San Diego Beer and Book Club

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Our suspense/mystery selection is Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak.

From Goodreads:
Mallory Quinn is fresh out of rehab when she takes a job as a babysitter for Ted and Caroline Maxwell. She is to look after their five-year-old son, Teddy.

Mallory immediately loves it. She has her own living space, goes out for nightly runs, and has the stability she craves. And she sincerely bonds with Teddy, a sweet, shy boy who is never without his sketchbook and pencil. His drawings are the usual fare: trees, rabbits, balloons. But one day, he draws something different: a man in a forest, dragging a woman’s lifeless body.

Then, Teddy’s artwork becomes increasingly sinister, and his stick figures quickly evolve into lifelike sketches well beyond the ability of any five-year-old. Mallory begins to wonder if these are glimpses of a long-unsolved murder, perhaps relayed by a supernatural force.

Knowing just how crazy it all sounds, Mallory nevertheless sets out to decipher the images and save Teddy before it’s too late.

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Our science fiction selection is Kindred by Octavia Butler.

From Goodreads:
Dana, a modern Black woman, is celebrating her 26th birthday with her new husband when she is snatched abruptly from her home in California and transported to the antebellum South. Rufus, the white son of a plantation owner, is drowning, and Dana has been summoned to save him. Dana is drawn back repeatedly through time to the slave quarters, and each time the stay grows longer, more arduous, and more dangerous until it is uncertain whether or not Dana’s life will end, long before it has a chance to begin.

First published in 1979
288 pages

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This month we will read a banned or challenged book. From the American Library Association: The right to read belongs to all of us, censorship has no place in contemporary society, and we must defend our rights. RSVPs will open 90 days prior to the event. Book will be posted soon! 🍻

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This month we will read a nonfiction book. RSVPs will open 90 days prior to the event. Book will be posted soon! 🍻