Two of the Page Turners book clubs will be reading and discussing Flight Behavior, written by Barbara Kingsolver. The dates of the meetings are Monday, January 26th and Thursday, January 29th. Please note, this month, January 29th falls on the 5th Thursday, we always meet the Thursday following the Monday group. “Readers who bristle at politics … [Read more...]
Page Turners – A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote
October 30, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Two of the Page Turners book clubs will be reading and discussing A Christmas Memory, written by Truman Capote on Monday, November 17 and Thursday, November 20. Following is Amazon’s review of the book: "Imagine a morning in late November." Thus begins Capote's autobiographical story of a childhood spent living with relatives in rural Alabama, … [Read more...]
Page Turners – Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
October 1, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Page Turners Book Club will meet this month to discuss Rules of Civility, written by Amor Towles. Find Amazon’s review of the book below: On the last night of 1937, twenty-five-year-old Katey Kontent is in a second-rate Greenwich Village jazz bar when Tinker Grey, a handsome banker, happens to sit down at the neighboring table. This chance … [Read more...]
Page Turners Book Club – Devil in the Grove by Gilbert King
September 2, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Page Turners Book Club will meet this month to discuss Devil in the Grove, by Gilbert King. This book received the Pulitzer Prize in 2013 for General Nonfiction, and was nominated for a 2013 Edgar Award. Both the Christian Science Monitor and the Boston Globe cited it as Book of the Year (non-fiction 2012). Christian Science Monitor says, “A … [Read more...]
Page Turners – Tell the Wolves I’m Home by Carol Rifka Brunt
August 2, 2014 by Leave a Comment
The second summer meeting of Page Turners will be Monday, August 25. We will meet in the lounge of the ClubHouse at 1:00 p.m.. The book to be discussed will be Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt. —Lisa Buchner … [Read more...]
Page Turners – Tell the Wolves I’m Home by Carol Rifka Brunt
August 1, 2014 by Leave a Comment
The second summer meeting of Page Turners will be Monday, August 25. We will meet in the lounge of the ClubHouse at 1:00 p.m.. The book to be discussed will be Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt. —Lisa Buchner … [Read more...]
Page Turners – Reading Selection 2014-2015
June 26, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Summer reading will take place in the anteroom of the ClubHouse on July 28 and August 25 at 1:00. The books to be discussed will be The Art Forger in July and Tell the Wolves I'm Home in August. The titles for the next reading year are: September: The Devil in the Grove – Gilbert King October: Rules of Civility – Amor Towles November: A … [Read more...]
Page Turners – June 23, 2014 Book Selection Meeting
May 15, 2014 by Leave a Comment
We look forward to our June 23 meeting, when members will get together at 1:00 at the ClubHouse to vote on our book selections for next year. The complete list of 20 nominated titles will be emailed to members by June 3. Please take the time to research the titles and circle the eight you’d like to read next year. If you put your name on the … [Read more...]
Page Turners – The Cellist from Sarajevo by Steven Galloway
May 5, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Page Turners Book Club will meet this month to discuss the book, The Cellist from Sarajevo — Steven Galloway. The story takes place in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, when it was besieged from April 5, 1992 to February 29, 1996. In this city, a defiant musician decides to play his cello at the site of a mortar attack for twenty-two … [Read more...]
Page Turners – Mary Coin, by Marisa Silver
March 31, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Page Turners Book Club will meet this month to discuss, Mary Coin, by Marisa Silver. Based on the iconic photograph taken of a migrant worker and her children in the 1930s by Dorothea Lange. Silver constructs her novel around three characters: Mary Coin, an Oklahoma farm wife; Vera Dare, a portraitist who found her true calling in the faces of … [Read more...]
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