Each meeting features a discussion of the monthly book. The discussions are not academic, but reflect the reader’s enjoyment and questions around each novel. The only requirement for attending is that participants have read enough of the book to be able to talk about it with the group.
Each year the advisory council for book club attempts to choose a wide range of books for the discussion group. According to facilitator Diana Clay “We want to stretch our reading comfort level by reading books that we might not have considered before book club.” Each group of book selections usually includes a book by a West Virginia author, a book from the “classic” list, and books that have been recently popular.
The May meeting will be held Thursday, May 21, and will feature The Other Boelyn Girl by Philippa Gregory. This novel conveys the story of Mary Boleyn, sister to Queen Anne, and the only Boleyn to survive Henry the VIII’s purging of the Tudor court. This story fully fleshes out the Tudor court from a point of view largely ignored in other historical versions of the period.
All Thursday Readers Book Club meetings begin at 6 p.m. at Chirico’s Restaurant in Logan. The public is invited to attend.






