Join us each month for a fun and lively virtual book discussion! All are welcome. We meet on the second Wednesday of the month at 5 p.m. via Zoom. Copies of the book are available for checkout at the library. Please RSVP by email to KMcNally@vail.gov for an invitation to the monthly Books ‘n’ Bites.
December 2024: Daughters of the Night Sky by Aimie K. Runyan
Russia, 1941. Katya Ivanova is a young pilot in a far-flung military academy in the Ural Mountains. From childhood, she’s dreamed of taking to the skies to escape her bleak mountain life. With the Nazis on the march across Europe, she is called on to use her wings to serve her country in its darkest hour. Not even the entreaties of her new husband-a sensitive artist who fears for her safety-can dissuade her from doing her part as a proud daughter of Russia. After years of arduous training, Katya is assigned to the 588th Night Bomber Regiment-one of the only Soviet air units composed entirely of women. The Germans quickly learn to fear nocturnal raids by the daring fliers they call “Night Witches.” But the brutal campaign will exact a bitter toll on Katya and her sisters-in-arms. When the smoke of war clears, nothing will ever be the same-and one of Russia’s most decorated military heroines will face the most agonizing choice of all.
Past Titles (since 2021)
- November Classics 2021: “Jane Eyre” by Charlotte Brontë
- December 2021: “The night watchman: a novel” by Louise Erdrich
- January 2022: “The Water Dancer: A Novel” by Ta-Nehisi Goates
- February 2022: “Lincoln in the Bardo: A Novel” by George Saunders
- March 2022: “Tallgrass” by Sandra Dallas
- April 2022: “The Color of Air” by Gail Tsukiyama
- May 2022: “Invisible Women: data bias in a world designed for Men” by Caroline Criado Perez
- June 2020: “The Overstory” by Richard Powers
- July 2022: “A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel” by Amor Towles
- August 2022: “Pulling Harvey out of her hat” by Mimi Pockross
- September 2022: “The Beekeeper of Aleppo: A Novel” by Christy Lefteri
- October 2022: “A Man Called Ove: A Novel” by Fredrik Backman
- November 2022: “Villette” by Charlotte Bronte
- December 2022: “Where the Crawdads Sing” By Delia Owens
- January 2023: “Woman of Light: A Novel” by Kali Fajardo Anstine
- February 2023: “Thing Nightingale” by Kristin Hannah
- March 2023: “The Downstairs Girl” by Stacey Lee
- April 2023: “The Midnight Library” by Matt Haig
- May 2023: “The Alchemist” by Paul Coelho
- June 2023: “The Library Book” by Susan Orlean
- July 2023: “The Paper Palace” by Miranda Cowley Heller
- August 2023: “Horse” by Geraldine Brooks
- September 2023: “State of Wonder” by Ann Patchett
- October 2023: “Go As A River” by Shelley Read
- November 2023: “Wuthering Heights” by Emily Bronte
- January 2024: “This Tender Land” by William Kent Kreuger
- February 2024: “Dear Martin” by Nic Stone
- March 2024: “Calling for a Blanket Dance” by Oscar Hokeah
- April 2024: “Tell Me Everything: the story of a private investigation” by Erika Krouse
- May 2024: “In the Time of Butterflies” by Julia Alvarez
- June 2024: “The Vanishing Half” by Brit Bennett
- July 2024: “Becoming” by Michelle Obama
- August 2024: “The Passenger” by Lisa Lutz
- September 2024: “The Handmaids Tale” by Margret Atwood
- October 2024: “The Testaments” by Margaret Atwood
- November 2024: “The Women in the Castle” by Jessica Shatuck