The Fundamental Importance of Verity by Colleen Hoover

             At the Calhoun County Library, we listened when the community requested a place for book discussions. Years ago, we started the monthly Brown Bag Book Club, so named because the group met at lunchtime and everyone was invited to bring their own “brown bag lunch.” We are pleased to announce that this fun group resumed meeting in October. Our most recent lunchtime gathering was held on Thursday, January 20, where we talked about the book Verity by Colleen Hoover.

            This mystery romance thriller certainly made a big impact in our small club. The entire hour was filled with discussion of almost every aspect of this book from characters to plot and plot twists. It really was a good talk, and it made a lot of us see the events of the book in a different light. “It is like nothing I have ever read before,” one of the attendees stated when asked about the comparison of Verity to other romance thrillers she has read in the past. In fact, Cosmopolitan magazine reviewed this book and wrote, “a mystery romance book that'll have you on the edge of your seat (and keep you up at night).”

An open-ended ending left each of us the opportunity to interpret which direction it could have gone. We don’t want to ruin it by sharing our idea of the ending with you, but we will tell you if you haven’t read Verity by Colleen Hoover yet, you are missing out!

Our next book club meeting will be held on Thursday, February 17, 2022 at 1:00 PM. The book will be This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger. This magnificent novel is about four orphans on a life-changing odyssey during the early years of the Great Depression. Come check out your copy today at the Calhoun County Library so you can join the discussion!