The Afternoon PageTurners’ groups will meet this month to discuss Fingersmith by Sarah Waters. “Oliver Twist with a twist…Waters spins an absorbing tale that withholds as much as it discloses. A pulsating story.” —The New York Times Book Review The Monday group will meet September 28 and the Thursday afternoon group on October 1. For more … [Read more...]
PageTurners: Books for 2015 to 2016
July 31, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Books for 2015-2016 September: Fingersmith by Sarah Waters October: City of Thieves by David Benioff November: 97 Orchard: An Edible History by June Zieglman January: All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr February: Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee March: Americanah by Chemamanda Ngozi Adichi April: Hunting and Gathering by Anna … [Read more...]
PageTurners: July Update
June 27, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Since our group did not meet until June 22, the final results of our book choices for the coming year are not available for this edition of the Seashore news. We will give you our schedule and final book selections in the August newsletter. Enjoy summer! For more information about Page Turners you can contact: Diane Hearne: dhearne476@gmail.com- … [Read more...]
PageTurners: Monday, June 22, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. in the Clubhouse
May 17, 2015 by Leave a Comment
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...]
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