About this Event
Join us for a guided discussion of our monthly book selection, paired with delicious food, drinks, and the company of a wonderful reading community.
Book & Dinner Ticket: $60
Includes the book of the month (physical or audio copy), 2 drinks, an appetizer, family-style main course, and light dessert. Limited to 40 seats. Additional food and drink available for purchase at Stems & Skins.
- October Book Club Pick: Sister Snake by Amanda Lee Koe
- Where: Stems & Skins, 1070 E Montague Ave, North Charleston, SC
- When: November 17, 2026, at 7 p.m.
Book Fulfillment
- During order confirmation, you will select either a physical copy or audiobook version of the month's book.
- Please provide an email address for your audiobook token to be sent to. It will come as an email from Libro.fm within 24 hours of purchase with the subject line "Fiend by Alma Katsu on Libro.fm" and may go to your promotions folder.
- If you opt for the print book and would like it shipped to your address of choice, please add the $5 shipping add-on to your order.
- All other print books can be picked up at book club or at the bookstore.
Dietary Restrictions & Alcohol-Free Options
Select the "Special Diet" or "Non-Alcoholic Drink Pairings" Dietary Restrictions at checkout.
Parking
Street parking is available around Stems & Skins. There are also several public parking lots nearby, such as on Cougar Way behind DIG, Stone's Ally in front of Itinerant Literate, off Colie Morse Lane there are two grass lots in front of Cooper River Baptist Church and one at Chateau Ave & Garco Street.
About the Book - Sister Snake by Amanda Lee Koe
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A glittering, bold, darkly funny novel about two sisters—one in New York, one in Singapore—who are bound by an ancient secret
Sisterhood is difficult for Su and Emerald. Su leads a sheltered, moneyed life as the picture-perfect wife of a conservative politician in Singapore. Emerald is a nihilistic sugar baby in New York, living from whim to whim and using her charms to make ends meet. But they share a secret: once, they were snakes, basking under a full moon in Tang dynasty China.
A thousand years later, their mysterious history is the only thing still binding them together. When Emerald experiences a violent encounter in Central Park and Su boards the next flight to New York, the two reach a tenuous reconciliation for the first time in decades. Su convinces Emerald to move to Singapore so she can keep an eye on her—but she soon begins to worry that Emerald’s irrepressible behavior will out them both, in a sparkling, affluent city where everything runs like clockwork and any deviation from the norm is automatically suspect.
Razor-sharp, hilarious, and raw in emotion, Sister Snake explores chosen family, queerness, passing, and the struggle against conformity. Reimagining the Chinese folktale “The Legend of the White Snake,” this is a novel about being seen for who you are—and, ultimately, how to live free.
Event venue & nearby stays
Stems & Skins, 1070 East Montague Avenue, North Charleston, United States
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