Basin Book Club

The last book we read was:

The Messy Lives of Book People

By

Phaedra Patrick

Wannabe author, Liv Green, can’t believe her luck when she lands a housekeeping job for her favorite author, Essie Starling. Essie confides in Liv, and they become tenuous friends. When Essie suddenly dies, she does something no one expects; she makes it her dying wish for Liv to finish her final novel.

The next book we will be reading is:

From Scratch

By

Tembi Locke

Tembi tells her own story in the is memoir of love, family and food.

From Scratch chronicles three summers Tembi spends in Sicily with her daughter and her in-laws. There, she discovers a love of fresh food and its healing powers.

Want a taste of what we read in a year?

These are the titles we read in 2025. We strive to read a variety of books ranging from nonfiction to romance and beyond. This list is a small piece of the Basin Book Trader Book Club. Join us for discussions on titles like these and many more.

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