Prairie Wife Virtual Book Club: September 2024

Posted September 3, 2024 by Prairie Wife -

It’s time to announce our book for the Prairie Wife Virtual Book Club: September 2024

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.

If you’re feeling lucky, you can also enter the giveaway at the end of this post to WIN a copy of this month’s book. The winner will be chosen on September 10, so the book will have plenty of time to reach you before our Prairie Wife Virtual Book Chat!

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 MONTHS VIRTUAL BOOK CLUB: Tuesday,  Sept 24, 2024, 7 PM MST

Don’t forget to enter our GIVEAWAY at the end when you’re done learning about our book choice for the month.

We pick a different genre for each Virtual Book Club, and Miranda and I thought it would be great to kick off returning to our book club after a Summer Break with a Western. The author of this week’s book, New York Times Bestselling Author Elizabeth Gonzalaz James, will hold a signing event in Casper, Wyoming, on September 26th at 6 p.m. You can follow this link and scroll down until you see the event notice to learn more!

The Bullet Swallower by Elizabeth Gonzalaz James

Here’s what the publisher had to say:

In 1895, Antonio Sonoro is the latest in a long line of ruthless men. He’s good with his gun and drawn to trouble but he’s also out of money and out of options. A drought has ravaged the town of Dorado, Mexico, where he lives with his wife and children, and so when he hears about a train laden with gold and other treasures, he sets off for Houston to rob it—with his younger brother Hugo in tow. But when the heist goes awry and Hugo is killed by the Texas Rangers, Antonio finds himself launched into a quest for revenge that endangers not only his life and his family, but his eternal soul.

In 1964, Jaime Sonoro is Mexico’s most renowned actor and singer. But his comfortable life is disrupted when he discovers a book that purports to tell the entire history of his family beginning with Cain and Abel. In its ancient pages, Jaime learns about the multitude of horrific crimes committed by his ancestors. And when the same mysterious figure from Antonio’s timeline shows up in Mexico City, Jaime realizes that he may be the one who has to pay for his ancestors’ crimes, unless he can discover the true story of his grandfather Antonio, the legendary bandido El Tragabalas, The Bullet Swallower.

A family saga that’s epic in scope and loosely based on the author’s own great-grandfather, The Bullet Swallower is “rich in lyrical language, gripping action, and enchanting magical realism” (Esquire). It tackles border politics, intergenerational trauma, and the legacies of racism and colonialism in a lush setting with stunning prose that asks who pays for the sins of our ancestors and whether it is possible to be better than our forebearers.

PREP QUESTIONS FOR OUR VIRTUAL BOOK CLUB MEETING

• What do you think of the book’s title?
  • How does it relate to the book’s contents?
  • What other title might you choose?
• Which characters did you like best?
• Which character did you like least?
• What was your favorite part of the book?
• What did you think of the writing?
  • Are there any standout sentences?
• How did the setting impact the story?
• Did the book feel real to you?
• Did this book remind you of any other books?
• If you could ask the author anything, what would it be?

To enter the GIVEAWAY all you HAVE to do is let us know in the comment section below why you want to read our Prairie Wife Virtual Book Club September 2024 Book Club Pick “The Bullet Swallower”

You can earn more points towards the giveaway using the Rafflecopter form below.

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Looking for more books to read? Try this list!

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