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.
March 2025:
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
After Tova Sullivan’s husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping busy has always helped her cope, which she’s been doing since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat in Puget Sound over thirty years ago.
Tova becomes acquainted with curmudgeonly Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus living at the aquarium. Marcellus knows more than anyone can imagine but wouldn’t dream of lifting one of his eight arms for his human captors—until he forms a remarkable friendship with Tova.
Ever the detective, Marcellus deduces what happened the night Tova’s son disappeared. And now Marcellus must use every trick his old invertebrate body can muster to unearth the truth for her before it’s too late.
Shelby Van Pelt’s debut novel is a gentle reminder that sometimes taking a hard look at the past can help uncover a future that once felt impossible.
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
- December 2024: “Daughter of the Night Sky” by Aimie K. Runyan
- January 2025: “Lessons in Chemistry” by Bonnie Garmus
- February 2025: “Mad Honey” by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan