Book Club

I wanted to take this opportunity to wish you a Happy Holidays and introduce myself.  My name is Cindie Usevich, and I will be taking over the Montecito Book Club in the New Year.  I am sure I have met a few of you already and I look forward to meeting many more of you in the months to come.  We miss Kim already and wish her the very best on her new endeavor!

We took the month of December off for the holidays so I wanted to get the next selection out to you as soon as possible.  For January, we will be reading and discussing The House in the Cerulean Sea  by TJ Klune.

Linus Baker is a lonely case worker for a governmental organization which manages orphaned kids who are magical beings. One day, he’s given a secret assignment to assess a special orphanage on the island of Marsyas, run by a man named Arthur Parnassus, who has secrets of his own. Despite his initial reservations, as Linus’s days pass in Marsyas, in this idyllic setting among a coterie of magical children, Linus finds himself coming across a little romance, an unlikely family and possibly even a home.

Copies of the book will be available for pick up at the Montecito Library or for check out from any of our libraries, and downloadable versions are also available on Libby and Hoopla.  Please let me know if you need assistance or have any questions.  I know this selection may be a bit of a departure from what you are used to, but I hope you enjoy it as much as  I did.  I look forward to beginning the New Year with you all on this magical adventure!

See you soon,
Cindie Usevich