This week features two books about returning to the past. Our main read is Douglas Stuart's latest about a young gay man returning to his religious home in Scotland, John of John. Our subread is the Groundhog's Day story of a woman trapped in a repeating November 18th, On the Calculation of Volume (Book 1).

NUBClub was torn on the latest from Stuart, finding his writing exceptional as always but divided about how believable the setting was and whether the characters were worth our sympathy.

A look at a historical culture shift through the lens of two marriages, Miller's novel impressed most of us with its solid writing and subtle messages, although some of us were turned off by the blunt choices the author made to communicate the theme.