The Page Turners Book Club certainly does not lack a variety of reading selections. From last month’s visit to China we are going to England this month reading a beloved classic by Jane Austen. The books we read are selected by members’ votes. A large number of titles are suggested by members along with a short description of the book. The … [Read more...]

The January book selection for Page Turners is The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See. The Monday afternoon group will meet at 1:00 p.m. January 21 (a week earlier than usual) to discuss the book and will then join the Thursday afternoon group on January 24 to participate in the scheduled interview, via Skype, with the author of the book. The … [Read more...]

Traditionally, Page Turners Monday and Thursday afternoon groups hold a joint social meeting in December. This year, however, the joint meeting has been postponed until January 24, when we have an exciting program scheduled – a live interview via Skype with one of the best-selling authors we are reading this year. More about that next month. So, … [Read more...]

A change of genre for Page Turners this month as they delve into Anthony Horowitz’s mystery/crime novel Magpie Murders, which is described on the book’s inside cover as a “. . . fiendishly brilliant, riveting thriller [that] weaves a classic whodunit worthy of Agatha Christie into a chilling, ingeniously original modern-day mystery.” Horowitz, in … [Read more...]

September finds Page Turners returning to their monthly meetings for significant, in-depth discussions of the books they voted to read in the upcoming months from September through June. The September selection is Harvard-educated Celeste Ng’s second award-winning novel, Little Fires Everywhere. To paraphrase the Princeton Book Review, this is a … [Read more...]

The Monday and Thursday afternoon Page Turners will resume their book discussions in September. The groups meet on the fourth Monday and Thursday of the month and will be discussing Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng. For information on the Monday group please contact Frances at fozimec@cox.net and for the Thursday group please contact Ann and … [Read more...]

The Monday and Thursday afternoon Page Turners groups do not meet in July and August. We will resume our monthly book discussions in September. At the June 21 joint meeting the result of the two groups’ voting for books to be read in the upcoming year was revealed: ■ Little Fires Everywhere – Celeste Ng ■ Quartet in Autumn – Barbara Pym ■ … [Read more...]

Page Turners Monday afternoon and Thursday afternoon groups will be discussing The American by Henry James which was first published in 1876/77. The book has been described as a combination of social comedy and melodrama. James writes about the clash between European and American cultures and more specifically about the misadventures of his main … [Read more...]