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Book Discussion - Touchstone - Laurie R. King
2025-08-26 19:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Dragons Bookclub Zoom, United States
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Touchstone by Laurie R. King is a historical thriller set in 1926 England. The novel follows FBI agent Harris Stuyvesant as he investigates a series of bombings linked to radical political groups. His search leads him to Bennett Grey, a man with an extraordinary sensitivity to truth and lies—earning him the nickname “the Touchstone.” As Stuyvesant navigates political intrigue and personal deception, he must rely on Grey’s unique abilities to uncover a dangerous conspiracy that threatens both Britain and the U.S. The book blends psychological suspense with rich historical detail.

Book Discussion - Jackdaws - Ken Follett
2025-09-30 19:30 - 20:30 | Dragons Bookclub Zoom, United States
Jackdaws by Ken Follett is a World War II thriller about a team of female spies on a dangerous mission behind enemy lines in Nazi-occupied France. Led by British agent Flick Clairet, the group must sabotage a German telephone exchange critical to enemy communications, just days before D-Day. Blending suspense, espionage, and historical detail, the novel explores courage, betrayal, and the high stakes of war.
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Book Discussion - The Three Body Problem - Cixin Liu
2025-10-28 19:30 - 20:30 | Dragons Bookclub Zoom, United States
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(The first book in the Remembrance of Earth’s Past series) Read the award-winning, critically acclaimed, multi-million-copy-selling science-fiction phenomenon – now a major Netflix Original Series from the creators of Game of Thrones.
1967: Ye Wenjie witnesses Red Guards beat her father to death during China’s Cultural Revolution. This singular event will shape not only the rest of her life but also the future of mankind.
Four decades later, Beijing police ask nanotech engineer Wang Miao to infiltrate a secretive cabal of scientists after a spate of inexplicable suicides. Wang’s investigation will lead him to a mysterious online game and immerse him in a virtual world ruled by the intractable and unpredictable interaction of its three suns.
This is the Three-Body Problem, and it is the key to everything: the key to the scientists’ deaths, the key to a conspiracy that spans light-years, and the key to the extinction-level threat humanity now faces.

Book Discussion - High Strung - Janice Peacock
2025-11-25 19:30 - 20:30 | Dragons Bookclub Zoom, United States
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(The first book in the Glass Bead Mystery series) After inheriting a house in Seattle, Jax O’Connell is living the life of her dreams as a glass bead maker and jewelry designer. When she gets an offer to display her work during a bead shop’s opening festivities, it’s an opportunity Jax can’t resist – even though the store’s owner is the surliest person Jax has ever met. The weekend’s events become a tangled mess when a young bead maker is found dead nearby and several oddball bead enthusiasts are suspects. Jax must string together the clues to clear her friend Tessa’s name – and do it before the killer strikes again.
Genre: Cozy Mystery

Book Discussion - It Always Snows on Mistletoe Square - Ali McNamara
2025-12-30 19:30 - 20:30 | Dragons Bookclub Zoom, United States
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ESCAPE THIS CHRISTMAS WITH THE ULTIMATE FESTIVE ROMANCE . . .
Wanted: experienced writer to record the history of one house and its family.
Bed and board provided, the successful applicant must love Christmas.
Elle is rudderless, jobless and she’s soon to be homeless. When she spies an advert that looks like it could answer all her problems, she’s devastated to see one huge catch: Elle definitely does not love Christmas.
On Mistletoe Square, an eccentric elderly woman and her unconventional housekeeper have an enormous Christmas tree and a box of delicate decorations collected over what must be centuries. With each decoration comes a story and with each story a breath-taking glimpse of a Christmas past.
One Christmas at a time, the house’s history is brought vividly to life for Elle. But the more she sees of the family’s past, the more she wonders where and how their story might end. And what of her own story? Is it possible that what felt like an ending might have been leading her here . . . to a new beginning?
Genre: Paranormal Romance

Book Discussion - The Glassblower - Petra Durst-Benning
2026-01-27 19:30 - 20:30 | Dragons Bookclub Zoom, United States
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(The first book in the Glassblower series)
In the village of Lauscha in Germany, things have been done the same way for centuries. The men blow the glass, and the women decorate and pack it. But when Joost Steinmann passes away unexpectedly one September night, his three daughters must learn to fend for themselves. While feisty Johanna takes a practical approach to looking for work, Ruth follows her heart, aiming to catch the eye of a handsome young villager. But it is dreamy, quiet Marie who has always been the most captivated by the magic—and sparkling possibilities—of the craft of glassblowing. As the spirited sisters work together to forge a brighter future for themselves on their own terms, they learn not only how to thrive in a man’s world, but how to remain true to themselves—and their hearts—in the process.
Genre: Historical Fiction

The Glass Dragons Book Club
2026-02-24 19:30 - 20:30, 2026-03-31 19:30 - 20:30
Welcome to the Glass Dragons Book Club! The intent of this book club is for the pure enjoyment of the written word. The theme is Books. Any title may be suggested. Book Club is about conversation, friendship, and books! This is open to anybody who likes to read. Membership is not required.
Contact us for Zoom Room information.

Dragons Book Club
2026-04-28 19:30 - 20:30
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We also have a Goodreads Book Club Group.
Welcome to the Glass Dragons Book Club! The intent of this book club is for the pure enjoyment of the written word. The theme is Books. Any title may be suggested. Book Club is about conversation, friendship, and books! This is open to anybody who likes to read. Membership is not required.
If you would like to participate in the online discussions in our Zoom room, please send an email to bookclub@theglassdragons.com

Book Club Discussion - No Good Deed by Jemi Fraser
2026-05-26 19:30 - 20:30 | Dragon Clubhouse
Romance
When you can’t afford to fail
With a surname like his, Troy Phail has learned to do whatever it takes to succeed, but growing his town is out of his experience. He hires an urban planner for two weeks to help him. The sweet and sexy planner turns out to be brilliant—and has Troy thinking of forever. When she is threatened and attacked, Troy realizes he’ll do anything to save her. This time, he can’t afford to fail.
No Good Deed is the first book in Jemi Fraser’s No Fail Heroes romantic suspense series. Each of these small-town romances can be read as a stand-alone. The book contains some strong language and sexy times.
~Good Reads

Book Club - Starling House by Alix E. Harrow
2026-07-28 19:30 - 20:30 | Dragons Bookclub Zoom, United States
The intent of this book club is for the pure enjoyment of the written word. The theme is Books. Any title may be suggested. Book Club is about conversation, friendship, and books! This is open to anybody who likes to read. Membership is not required.
