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Thursday Spine Readers Club · Book club · Asheville, NC

Cosmo Pemberton keeps the Thursday Spine Readers Club, a monthly book club in Asheville, and uses this to run every meeting from the announced pick to the notes and host handoff, on time.

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Meeting timeline

Meetings
Apr 28, 2025Jul 23, 2026
The Lamplighter's Arithmetic
Salt Under the Floorboards
A Season of Borrowed Rain
The Cartographer's Second Wife
Nine Winters at Kettle Pass
Letters to the Quarry Foreman
The Orchard Ledger
What the Tide Tables Forgot
Hollow Crown of Marigolds
The Clockmaker's Apprentices
Seventeen Ways to Leave Dunmore
The Glassblower's Daughter-in-Law
Ink and Ember
A Brief History of Lost Umbrellas

Tables

Meetings

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Every monthly meeting from the day the pick is announced to the day the notes go out.

BookAuthorGenrePagesHostWhereStatus
Threads of the Moorland LoomMatthias VillanuevaMemoir274—Video callPicked
The Salt Merchant's AlmanacEvander DromgooleLiterary fiction388—Café back roomPicked
Lantern RowFiametta KirkpatrickScience fiction304—Library meeting roomPicked
WeathervaneDelphine UnderhillHistorical fiction230—Host's homePicked
The Quiet Between TrainsGideon YardleyNarrative nonfiction352—Video callPicked
Harvest of Small MerciesTavish UlyanovMemoir264—Café back roomPicked
The Mapmaker's DebtNeriah OkonjoMystery376—Library meeting roomPicked
Paper Lanterns over Tamsin BayPhilippa VasconcelosScience fiction290Silas BertolliHost's homePicked
The Last Ferry to Alder CoveJorah LangstromHistorical fiction318Annika CarrowVideo callPicked
Midnight at the Copper ExchangeYasmin PritchardLiterary fiction412Ilario EskridgeCafé back roomPicked
Provisions for a Long QuietXimena HavershamMemoir258Wystan DelacourtLibrary meeting roomReading
The Beekeeper of Low HarborWaverly NwachukwuMystery341Brigid StavropoulosHost's homeReading

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Members

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The people in the club, how to reach them and what they like to read.

MemberText numberWhere to send the pickIn the club sinceMembershipFavorite genre
Annika Carrow(828) 555-0155annika.carrow@thursdayspinereadersclub.orgOct 5, 2023ActiveNarrative nonfiction
Brigid Stavropoulos(828) 555-0152brigid.stavropoulos@thursdayspinereadersclub.orgOct 5, 2021ActiveLiterary fiction
Ilario Eskridge(828) 555-0154ilario.eskridge@thursdayspinereadersclub.orgOct 5, 2023ActiveScience fiction
Orsino Westergaard(828) 555-0150orsino.westergaard@thursdayspinereadersclub.orgOct 5, 2020ActiveMystery
Quentin Uzoma(828) 555-0151quentin.uzoma@thursdayspinereadersclub.orgOct 5, 2020ActiveHistorical fiction
Silas Bertolli(828) 555-0156silas.bertolli@thursdayspinereadersclub.orgOct 5, 2024ActiveMystery
Ulrika Quartermain(828) 555-0157ulrika.quartermain@thursdayspinereadersclub.orgOct 5, 2025AwayHistorical fiction
Wystan Delacourt(828) 555-0153wystan.delacourt@thursdayspinereadersclub.orgOct 5, 2022ActiveMemoir

To-dos

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The small jobs that make each meeting happen: announce, book the room, send the notes.

To-doMeetingOwnerDueDone onProgress
Announce the pick: A Brief History of Lost UmbrellasA Brief History of Lost UmbrellasOrsino WestergaardJun 1, 2026Jun 1, 2026Done
Book the room: A Brief History of Lost UmbrellasA Brief History of Lost UmbrellasSilas BertolliJul 2, 2026Jul 2, 2026Done
Announce the pick: The Winter Between RiversThe Winter Between RiversOrsino WestergaardJul 6, 2026Jul 6, 2026Done
Send notes and thank-yous: A Brief History of Lost UmbrellasA Brief History of Lost UmbrellasSilas BertolliJul 23, 2026Jul 23, 2026Done
Announce the pick: Foxglove StationFoxglove StationOrsino WestergaardAug 3, 2026Aug 3, 2026Done
Book the room: The Winter Between RiversThe Winter Between RiversOrsino WestergaardAug 6, 2026Aug 6, 2026Done
Send notes and thank-yous: The Winter Between RiversThe Winter Between RiversOrsino WestergaardAug 27, 2026Aug 27, 2026Done
Announce the pick: The Beekeeper of Low HarborThe Beekeeper of Low HarborOrsino WestergaardAug 31, 2026Aug 31, 2026Done
Book the room: Foxglove StationFoxglove StationQuentin UzomaSep 3, 2026Sep 3, 2026Done
Send notes and thank-yous: Foxglove StationFoxglove StationQuentin UzomaSep 24, 2026Sep 24, 2026Done
Announce the pick: Provisions for a Long QuietProvisions for a Long QuietOrsino WestergaardSep 28, 2026Sep 28, 2026Done
Book the room: The Beekeeper of Low HarborThe Beekeeper of Low HarborBrigid StavropoulosOct 1, 2026Oct 1, 2026Done

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Forms and booking

Suggest a book

Form
Suggest a bookWhere a member puts forward a title for an upcoming meeting.
Which book would you like us to read? *
Who wrote it?
About how many pages is it?
What kind of book is it?Literary fictionMysteryHistorical fictionMemoirScience fictionNarrative nonfiction
Suggest it

Also included

  • Reading boardStage rules
  • To-do coming dueNotificationReminds the owner two days before a meeting to-do is due.
  • What we are readingDigest
  • Meeting invitationDocumentThe note that goes to the club when a pick is announced.