Book Talk.
Meetings at 6 pm. Location to be determined each month. Attendees are asked to bring a snack or beverage to pass. Please feel free to join us at any meeting if you’re interested in that book, whether or not you’ve had time to read the book. Contact us for more information about dates, times and location.
Pat Camp, Book Talk Chair, sends out an email prior to each meeting to everyone who asks to be on the list. Please email Pat Camp to be added to the list. Upcoming books and a review of the most recent book is also in the monthly newsletter.
Pat Camp, Book Talk Chair, sends out an email prior to each meeting to everyone who asks to be on the list. Please email Pat Camp to be added to the list. Upcoming books and a review of the most recent book is also in the monthly newsletter.
Upcoming books.
January Last Chance by Lee Child
February Celine by Peter Heller
March The Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
April My Dear Hamilton by Stephanie Dray
May My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell you She’s Sorry by Fredrik Backman
June A Spark of Light by Jodi Picoult
July They May not Mean to But They Do by Cathleen Schine
August A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
September Britt Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman
October Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Morarity
November A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
December The Adults by Caroline Hulse
February Celine by Peter Heller
March The Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
April My Dear Hamilton by Stephanie Dray
May My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell you She’s Sorry by Fredrik Backman
June A Spark of Light by Jodi Picoult
July They May not Mean to But They Do by Cathleen Schine
August A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
September Britt Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman
October Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Morarity
November A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
December The Adults by Caroline Hulse
Book Talk stars and reviews.
Me Before You by JoJo Moyes
5 out of 5 Stars! We loved Me Before You! This is a heartbreaking love story touching on the social issue of the voluntary right to choose death. The struggle to determine what makes life worth living and making the decision whether it's truly enough is thought and discussion provoking |
The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
5 out of 5 Stars! A beautiful story using the Victorian language of flowers woven with the sad and sometimes cruel state of California's foster care system. A story about a survivor. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! |
Beach Music by Pat Conroy
4 out of 5 Stars. Book Review - It is very descriptive and well-written, but at times a bit long-winded. We liked the great character development and family dynamics. It has an astonishing insight to the holocaust. |
People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
4 out of 5 Stars. Book Review - The story was very interesting, a nice page-turner. It has many individual small stories inside a larger story, and this made it difficult to review due to the many characters. |
Annie's Ghosts by Steve Luxenberg
3 out of 5 Stars. Book Review - Our book club members did not care for the style in which this novel was written. The author chose to write this novel as a fact finding journal; chronicling his investigative steps as he uncovered information about his family history. We agreed the book had enough rich information for a very interesting story. Told as a story, the novel would have proven more captivating and interesting to read. 
China Dolls by Lisa See
3.5 out of 5 Stars. This is an historical fiction starting in the late 1930's that includes WWII. It is a story of three American "Oriental" girls who meet by chance in San Francisco in the late 1930's while trying out as nightclub dancers on the outskirts of Chinatown. Each come from different backgrounds and the story centers around their friendship as they perform at night clubs, become being friends and then turning enemies. We chose it based on loving 3 books we had previously read by Lisa See. ("Shanghai Girls" , "Dreams of Joy", and "Snowflower and the Secret Fan". --- All 3 were rated at 5 stars !). We rated this at 3.5 star- Good, but not as enjoyable as her previous reads. 
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
4 out of 5 Stars Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the book. We found it captivating and full of suspense with a surprise twist at the end. |
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
3 out 5 Stars. Book Review - Fictional History The Red Tent is set in biblical old testament society, and tells a story from a female point of view. We felt it was very interesting and educational, but there was a great number of characters to keep track of and it was not a fast page turner. 
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
3 out of 5 Stars. Book Review - Middlesex is a true story of an individual that learns during puberty they are biologically a hermaphrodite. We did like the book. We rated it a 3 due to most readers in our group felt that it took one half way through the book before it became a page-turner, but worth the read! 
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
3.8 out of 5 Stars. The girl on the train is a psychological thriller where the lives of three women intertwine in a bleak story of lies, betrayal and manipulation. We rated this a 3.8 due to it moved a bit slower than we had anticipated from other reviews. 
The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
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