San Antonio Book Lovers Meetup holds a Book Swap and Gab Session every second Saturday.
We had a record crowd today as author Mark Louis Rybczyk shared his experiences researching and writing his book “The Travis Club.” He and his guests, including Bruce Hathaway and Steven Sellers, entertained us while speaking about the history of San Antonio and let fall tidbits of fascinating legends about the city. Most of his research for this book was done for his earlier non-fiction work, “San Antonio Uncovered.” This newer thriller, “The Travis Club,” has been called “The Da Vinci Code of San Antonio,” and many of us bought copies and had them autographed in anticipation of a great read. Thank you, Mark, for a fun discourse.
Here are the books that members brought today for the swap:
The Liar’s Club: A Memoir by Mary Karr
The Name of the Wind (Kingkiller Chronicles, Day 1) by Patrick Rothfuss
The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe
Foundling (Monster Book Tattoo, Book 1) by DM. Cornish
The Goblin Corps by Ari Marmell
The Caves of Steel (R. Daneel Olivaw, Book 1) by Isaac Asimov
And When She Was Good by Laura Lippman
The Accident by Elie Wiesel
Echo Park (Harry Bosch mystery) by Michael Connelly
Small Town by Lawrence Block [ebook]
Paradise Lost (Joanna Brady mystery) by J.A. Jance
The Science of Kissing: What Our Lips are Telling Us by Sheril Kirshenbaum
More of this World or Maybe Another by Barb Johnson (Short stories)
Wild Fire by Nelson DeMille
No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II by Doris Kearns Goodwin
How the Light Gets In (Chief Inspector Gamache mystery) by Louise Penny [ebook]
Angels & Demons by Dan Brown
The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult
Dime Store Magic by Kelley Armstrong
Swamplandia by Karen Russell
Dragon Keeper (Rain Wilds Chronicles 1) by Robin Hobb
Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen [ebook]
The Cut (Spero Lucas) by George Pelecanos
Brilliance by Marcus Sakey
Homecoming (The Tillerman Cycle) by Cynthia Voigt
Nine Inches: Stories by Tom Perotta
Jungleland: A Mysterious Lost City, a WWII Spy, and a True Story of Deadly Adventure by Christoper S. Stewart
The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language by Mark Forsyth
Signed Confessions by Tom Walker (Short stories)
Bright-Sided: How Positive Thinking is Undermining America by Barbara Ehrenreich
Adrenaline by Jeff Abbott
Femmes Fatal by Dorothy Cannell
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1) by George R. Martin
Into the Darkest Corner by Elizabeth Haynes
See you all in October!
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