Not Just About A Book Club reads "The Secret Book & Scone Society"

 "I prefer cinnamon twists over scones because they’re easier to eat while I’m reading. That’s my main priority when it comes to food. Other people are obsessed with calories, nutritional value, antioxidants. I look at food and wonder: Can I eat that without having to put my book down?”
― Ellery Adams, "The Secret Book & Scone Society" 

Home made scones by our book club member Donna

 Our book club met today for a fun zoom meeting.  We had planned for each of us to bring a favorite scone to eat while we discussed the book. It seemed fitting as much of the book takes place in the bakery located in Miracle Springs. This is a bakery where a custom baked scone with flavors fitting to the customer is made to order.   We had a nice discussion of this book which falls into the category of   "Cozy Mysteries." We all enjoyed this book which focuses on how four women from the town develop a close friendship as they gather together to solve a murder in Miracle Springs. The majority gave this light-hearted mystery a thumbs up. 

  “Stories don’t change much across continents and centuries. Hearts are broken. Pride is wounded. Souls wander too far from home and become lost. The wrong roads are taken. The incorrect choice is made. Stories echo with loneliness. Grief. Longing. Redemption. Forgiveness. Hope. And love.” Now it was her turn to point at the bookstore. “That building is stuffed with books that, once opened, reveal our communal story. And, if you’re lucky, the words in those books will force you to grapple with the hardest truths of your life. After reducing you to a puddle of tears, they’ll raise you to your feet again. The words will pull you up, higher and higher, until you feel the sun on your face again. Until you’re suddenly humming on the way to the mailbox. Or you’re buying bouquets of gerbera daisies because you crave bright colors. And you’ll laugh again—as freely as champagne bubbling in a tall, glass flute. When’s the last time you laughed like that?”
― Ellery Adams, The Secret Book & Scone Society