This month, members of Page Turners
book club are reading James by Percival Everett. This very popular novel retells Mark Twain’s
Adventures of Huckle-berry Finn but from the perspective of
the enslaved Jim (known in Everett’s version
as James). The novel has won several awards, most notably the 2025 Pulitzer Prize.
I found it very interesting to read reviews of this novel because of the varied opinions that
reviewers expressed. Most were positive, but a couple were very negative mainly addresing the
differences between Twain’s story and Everett’s retelling, Should make for an interesting
discussion.
As mentioned before, the book club consists of three groups of approximately 12 members each. We
always welcome new people so feel free to visit one of the groups. Two groups meet the fourth
Thursday afternoon of the month and the other group meets the fourth Monday after-noon of the
month. For more information you can contact one of the coordinators, Steve and Ann Morris at
sam-wrsi@cox.net, Lisa Buchner at lisabuchner47@gmail. com, or myself at fozimec@cox.net. We look
forward to hearing from you.
—Frances Ozimec
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