The Monday and Thursday afternoon Page Turners' groups will both meet Monday, June 22 at 1:00 p.m.in the Club House. We will celebrate a successful reading year and announce the winning eight books for the 2015-16 reading year. The possibility of summer meetings to discuss other books will be discussed. For information about Page Turners, contact … [Read more...]
PageTurners Book Club: The Hundred Foot Journey written by Richard Morais
April 30, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Page Turners’ Book Club will meet this month to discuss The Hundred Foot Journey written by Richard Morais. In The Hundred-Foot Journey, the narrator, Hassan Haji, describes his journey from his grandfather's restaurant in Mumbai to the haute cuisine restaurants of Paris. The ambiance, flavors and smells of Indian and French kitchens are … [Read more...]
PageTurners – The Glass Room by Simon Mawer
April 1, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Two of the PageTurners’ book clubs will be reading and discussing The Glass Room, by Simon Mawer. The Monday afternoon group will meet April 27 and the Thursday group will meet April 30. The Glass Room is set in the 1920s. A young couple meets a modernist architect who creates a stunning home for them. In 1930 their hopes quickly evaporate before … [Read more...]
PageTurners – So Big, written by Edna Ferber
March 1, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Two of the PageTurners’ book clubs will be reading and discussing So Big, written by Edna Ferber. The Monday afternoon group will meet March 23 and the Thursday group will meet March 26. A classic Americana story, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and widely considered to be Edna Ferber's greatest achievement, So Big is a classic novel about … [Read more...]
PageTurners – My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor
January 30, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Two of the PageTurners’ book clubs will be reading and discussing My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor for our February selection. The Monday afternoon group will meet February 23 and the Thursday group will meet February 26. The first Hispanic and third woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor has become an instant … [Read more...]
Page Turners – Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver
January 1, 2015 by Leave a Comment
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...]
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