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Many apologies. Due to a clash with the Warriors vs Knights elimination final now scheduled on Sunday 20 September, we have had to shift the book club date to Sunday 27 September. Hope you can all still make it!❤️📚 Are you a romance reader? And would you like to meet some like-minded readers to chat with and make new friends? If so, do come along to our monthly book club meeting.
Meeting: Auckland Romance Readers Book Club Meeting #40
Date: Sunday 27 September 2026 @ 4.15pm
Book: The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love by India Holton (NZ Author)
Series: Love's Academic #1
Genre: Romance—Historical—Fantasy—Rom-com
Spice Rating: 1/5—Low Spice
Trigger & Content Warnings: Include mild violence, sexism/misogyny tied to its historical/academic setting, and references to harm or mistreatment involving magical birds.
Discussion Moderator: Frances
Reading Copies: Auckland Library has 8 print copies; the book is also available on Libby (2 e-books and 5 audio books). The book is NOT available on Kindle Unlimited Australia or KU USA.
Free Event. Water, juice and tea provided.
Please feel welcome to turn up half an hour earlier to the book club meeting to chat casually (we'll reserve space from 3.45pm onwards).
To RSVP and/or to Book a Zoom Link*:
✉️ [email protected] or 📱 021-635027 or ☎️ 09-6232319
*Attending the meeting by Zoom is possible; but please let us know at least 24 hours in advance so we know to set it up.
Parking information: please visit https://www.mounteden.co.nz/getting-here.
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📚 Book Synopsis ❤️
Rival ornithologists hunt through England for a rare magical bird in this historical-fantasy rom-com reminiscent of Indiana Jones but with manners, tea, and helicopter parasols.
Beth Pickering is on the verge of finally capturing the rare deathwhistler bird when Professor Devon Lockley swoops in, stealing both her bird and her imagination like a villain. Albeit a handsome and charming villain, but that's beside the point. As someone highly educated in the ruthless discipline of ornithology, Beth knows trouble when she sees it, and she is determined to keep her distance from Devon.
For his part, Devon has never been more smitten than when he first set eyes on Professor Beth Pickering. She's so pretty, so polite, so capable of bringing down a fiery, deadly bird using only her wits. In other words, an angel. Devon understands he must not get close to her, however, since they're professional rivals.
When a competition to become Birder of the Year by capturing an endangered caladrius bird is announced, Beth and Devon are forced to team up to have any chance of winning. Now keeping their distance becomes a question of one bed or two. But they must take the risk, because fowl play is afoot, and they can't trust anyone else—for all may be fair in love and war, but this is ornithology.
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