Alpha Chi Omega hosts an online book club just for alumnae! To sign up for the book club, join our Facebook group
AXO Book Club. Each month, we will read a new book and have a virtual discussion via the Facebook group. Every few months, we’ll extend our virtual discussion to a live video conference where we can discuss the book “face to face.” We’re excited to offer a new opportunity for alumnae across the country to connect and engage based on common interests. If you have questions about the book club, you can email
October Davis, assistant director of volunteer management.
Book of the Month
HOW TO STOP TIME BY MATT HAIG
In this novel by Matt Haig, the author of our August 2021 pick, The Midnight Library, we meet Tom Hazard, who has recently moved back to London to become a high school history teacher. Tom has a secret…he may look like a normal 41-year-old man, but he has been alive for centuries. Tom has traveled throughout time for all of his life, but he may have just met the woman who can save him. Unfortunately, the Albatross Society, which protects people like Tom, only has one rule: never fall in love. Tom must decide if he will remain stuck in the past or finally begin living in the present.
Past Books
May
Michelle Zauner’s memoir about growing up Korean American, losing her mother and discovering her own identity is a powerfully poignant recollection about family, food, grief and endurance. She tells stories of growing up in Oregon as one of the only Asian American kids at her school and months spent cooking in her grandmother’s Seoul kitchen. Michelle moves away to attend college, falls in love and becomes an indie rock musician, feeling more and more disconnected from her heritage until her mother’s terminal cancer diagnosis. Michelle’s voice comes alive on the page as she reckons with her identity, the power of good food and the gifts that her mother gave her.
April
Owen Michaels disappears and leaves his wife, Hannah, with a duffel bag full of cash and a note that says: protect her. Hannah knows that he is talking about his 16-year-old daughter, Bailey, who wants nothing to do with her new stepmom. As new discoveries unfold, they realize Owen may not have been who he said he was and Bailey might hold the key to discovering his true identity and the details of his disappearance. Together, Hannah and Bailey set out to discover the truth and realize that their lives will never be the same again.
March
Somebody’s Daughter is the powerful story of a childhood defined by the absence of an incarcerated father. Ashley C. Ford longed for the encouragement and love from her father and struggled with a difficult relationship with her mother. In her search for unconditional love, Ashley began dating a boy who assaulted her. Follow Ashley’s journey through the push and pull of the circumstances she was born into, the person she is and the familial love that often sits between the two.
February
As Alpha Chi Omega celebrated Healthy Relationships Week during the month of February, we read The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot. Lenni is just 17 years old and a patient living in the terminal ward down the hall from 83-year-old Margot. Between their 100 lived years, the two develop an instant friendship full of adventures in their final days. Lenni and Margot show us the gift of life and the importance of friendship just when we need it the most.
January
For our first read of 2022, we began with a story about a solitary green notebook, which tied together the lives of six strangers and lead to beautiful friendships and more. As they write the truths about the deepest parts of themselves in the book, they realize that it wasn’t as scary as they thought. The Authenticity Project is about learning that being your true self is the brave road that leads to happiness.