Page Turners: August 2021

Page Turners are on vacation! Watch for our next month when members will be reading and discussing The Stranger’s Child by Alan Hollinghurst. —Frances Ozimec … [Read more...]

Page Turners Book Club: July 2021

At their bi-annual joint meeting in June the members of Page Turners Book Club learned the results of their months-long process of choosing the books that the club will read from September of this year through June of next year.Page Turners consists of three groups of eleven to twelve members each, and between them they suggested thirty-six books … [Read more...]

Page Turners Book Club: June 2021

The Page Turners Book Club June selection is Anne Tyler’s Redhead by the Side of the Road. Anne Tyler is one of America’s most prolific authors, having written more than 20 novels including Breathing Lessons which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. “Her subject in all her novels has been the American family and marriage: the boredomand … [Read more...]

Page Turners: Educated by Tara Westover

This month Page Turners will be reading the only non-fiction entry in this year’s selection of books – Educated by Tara Westover. I “devoured” this book when it first came out in 2018, and am so looking forward to the discussion in our book club. “Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom.” Perhaps it would not hurt to … [Read more...]

Page Turners: April 2021

As we approach reading the seventh book out of the nine our members have chosen for this book club year, I find myself reflecting on the diversity of authors on our list. So far we have read American (naturally!), Irish, Indian, British, and now this month, a Malaysian writer.Yangsze Cho is the author of The Night Tiger, a combination historical … [Read more...]

Page Turners: Past Selections

Page Turners began in the summer of 1991 when a group of Niguel Shores residents met at the Community Center to form a book club. Currently, Page Turners is divided into three groups: Monday morning, Monday afternoon, and a Thursday group. The three groups get together for a holiday party in December and in June to select the eight books, … [Read more...]

Page Turners – The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyers

The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes is this month’s selection for Page Turners book club. The 2019 novel has earned praise from many sources for its portrayal of the packhorse librarians who helped bring literacy “Moyes brings an often forgotten slice of history to life… the true power of the story is in the bonds between the women of the library … A … [Read more...]

Page Turners: The Whip by Karen Kondazian

February finds the members of Page Turners reading The Whip by Karen Kondazian. This fictionalized biography is quite a change in styleand subject from the recent books discussed by the club. We certainly do choose to read a very diverse selection of books. The Whip is the story of Charley Parkhurst, a woman who not only lived for most of her … [Read more...]

Page Turners: Rohinton Mistry’s novel A Fine Balance

Following our December “recess” from meeting, Page Turners will this month be discussing Rohinton Mistry’s novel A Fine Balance. I gave a lengthy description of this acclaimed book in last month’s Seashore News so I will not go into detail here except to reaffirm the novel’s unforgettable impressions of the struggles of India’s working poor during … [Read more...]

Page Turners Book Club

Page Turners Book Club does not read and discuss a book in December. Instead, traditionally all three groups meet for a social gathering and very fun blind book exchange. Of course, holiday goodies are on hand to be enjoyed by all. Unfortunately, our fun activity will have to be cancelled this December due to . . . (fill in the blank!). As we do … [Read more...]