Prairie Wife Virtual Book Club: May 2025

Posted May 5, 2025 by Prairie Wife -

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

PLEASE NOTE our Prairie Wife Virtual Book Club: May 2025 will be the last meeting until September 2025. Due to our busy summer schedule, we will be taking June, July, and August off.

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, May 27, 2025 at 7 PM MST

Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry

Admittedly, the last few books we have read for book club were a bit heavy, which was terrific and led to some excellent discussions! But I felt like I wanted to lighten things up for our next book club pick. Emily Henry is a bestselling author for a reason, and I felt like her newest book was the perfect ending as we head into Summer and take a break from our Prairie Wife Virtual Book Club for the next few months.

Here’s what the publisher had to say:

Alice Scott is an eternal optimist still dreaming of her big writing break. Hayden Anderson is a Pulitzer-prize winning human thundercloud. And they’re both on balmy Little Crescent Island for the same reason: to write the biography of a woman no one has seen in years—or at least to meet with the octogenarian who claims to be the Margaret Ives. Tragic heiress, former tabloid princess, and daughter of one of the most storied (and scandalous) families of the twentieth century.

When Margaret invites them both for a one-month trial period, after which she’ll choose the person who’ll tell her story, there are three things keeping Alice’s head in the game.

One: Alice genuinely likes people, which means people usually like Alice—and she has a whole month to win the legendary woman over.

Two: She’s ready for this job and the chance to impress her perennially unimpressed family with a Serious Publication.

Three: Hayden Anderson, who should have no reason to be concerned about losing this book, is glowering at her in a shaken-to-the core way that suggests he sees her as competition.

But the problem is, Margaret is only giving each of them pieces of her story. Pieces they can’t swap to put together because of an ironclad NDA and an inconvenient yearning pulsing between them every time they’re in the same room.

And it’s becoming abundantly clear that their story—just like the tale Margaret’s spinning—could be a mystery, tragedy, or love ballad . . . depending on who’s telling it.

PREP QUESTIONS FOR END OF MONTH VIRTUAL BOOK CHAT: “THE GUNCLE”

• What do you think of the book’s title?
  • How does it relate to the book’s contents?
  • What other title might you choose?
• Did reading the book impact your mood? If yes, how so?
• How did the setting impact the story?
  • Would you want to visit/live there?
• Did the book feel real to you?
• Were there any characters that disappointed you?
• Are there any characters you wish you could meet in real life?
• What do you think happens to the characters after the book’s official ending?
• What actors would you like to see play the leading roles if this book became a movie?

Categories: Book Reviews, Reviews

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