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...]
Page Turners – Reading Selection 2014-2015
June 26, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Summer reading will take place in the anteroom of the ClubHouse on July 28 and August 25 at 1:00. The books to be discussed will be The Art Forger in July and Tell the Wolves I'm Home in August. The titles for the next reading year are: September: The Devil in the Grove – Gilbert King October: Rules of Civility – Amor Towles November: A … [Read more...]
Page Turners – June 23, 2014 Book Selection Meeting
May 15, 2014 by Leave a Comment
We look forward to our June 23 meeting, when members will get together at 1:00 at the ClubHouse to vote on our book selections for next year. The complete list of 20 nominated titles will be emailed to members by June 3. Please take the time to research the titles and circle the eight you’d like to read next year. If you put your name on the … [Read more...]
Page Turners – The Cellist from Sarajevo by Steven Galloway
May 5, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Page Turners Book Club will meet this month to discuss the book, The Cellist from Sarajevo — Steven Galloway. The story takes place in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, when it was besieged from April 5, 1992 to February 29, 1996. In this city, a defiant musician decides to play his cello at the site of a mortar attack for twenty-two … [Read more...]
Page Turners – Mary Coin, by Marisa Silver
March 31, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Page Turners Book Club will meet this month to discuss, Mary Coin, by Marisa Silver. Based on the iconic photograph taken of a migrant worker and her children in the 1930s by Dorothea Lange. Silver constructs her novel around three characters: Mary Coin, an Oklahoma farm wife; Vera Dare, a portraitist who found her true calling in the faces of … [Read more...]
Page Turners Book Club: The Lights Between Oceans, by M.L. Steadman
February 28, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Page Turners Book Club will meet this month to discuss the novel, The Light Between Oceans, by M.L. Stedman. It's a story about a young couple, having moved to the remote lighthouse to start their new lives while the husband is working as the lighthouse keeper. After years of being unable to have a child of their own, they saved a baby washed … [Read more...]
Page Turners – Waiting for Snow in Havana by Carlos Eire
December 30, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Page Turners Book Club will be discussing Waiting for Snow in Havana, by Carlos Eire. Carlos Eire has created a memorable record of his childhood in Havana writing of his lovely surroundings populated by colorful characters, many of them related to him. The shadow of impending doom in the shape of Fidel's revolution slowly but relentlessly advances … [Read more...]
Page Turners – Holiday Party
December 2, 2013 by Leave a Comment
We look forward to our December 5 meeting, when all three groups will get together at 1:00 p.m. at the ClubHouse. It is a rare opportunity to have everyone in one room at the same time. Along with greeting our friends, we will enjoy cookies and have a book exchange. Everyone who wants to participate in the book exchange should bring a … [Read more...]
Page Turners – Black Swan by David Mitchell
October 30, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Page Turners Book Club will de discussing Black Swan Green, by David Mitchell, a semi-autobiographical bildungsroman. It was published in April 2006 in the United States and in May 2006 in the United Kingdom. The novel's 13 chapters each represent one month from January 1982 through January 1983...in the life of a 13 year-old Worcestershire boy, … [Read more...]
Page Turners’ – The Great Gatsby
September 30, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Page Turners’ Book Club will meet this month to discuss The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald. According to Amazon: The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s third book, stands as the supreme achievement of his career. This exemplary novel of the Jazz Age has been acclaimed by generations of readers. The story of the fabulously wealthy Jay Gatsby … [Read more...]
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