December Book Club & Dirty Santa Book Exchange

Schedule

Tue, 30 Dec, 2025 at 06:00 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

Los Coco's Mexican Restaurant | Wichita, KS

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Book swap starts at 6, book club at 6:30
(To be included in our Dirty Santa Book Exchange, simply bring one wrapped book (new or gently loved) you'd be excited to receive, with a short note on the cover indicating genre/heat level. When you arrive, drop your gift on the pile and draw a number: #1 opens first; each following person either opens a new book or "steals" an opened one (limit: a book can be stolen twice total, and you can't be stolen from twice in a row). Once a book hits two steals it's
"frozen." After the last turn, #1 gets one final swap.
Book:The Plight Before Christmas by Kate Stewart
Clark Griswold was onto something, at least with his annual holiday meltdown. And since the last three weeks of my life have been riddled with humbug—another breakup, a broken toe, an office promotion I deserved and didn’t get—I’m not at all in the mood to celebrate nor have the happ, happ, happiest Christmas EVER.
When Mom insisted that we all gather at my Grandparent’s ancient cabin for an old school family Christmas, I fully intended to get into the holiday spirit with the help of the three wise men, Johnnie Walker, Jack Daniels, and Jim Beam. But those boys did absolutely nothing to offset the shock or temper the sting of seeing my EX on our doorstep the first day of our holiday soiree.
Apparently, Santa missed the memo, and this elf is pissed.
Stuck for a week with the man who obliterated my heart nearly two decades ago, I did the only thing I could do and put on my game face, thankful for the home advantage.
I knew better than to drink that last cup of eggnog.
I knew better than to get tongue tangled beneath the mistletoe with the only man to ever break my heart.
I knew better than to sleep with Satan’s wingman on the eve of the Lord’s birthday.
I could blame the nog. I could blame the deceitful light blue eyes, thick, angelic hair, and panty evaporating smirk…but mostly, I blame Eli because he always knew exactly which of my buttons to push.
I foolishly thought a family Christmas filled with nostalgia was going to turn my inner Scrooge around, but this year’s festivities went up in flames. Leave it to the ghost of my Christmas past to be the one to light the match.
Fa la la la la, la FML.
It was a close race between this book and everyone reads something different and talks about it. The more the merrier, so feel free to read the Plight Before Christmas, talk about a book you read and or participate in a spicy book swap 🎁🎁
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Los Coco's Mexican Restaurant, 1335 N Tyler Rd,Wichita, Kansas, United States

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