Book Club Dinner Ideas Novels & Stories

The quarterly board dinner was held every three months at the Ardent Club in a private dining room, with 40 guests at most. It was the usual mix of good food, expensive wine, and mindful discussion meant to make the board members feel valued and keep them aligned with management’s plans. I had attended two of these dinners before, so the pattern was typical. Drinks in the lounge, then dinner, followed by Adrian’s polished presentation. After that came the social hour, when the real conversations happened between people who had decided they trusted each other enough to speak more openly.

They never seemed to be in their rooms, always making themselves at home in the common area. "Hello, Juls," Kyle greeted with a smile, and Mark waved. "How was the library?" "It was busy," I replied. "I think it's midterm season for most people." "Not for us," Mark said with a chuckle. "I wish I was a business major," I joked, taking off my coat. "Can I talk to you guys about something?" "Go ahead," Kyle said. "How would you feel if I brought Dane to Halloween?" I asked. "Is he into that kind of thing?" Mark inquired. "We're planning to play beer pong and do shots, not drink brandy."

Sandy agrees. Charlies telephone rings. He is with Jennifer. They are at a candlelight dinner mystery theater. A staged murder scene is solved through the audience collaboration and interaction with the actor. The dinner menu’s items are mysterious and have obscure names. The names on the menu are designed to confuse the guest. The mystery of the food is intriguing to the diners. Once the dinner is served the diner will know what the food is.

Dina said and Lisa rolled her eyes at her. “You must be joking” Lisa scoffed “You don't need to love him out of pity. It's gonna hurt him. This is a matter of the heart” Dina said and Lisa sighed softly. She then decided to change the topic of discussion. Aria called me this morning that someone wants to book our restaurant for a business meeting” Lisa said to Dina “Uhm, yeah. It's not a business meeting. It's like a funding party for the CEOs. They do it every year. I guess they picked our restaurant this time” Dina said and Lisa hummed

‘Nicely spun my dear White Lady,’ Dmitri mused. ‘Thank you my Dark Knight,’ I teased back. ‘Almost pure white my ass,’ Nathan snickered. “I insist, we all have to get together for dinner sometime soon,” Caleb droned, “It’s so hard to get know someone at these stuffy formal affairs.” “That sounds delightful,” I turned to Sophia, “make a note to review mine and Dmitri’s schedules with Nathan, so that we can get a dinner with Alpha Caleb and Luna Jeanette penciled in.” “Of course Alpha,” Sophie nodded.

"By the way, you're coming tonight, right? Book club meeting at my place. Seven o'clock sharp. Wear your bathing suit." "You mean margarita meeting, right?" I poked her in the side. "We all know that the books are only an excuse to get together and gossip while we drink tequila." "Potato, potahto," she scoffed, waving her hand. "The point is that you've got to be there. You missed last month. And also, this one is going to be special." "You say that about every, uh, meeting. Oh, and last month, I was busy getting ready for my vacation," I reminded her. "But yes, I think I can make it. Need me to bring anything?"

"Billy? Huh, oh yeah, I'm fine. Yes. Lunch today, right." "Good, can't wait." She smiled again and left him with his jaw hanging open and a deer in the headlights gaze. When she got back to her desk, she sent Nicki a text asking him if he wanted to meet her for dinner and they could maybe go over their book club reading together. They met on Thursdays every other week for their book club. Most of the time, she got through half the book before she gave up and read the last chapter. Nicki would fill her in on the way over to the meeting what parts she was missing.

It would just be embarrassing. The dinner was at the Moonstone Pack’s main hall, twelve minutes off campus. I’d been in that building more times than I could count. Pack ceremonies, elder meetings, those long formal dinners that showed up on the calendar like clockwork. I knew which chairs creaked when you sat down. I knew the heating vent on the left side of the room always cut out halfway through winter. I knew exactly which council members sipped their drinks slowly and which ones you had to keep topping off if you wanted them in a decent mood.

I started to eat while they fell into conversation around me about anything Xav and I had missed over the weekend. Lisa had stopped by to drop off some study books and class notes for me from Friday for when her and a few Shifter friends came by tomorrow, Finn wanted me to call him about our lunch date to talk about the Red Moon Festival in a few weeks and the Triad Luna's had already asked if I would be at bookclub on Friday. I blushed. "I have a phone." I muttered. Dane laughed, kissing my forehead as I ate. "I think they enjoy being able to bug us and we can't complain."

I genuinely couldn’t tell if she believed me or not, and I hated the idea that she might not. “To prove I’m not interested in going to this event, why don’t you and I meet and do something else?” I tried to think of something we could do that wouldn’t draw too much attention to us. I didn’t want to get Annette in trouble for meeting me in secret, when I knew Jake still hated me and disapproved of any time Annette and I spent together. “Oh, I know,” I said. “We could go to dinner. There’s a nice restaurant here in Gray’s pack. It’s quiet and private. We could have a nice evening together.”