September's book pick

Everything you need to know about September's book club pick📚

Hey friends,

As always, on Monday we took to our Instagram stories with a poll to decide on our read for September…

🥁 drumroll please 🥁

You went for To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf!

This is our first classic novel chosen since starting the book club back in January, so we’re really excited to get stuck in and see what you think.

Here’s a little more about the book…

To the Lighthouse, considered by many to be Virginia Woolf's finest novel shows the thoughts and actions of the members of a family and their guests on two separate occasions, ten years apart. The setting is Mr and Mrs Ramsay's house on a Scottish island (Isle of Skye), where they traditionally take their summer holidays, overlooking a bay with a lighthouse.

Virginia Woolf examines tensions and allegiances and shows that the small joys and quiet tragedies of everyday life could go on forever. The novel recalls childhood emotions and highlights adult relationships. Themes include loss, subjectivity, the nature of art, and the problem of perception.

Join the book club

The Story Social book club is our online space where every month we read a book voted for by YOU, our community! Here’s what’s included:

• Monthly podcast recording where we discuss our thoughts on the book

• Read along support - resources to help you whilst you’re reading and keep you accountable (which there will be plenty of this month)

• Community chat where we get to know each other and chat about all things books

• Cute meet ups and events (like our Story Social summer picnic, and our September Stroll that’s coming up)

Reminder to join the chat for all the latest updates

One final thing…

The chat is where we’ll be sharing all of the useful links, info and ways you can get involved.

If you haven’t downloaded the Substack app yet, we definitely recommend this, so you can pop into the chat whenever. If you prefer the desktop version of Substack, that has access to the chat functionality too.

Speak soon,

Mollie & Jodie x