Book Club is held on the fourth Friday of each month, except November, at 10:30 AM at the home of one of the group members. The books to be read and discussed each month are chosen by the group members.
Members volunteer to take the role of discussion leader. We welcome all old and new members.
Members are encouraged to bring a guest to “try out” the Book Club.
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August 27 – We will be reviewing the nominations and voting for the books to be read for the 2021-2022 club year. We will be meeting in the home of Christa G. at 10:30 AM. Fran F. will be supplying refreshments for us. This meeting WILL NOT BE A POTLUCK. Those who cannot attend in person can attend via Zoom. Ballots will be marked and then counted by the Chair with the result announced the following week.
September 24 – This month we will be reading I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou.
“Here is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and memorable, as childhood itself. It captures the longing of lonely children, the brute insult of bigotry, and the wonder of words that can make the world right. Maya Angelou’s debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide.”
Tracy W. will be our hostess. We will meet at 10:30 AM. Tracy will be our Discussion Leader and will also provide refreshments. This meeting will be held via Zoom for those few members who can’t attend. All are welcome.
Our meetings are now being held in the homes of our members. Members must be fully vaccinated to attend in person. Zoom is also being offered to a few who are not able to attend in person. If you would like to participate, please contact the Chairperson. It’s a lot of fun and we’d love to have you!
Contact information & directions can be found in the Newsletter and the Directory.
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The 10 books that were chosen for 2020-2021 club year were:
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Educated by Tara Westover
The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World
by Melinda Gates
News of the World by Paulette Jiles
Becoming by Michelle Obama
Lady Clementine by Marie Benedict
The Language of Flowers by Victoria Diffenbaugh
The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
My Real Children by Jo Walton
The 10 books that were chosen for 2019-2020 club year were:
Wounded, A New History of the Western Front in WWI by Emily Meyhew
Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
Where Lilacs Still Bloom by Jane Kirkpatrick
Being Mortal by Atul Gawande
West with the Night by Beryl Markham
All My Real Children by Jo Walton
The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
Wolves at the Door by Judith L. Pearson
The Girl Who Wrote in Silk by Kelli Estes
The 10 books that were chosen for 2017-2018 club year were:
The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shelterly
The Nest by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney
Stein House by Myra Hargrove McIlvain
Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult
Gift From the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry by Fredrik Backman
Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly
A Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance
The 10 books that were chosen for 2016-2017 season were:
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
Between the World and Me by Ta Nehisi Coates
Beyond Prison Gate 105 by Charlotte Quiter
Destiny of a Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard
Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History by S.C. Gwynne
The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win WWII by Denise Kiernan
The Midnight Assassin by Skip Hollandsworth
The Paris Architect by Charles Belfoure
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
For some more good reading suggestions, some books from past years were:
A Town Like Alice
All the Light We Cannot See
Capital Dames: Civil War and the Women of Washington, 1848-1868
Infidel
Kitchen House
Me Before You
Same Kind of Different as Me
The Girl Who Came Home: A Novel of the Titanic
The Nazi Officer’s Wife: How One Jewish Woman Survived the Holocaust
Walking Between the Raindrops
Above the East China Sea
And the Mountains Echoed
Five Days at the Memorial
Love, Life, & Elephants
My Beloved World
One Thousand White Women
Orphan Train
The Book Thief
The Plain Truth
Into the Wilderness
Oleander Girl
Ivory from Paradise
Roses
The Silver Star
Half Broke Horses
The Big Rich: The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Texas Oil Fortunes
Defending Jacob
Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937 – 1948
Cane River
