Nutty For Novels Book Club | October 2026
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In October we will be discussing:
Sour Cherry
Written by: Natalia Theodoridou
Named a Best Book by: CHICAGO REVIEW OF BOOKS, LITHUB, GOODREADS
Best Book of Summer by Barnes & Noble
“Harrowing…a fairytale for the ages, subverting the tale of Bluebeard to deconstruct the systems of gender, power, and the excuses people make for bad men.” —Chicago Review of Books
“A murder ballad sung in a dark room — it’s slow, haunting and strangely beautiful.” —The New York Times Book Review
Named a Best Book by Chicago Review of Books, Lithub, GoodReads and Ms. Magazine
A Best Book of Summer by Barnes & Noble
“Harrowing . . . a fairytale for the ages, subverting the tale of Bluebeard to deconstruct the systems of gender, power, and the excuses people make for bad men.” ―Chicago Review of Books
“A murder ballad sung in a dark room―it’s slow, haunting and strangely beautiful.” ―The New York Times Book Review
The tale begins with Agnes. After losing her baby, Agnes is called to the great manor house to nurse the local lord’s baby boy. But something is wrong with the child: his nails grow too fast, his skin smells of soil, and his eyes remind her of the dark forest. As he grows into a boy, then into man, a plague seems to follow him everywhere. Trees wither at the roots, fruits rot on their branches, and the town turns against him. The man takes a wife, who bears him a son. But tragedy strikes in cycles and his family is forced to consider their own malignancy—until wife after wife, death after death, plague after plague, every woman he touches becomes a ghost. The ghosts become a chorus, and they call urgently to our narrator as she tries to explain, in our very real world, exactly what has happened to her. The ghosts can all agree on one thing, an inescapable truth about this man, this powerful lord who has loved them and led them each to ruin: If you leave, you die. But if you die, you stay.
Natalia Theodoridou’s haunting and unforgettable debut novel, Sour Cherry, confronts age-old systems of gender and power, long-held excuses made for bad men, and the complicated reasons we stay captive to the monsters we love.
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Nutty for Novels is the Curious Squirrel Bookshop's Fiction Book Club. We meet monthly to discuss a range of fiction titles.
All are welcome.
All CSB book clubs are no-pressure clubs, open to everyone. You can skip months when you are busy or don’t like the selection. New participants are welcome at any time!
Join Our Book Club's Facebook Group for regular news and updates on club meetings, upcoming book selections, and more.
We will do our best to have the selections available at the store at least a month in advance. The current month’s club-selected titles are 20% off in-store. Check out all our club descriptions, upcoming book selections, and meeting information at CuriousSquirrelBooks.com/bookclubs
Sour Cherry
Written by: Natalia Theodoridou
Named a Best Book by: CHICAGO REVIEW OF BOOKS, LITHUB, GOODREADS
Best Book of Summer by Barnes & Noble
“Harrowing…a fairytale for the ages, subverting the tale of Bluebeard to deconstruct the systems of gender, power, and the excuses people make for bad men.” —Chicago Review of Books
“A murder ballad sung in a dark room — it’s slow, haunting and strangely beautiful.” —The New York Times Book Review
Named a Best Book by Chicago Review of Books, Lithub, GoodReads and Ms. Magazine
A Best Book of Summer by Barnes & Noble
“Harrowing . . . a fairytale for the ages, subverting the tale of Bluebeard to deconstruct the systems of gender, power, and the excuses people make for bad men.” ―Chicago Review of Books
“A murder ballad sung in a dark room―it’s slow, haunting and strangely beautiful.” ―The New York Times Book Review
The tale begins with Agnes. After losing her baby, Agnes is called to the great manor house to nurse the local lord’s baby boy. But something is wrong with the child: his nails grow too fast, his skin smells of soil, and his eyes remind her of the dark forest. As he grows into a boy, then into man, a plague seems to follow him everywhere. Trees wither at the roots, fruits rot on their branches, and the town turns against him. The man takes a wife, who bears him a son. But tragedy strikes in cycles and his family is forced to consider their own malignancy—until wife after wife, death after death, plague after plague, every woman he touches becomes a ghost. The ghosts become a chorus, and they call urgently to our narrator as she tries to explain, in our very real world, exactly what has happened to her. The ghosts can all agree on one thing, an inescapable truth about this man, this powerful lord who has loved them and led them each to ruin: If you leave, you die. But if you die, you stay.
Natalia Theodoridou’s haunting and unforgettable debut novel, Sour Cherry, confronts age-old systems of gender and power, long-held excuses made for bad men, and the complicated reasons we stay captive to the monsters we love.
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Nutty for Novels is the Curious Squirrel Bookshop's Fiction Book Club. We meet monthly to discuss a range of fiction titles.
All are welcome.
All CSB book clubs are no-pressure clubs, open to everyone. You can skip months when you are busy or don’t like the selection. New participants are welcome at any time!
Join Our Book Club's Facebook Group for regular news and updates on club meetings, upcoming book selections, and more.
We will do our best to have the selections available at the store at least a month in advance. The current month’s club-selected titles are 20% off in-store. Check out all our club descriptions, upcoming book selections, and meeting information at CuriousSquirrelBooks.com/bookclubs
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