Join our newest book club - The Staff Picks Book Group! Each month a different staff member will be picking the book and leading the book discussion. The Staff Picks Book Group meets on the first Monday of the month at 6 p.m. in the library.

Check & Mate by Ali Hazelwood

Teen Librarian Kylie will be hosting:

Mallory Greenleaf is done with chess. Every move counts nowadays; after the sport led to the destruction of her family four years earlier, Mallory’s focus is on her mom, her sisters, and the dead-end job that keeps the lights on. That is, until she begrudgingly agrees to play in one last charity tournament and inadvertently wipes the board with notorious “Kingkiller” Nolan Sawyer: current world champion and reigning Bad Boy of chess.

As she rockets up the ranks, Mallory struggles to keep her family safely separated from the game that wrecked it in the first place. And as her love for the sport she so desperately wanted to hate begins to rekindle, Mallory quickly realizes that the games aren’t only on the board, the spotlight is brighter than she imagined, and the competition can be fierce (-ly attractive. And intelligent…and infuriating…)

If you'd like to join this book group, please contact the Reference Desk at  askreference@coventrylibrary.org or 822-9105.