Prairie Wife Virtual Book Club: January 2026

Posted January 2, 2026 by Prairie Wife -

It’s time to announce our book for the Prairie Wife Virtual Book Club: December 2025

PLEASE NOTE that this month’s book club is earlier than usual due to the holiday season.

This monthly Virtual Book Club is all thanks to Wind City Books, an Indie Bookstore in Downtown Casper, Wyoming.

Miranda from Wind City Books can ship our book club book WHEREVER YOU LIVE, so please use the link provided below to purchase your Prairie Wife Book Club books. I strongly encourage buying your book from Wind City Books. You’ll be supporting a local Indie Bookstore, and they can quickly ship the book directly to your home. If you order now, you’ll receive it in plenty of time to finish it before book club. You can also listen to the book through Libro.fm It works just like Audible, but you have the option to support your local Indie Bookstore with your purchases.

So, how does The Prairie Wife Virtual Book Club Work?

It’s easy (I promise) and available to ANYONE who wants to join.

You don’t need social media because we’re doing it all with Zoom!

At our hour-long Virtual Book Club meeting, we will heavily discuss this month’s book using the questions given below the review as a guide.

HERE IS THE ZOOM LINK FOR THIS MONTH’S VIRTUAL BOOK CLUB: Tuesday January 27, 2026 at 7 PM MST

Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops by Shaun Bythell

Everyone in our Virtual Book Club is a die-hard book lover, and Miranda and I thought this book, written by a bookstore owner, would be a fun, light-hearted way to start the year! We try to select books from different genres throughout the year, and I can’t wait to read this memoir. I have a feeling that anyone who reads it will see some of themselves in the people he describes, which could be a good or bad thing.

Here’s what the publisher had to say: A cantankerously funny view of books and the people who love them. It does take all kinds and through the misanthropic eyes of a very grumpy bookseller, we see them all–from the “Person Who Doesn’t Know What They Want (But Thinks It Might Have a Blue Cover)” to the “Parents Secretly After Free Childcare.”

From behind the counter, Shaun Bythell catalogs the customers who roam his shop in Wigtown, Scotland. There’s the Expert (divided into subspecies from the Bore to the Helpful Person), the Young Family (ranging from the Exhausted to the Aspirational), Occultists (from Conspiracy Theorist to Craft Woman).

Then there’s the Loiterer (including the Erotica Browser and the Self-Published Author), the Bearded Pensioner (including the Lyrca Clad), and the The Not-So-Silent Traveller (the Whistler, Sniffer, Hummer, Farter, and Tutter). Two bonus sections include Staff and, finally, Perfect Customer–all add up to one of the funniest book about books you’ll ever find.

Shaun Bythell (author of Confessions of a Bookseller) and his mordantly unique observational eye make this perfect for anyone who loves books and bookshops.

PREP QUESTIONS FOR END OF MONTH VIRTUAL BOOK CHAT

What do you think of the book’s title?
- How does it relate to the book’s contents?
- What other title might you choose?
How did the setting impact the story?
- Would you want to visit there?
What do you think motivated the author to write this book?
Did this book seem realistic?
Do you think the author was honest?
What questions did you have for the author at the end of this book?
What did you learn (if anything) from this book?

Looking for more book suggestions? Here are “A Dozen Must-Read Books to Add to Your Fall Reading List”

Prairie Wife Virtual Book Club: January 2026

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