. But he’s not dead dead. \nMeet a middle-aged man who wakes within a disorienting hellscape filled with monstrous grotesqueries. Worse than the fluid\, morphing reality in which he’s trapped\, he has no memory of who he is. He certainly doesn’t remember getting the rabbit tattoo on his arm. He only knows that he must find a certain person. Who? He can’t remember. \nUsing a cell phone modeled after a video game controller\, Julia fumblingly navigates the man she calls “Bernie” from the company campus and onto planes and through one of the largest airports in America. All the while\, the man endures an ever-changing and worsening nightmare that offers clues as to who he was—and who he must track down. And as their two lives intertwine\, Julia and Bernie become unlikely allies and fugitives on a collision course with reality. \nDead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep is a heady\, horrific genre-bender from one of the most groundbreaking voices in fiction today.
URL:https://purplecouchbookshop.live/event/horror-book-club-dead-but-dreaming-of-electric-sheep/
LOCATION:The Purple Couch Bookshop\, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b\, North Andover\, MA\, 01845\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Clubs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260903T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260903T200000
DTSTAMP:20260608T155140Z
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SUMMARY:Thursday Silent Book Club
DESCRIPTION:With traditional book clubs there’s the scramble to finish the selected book\, and the pressure to have something smart to say. Wouldn’t it be great to have a book club where you could just enjoy books and friends —without any homework? \nCLICK HERE TO SAVE YOUR SPOT \nAt Silent Book Club\, there’s no assigned reading. All readers are welcome—ebooks\, audiobooks\, textbooks\, comic books… it’s BYOBook. Join us at the Purple Couch Bookshop to socialize from 6:00-6:30pm. Staff will be on hand to help you find a great read if you need one. Then\, from 6:30-7:30\, pick a spot and read whatever makes you happy. The store will stay open until 8:00pm for those who need to finish one more chapter or are ready to find their next great book.
URL:https://purplecouchbookshop.live/event/thursday-silent-book-club-6/
LOCATION:The Purple Couch Bookshop\, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b\, North Andover\, MA\, 01845\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Clubs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260909T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260909T200000
DTSTAMP:20260818T022019Z
CREATED:20260805T191505Z
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SUMMARY:Queer Book Club - Say a Little Prayer by Jenna Voris
DESCRIPTION:Saved! meets Casey McQuiston in this wry\, heartfelt tale of a teen who’s taking her church camp by storm—one deadly sin at a time. \nCLICK HERE TO LET US KNOW YOU’RE COMING \nRiley quietly left church a year ago when she realized there was no place for a bi girl in her congregation. But it wasn’t until the pastor shunned her older sister for getting an abortion that she really wanted to burn it all down. \nIt’s just her luck\, then\, that she’s sent to the principal’s office for slapping a girl talking smack about her sister—and in order to avoid suspension\, she has to spend spring break at church camp. The only saving grace is that she’ll be there with her best friend\, Julia. Even if Julia’s dad is the pastor. And he’s in charge of camp. But Riley won’t let a technicality like “repenting” get in the way of her true mission. Instead of spending the week embracing the seven heavenly virtues\, she decides to commit all seven deadly sins. If she can show the other campers that sometimes being a little bad is for the greater good\, she could start a righteous revolution! What could possibly go wrong? Aside from falling for the pastor’s daughter . . .
URL:https://purplecouchbookshop.live/event/queer-book-club-say-a-little-prayer-by-jenna-voris/
LOCATION:The Purple Couch Bookshop\, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b\, North Andover\, MA\, 01845\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Clubs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260910T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260910T200000
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SUMMARY:Thriller Book Club - Marion by Leigh Rowan
DESCRIPTION:Join us to discuss this twist on Hitchcock’s Psycho-where the leading lady doesn’t die\, but instead turns the knife on Norm\, kicking off a crime spree that turns the silver screen victim into a heroine for our times. \nCLICK HERE TO LET US KNOW YOU’RE COMING \nMarion is in deep. She’s stolen money from the Manhattan ad agency where she works in a desperate bid to help her sister escape an abusive marriage\, but the bus breaks down before she can make it to Saratoga Springs. It’s late at night\, and the only place with vacancies is an old set of cabins on the outskirts of town. She pays for a room in cash\, and ends up chatting with Norm\, the young innkeeper who’s handsome\, charming and a touch hung-up on his elderly mother. Back in her room\, she steps into the shower\, scrubbing off the late-summer heat\, when the curtain is pulled back… \nNorm Billings is there with a knife. He raises his arm to strike\, but before he does\, Marion knees him in the balls\, grabs the knife\, and stabs the life out of him. Now\, she’s covered in blood\, and she’s a woman on the run—not just a thief\, but a killer\, too. Where will she go? How will she save both herself and her sister? And what mysteries will she uncover as she does? \nIn Psycho\, Hitchcock shocked audiences when he killed off his protagonist. But what if the leading lady had fought back? Marion offers an alternate history of the most famous dead blonde to ever grace the silver screen. Only this time\, the knife is in her hands—and she’s no victim.
URL:https://purplecouchbookshop.live/event/thriller-book-club-marion-by-leigh-rowan/
LOCATION:The Purple Couch Bookshop\, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b\, North Andover\, MA\, 01845\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Clubs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260913T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260913T140000
DTSTAMP:20260818T022112Z
CREATED:20260805T200740Z
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SUMMARY:Romantasy Book Club - Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer
DESCRIPTION:Once Upon a Time meets The Office in Hannah Maehrer’s laugh-out-loud viral TikTok series turned novel\, about the sunshine assistant to an Evil Villain…and their unexpected romance. \nCLICK HERE TO LET US KNOW YOU’RE COMING \nASSISTANT WANTED: Notorious\, high-ranking villain seeks loyal\, levelheaded assistant for unspecified office duties\, supporting staff for random mayhem and terror\, and other Dark Things In General. Discretion a must. Excellent benefits. \nWith ailing family to support\, Evie Sage’s employment status isn’t just important\, it’s vital. So when a mishap with Rennedawn’s most infamous Villain results in a job offer—naturally\, she says yes. No job is perfect\, of course\, but even less so when you develop a teeny crush on your terrifying\, temperamental\, and undeniably hot boss. Don’t find evil so attractive\, Evie. \nBut just when she’s getting used to severed heads suspended from the ceiling and the odd squish of an errant eyeball beneath her heel\, Evie suspects this dungeon has a huge rat…and not just the literal kind. Because something rotten is growing in the kingdom of Rennedawn\, and someone wants to take the Villain—and his entire nefarious empire—out. \nNow Evie must not only resist drooling over her boss but also figure out exactly who is sabotaging his work…and ensure he makes them pay. \nAfter all\, a good job is hard to find.
URL:https://purplecouchbookshop.live/event/romantasy-book-club-assistant-to-the-villain-by-hannah-nicole-maehrer/
LOCATION:The Purple Couch Bookshop\, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b\, North Andover\, MA\, 01845\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Clubs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260917T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260917T200000
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SUMMARY:Romance Book Club - Lost and Found by Tarah DeWitt
DESCRIPTION:Tarah DeWitt’s novels are devoured by authors like Elsie Silver\, Julie Soto\, Jessica Joyce and Rachel Lynn Solomon. Join us to find out why as we discuss Lost and Found. \nCLICK HERE TO LET US KNOW YOU’RE COMING \nBea always wanted to be a mom. But she never expected she’d have to lose her best friend to do it. Armed with nothing but her best friend’s eggs and a bucket list to complete\, Bea’s world is a sea of changes. \nWhen she needs a place to stay\, her longtime friend Silas steps in to help. A firefighter grappling with the aftermath of an accident\, Silas has his own challenges to work through that have left him cautious and vulnerable. \nAt first\, they expect nothing. But as these two former sunshines knit together in a love that has been unfulfilled until now\, a new beginning comes out of the ashes of the past—one that will lead to a love that can withstand all the slings and arrows\, joys and triumphs\, that life can throw.
URL:https://purplecouchbookshop.live/event/romance-book-club-lost-and-found-by-tarah-dewitt/
LOCATION:The Purple Couch Bookshop\, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b\, North Andover\, MA\, 01845\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Clubs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260920T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260920T120000
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SUMMARY:Sunday Silent Book Club
DESCRIPTION:We invite you to hold space with us on select Sunday mornings from 10am -12pm. \nCLICK HERE TO SAVE YOUR SEAT \nWith traditional book clubs there’s the scramble to finish the selected book\, and the pressure to have something smart to say. Wouldn’t it be great to have a book club where you could just enjoy books and friends —without any homework? \nAt Silent Book Club\, there’s no assigned reading. All readers are welcome—ebooks\, audiobooks\, textbooks\, comic books… it’s BYOBook. Join us at the Purple Couch Bookshop to socialize from 10:00-10:30am. Staff will be on hand to help you find a great read if you need one. Then\, from 10:30-11:30\, pick a spot and read whatever makes you happy. The store will be opening to the public at 12pm for those who need to finish one more chapter or are ready to find their next great book.
URL:https://purplecouchbookshop.live/event/sunday-silent-book-club-19/
LOCATION:The Purple Couch Bookshop\, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b\, North Andover\, MA\, 01845\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Clubs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260920T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260920T160000
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CREATED:20260805T212024Z
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SUMMARY:Fantasy Book Club - Summoned to the Wilds by A.K.Caggiano
DESCRIPTION:A.K. Caggiano is a customer favorite here at the shop and the Fantasy Book Club agrees! Join the conversation to find out why. \nCLICK HERE TO LET US KNOW YOU’RE COMING \nShe’s sworn to protect the realm. Her heart has other plans. \n\n\nLady Ammalie Avington\, Baroness of Faebarrow\, knows it’s not safe to pine after the son of a demon. Especially not the blood mage who threatened and abducted her and now intends to bring ruin to the realm. The very realm she is sworn to serve. It’s just a terribly inconvenient fact because\, well…he’s rather cute. \nDespite her best efforts\, Amma can’t seem to get him out of her mind\, not whilst locked up in a tower surrounded by infernal beings\, nor trapped below ground in a den of beguiling vampires\, and definitely not in the heart of a wild jungle under the tutelage of esoteric witches. She just can’t help herself around Damien Maleficus Bloodthorne\, danger be damned. And what danger is there? Damien’s heart\, the one he swears to not have\, has been softening right before her eyes. Perhaps with her guidance\, Damien won’t rain chaos and destruction down on the world. Perhaps she can even save them both as Damien searches for a way to magically unlink them on their quest to fulfill their destinies. \nSo\, when Amma learns she may have ancient\, innate magical powers of her own\, why not use them to do exactly as she pleases?
URL:https://purplecouchbookshop.live/event/fantasy-book-club-summoned-to-the-wilds-by-a-k-caggiano/
LOCATION:The Purple Couch Bookshop\, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b\, North Andover\, MA\, 01845\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Clubs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260924T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260924T200000
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CREATED:20260805T210503Z
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SUMMARY:Fiction Book Club - The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett
DESCRIPTION:A bold\, big-hearted novel about a group of unbreakable women\, fighting for what’s rightfully theirs. \n\n\n\nJoin us to discuss one of the biggest books of the year from the bestselling author of The Help\, Kathryn Stockett. \nCLICK HERE TO LET US KNOW YOU’RE COMING \nOxford\, Mississippi\, 1933. \nAbandoned by her mother one Christmas Eve\, eleven-year-old Meg Lefleur has learned the hard way to rely on no one. Now one of the unadoptable “big girls” at the Lafayette County Orphan Asylum\, she fights each day to keep her spirit unbowed. \nBirdie Calhoun\, unmarried and outspoken\, has come to Oxford to ask her socialite sister to help the struggling family she’s left behind. But as the Depression tightens its grip\, Birdie discovers her sister’s seemingly charmed life is a tapestry of lies. \nThen\, Birdie encounters Charlie\, a woman running low on luck with little left to lose. When their fates–and Meg’s–converge\, Charlie comes up with an audacious plan for them to take control of their lives. But in a place and time where hypocrisy is rife and women’s freedom is fragile\, even the smallest act of defiance can have dangerous consequences. \nThe Calamity Club will make you laugh\, cry\, and cheer–an epic testament to underestimated women who know that calamity can be the spark of new beginnings. This is Kathryn Stockett at her most confident\, heartfelt\, and hilarious–the triumphant return of one of the most beloved storytellers of our time.
URL:https://purplecouchbookshop.live/event/fiction-book-club-the-calamity-club-by-kathryn-stockett/
LOCATION:The Purple Couch Bookshop\, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b\, North Andover\, MA\, 01845\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Clubs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260927T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260927T140000
DTSTAMP:20260818T022314Z
CREATED:20260814T205513Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260818T022314Z
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SUMMARY:Horror Book Club - When the Wolf Comes Home by Nat Cassidy
DESCRIPTION:An unabashed\, adrenaline-fueled pop horror thriller where the darkest fears can become reality. \nCLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOUR SPOT \n\n\nStephen King says; “Get your claws into this one\, horror fiends. It’s terrific. . . . Sink your teeth into a classic.” \nGrady Hendrix says \,“This is the kind of great\, big\, epic horror novel we got back in the ’80s that came out swinging for the fences and left everything on the field. Welcome back\, you shaggy\, bloody monster of a book!” \nOne night\, Jess\, a struggling actress\, finds a five-year-old runaway hiding in the bushes outside her apartment. After a violent\, bloody encounter with the boy’s father\, she and the boy find themselves running for their lives. \nAs they attempt to evade the boy’s increasingly desperate father\, Jess slowly comes to a horrifying understanding of the butchery that follows them—the boy can turn his every fear into reality. \nAnd when the wolf finally comes home\, no one will be spared.
URL:https://purplecouchbookshop.live/event/horror-book-club-when-the-wolf-comes-home-by-nat-cassidy/
LOCATION:The Purple Couch Bookshop\, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b\, North Andover\, MA\, 01845\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Clubs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261001T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261001T200000
DTSTAMP:20260608T155317Z
CREATED:20260608T155317Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260608T155317Z
UID:7824-1790877600-1790884800@purplecouchbookshop.live
SUMMARY:Thursday Silent Book Club
DESCRIPTION:With traditional book clubs there’s the scramble to finish the selected book\, and the pressure to have something smart to say. Wouldn’t it be great to have a book club where you could just enjoy books and friends —without any homework? \nCLICK HERE TO SAVE YOUR SPOT \nAt Silent Book Club\, there’s no assigned reading. All readers are welcome—ebooks\, audiobooks\, textbooks\, comic books… it’s BYOBook. Join us at the Purple Couch Bookshop to socialize from 6:00-6:30pm. Staff will be on hand to help you find a great read if you need one. Then\, from 6:30-7:30\, pick a spot and read whatever makes you happy. The store will stay open until 8:00pm for those who need to finish one more chapter or are ready to find their next great book.
URL:https://purplecouchbookshop.live/event/thursday-silent-book-club-7/
LOCATION:The Purple Couch Bookshop\, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b\, North Andover\, MA\, 01845\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Clubs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261007T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261007T200000
DTSTAMP:20260818T182340Z
CREATED:20260818T182340Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260818T182340Z
UID:8541-1791399600-1791403200@purplecouchbookshop.live
SUMMARY:Queer Book Club - Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
DESCRIPTION:Stay tuned for sign-up and further details
URL:https://purplecouchbookshop.live/event/queer-book-club-cemetery-boys-by-aiden-thomas/
LOCATION:The Purple Couch Bookshop\, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b\, North Andover\, MA\, 01845\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Clubs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261008T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261008T200000
DTSTAMP:20260818T182927Z
CREATED:20260818T182927Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260818T182927Z
UID:8548-1791486000-1791489600@purplecouchbookshop.live
SUMMARY:Thriller Book Club - Play Nice by Rachel Harrison
DESCRIPTION:Stay tuned for sign up and further details.
URL:https://purplecouchbookshop.live/event/thriller-book-club-play-nice-by-rachel-harrison/
LOCATION:The Purple Couch Bookshop\, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b\, North Andover\, MA\, 01845\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Clubs
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SUMMARY:Romantasy Book Club - Metal Slinger by Rachel Schneider
DESCRIPTION:Stay tuned for sign-up and further details.
URL:https://purplecouchbookshop.live/event/romantasy-book-club-metal-slinger-by-rachel-schneider/
LOCATION:The Purple Couch Bookshop\, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b\, North Andover\, MA\, 01845\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Clubs
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