Daytime Book Club

Join us for our daytime book club.

UPDATE
We will be meeting via Zoom.
Zoom meeting will start at 1:00pm and meet for about an hour.

Please RSVP to Ruth Holst at holstruth@gmail.com for the zoom link

2024

  • January 17 – Lady Tan’s Circle of Women: A Novel by Lisa See
  • February 21 – The Children’s Act by Ian McEwan
  • March 20- The Indigo Girl by Natasha Boyd
  • April 17- The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn
  • May 15- The Little Old Lady Who Broke all the rules by Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg
  • June 19 – Tom Lake by Ann Patchett- leader is Anne Foley
  • July 17 – The Art Thief
  • Aug 21 – The Book Of Fire: A Novel by Christi Lefteri
  • Sept 18 – The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
    October 16 – Agent Josephine: American Beauty, French Hero, British Spy by Damian Lewis
    November 20 – The Women They Could Not Silence by Kate Moore
    December 18 – The Expatriates by Janice Y.K. Lee

2023

Jan 18– The Maidens by Alex Michaelides                                                                                             Feb 15 – postponed until July                                                                                                            March 15 – Dollars for Life by Mary Ziegler
April 19 – The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner
May 17 – The Girl in His Shadow by Audrey Blake
June 21– The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty                                                                                                July 19- Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng – leader Helen Elkiss                                                August 16: The Great Displacement: Climate Change and the Next American Migration by Jake Bittle                                                                                                                                        Thursday, September 21: Things We Lost to the Water: A Novel by Eric Nguyen          October 18: The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State by Nadia Murad                                                                                                                                            Nov. 15: Lessons in Chemistry: A Novel by Bonnie Garmus – leader Ruth Holst                          Dec. 20:The Nurse’s Secret: A Thrilling Historical Novel of the Dark Side of Gilded Age New York City by Amanda Skenandore

2022

Jan 19: The Personal Librarian – Marie Benedict & Victoria Christopher Murray                          Feb 16: The Plot: A Novel.Jean Hanff Korelitz leader Donna Zimmerman                                  March 16 – The Sociopath next door by Martha Stout                                                                    April 20 – The Last Bookshop in London: A Novel of World War II by Madeline Martin              May 19 – Afterlife by Julia Alvarez                                                                                                        June 15– Dreamland by Sam Quinones                                                                                                July 20 – Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman                                                                                                  Aug 17 – Vanderbilt: Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty by Anderson Cooper & Katherine Howe                                                                                                                                                          Sept 21– The Swimmers: A Novel by Julie Otsuka                                                                      October 19 – Clark and Division by Naomi Hirahara              ** We will meet at Noon***                 Nov 16 –  Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson                                                                                         Dec. 21 – No book discussion – we will picking books for the upcoming year

2021
January 20–A Long Petal of the Sea– Isabel Allende leader Margaret Roeher
February 17 –This Tender Land – William Kent Krueger leader Lori Switzer
March 17 – Small Great Things – Jodi Picoult leader Helen Elkiss
APRIL – no meeting
May 19 – Valentine: A Novel by Elizabeth Wetmore leader Donna Zimmerman
June 16 – Caste by Isabella Wilkerson leader Paula Purdue
July 21 – The Daughters of Yalta: The Churchills, Roosevelts, and Harrimans: A Story of Love and War by Catherine Grace Katzby leader Ruth Holst
August – no meeting

Sept 15 – 56 Days: A Thriller – by Catherine Ryan Howard leader Pam Sanner                              Oct 20:  Riva Lehrer – Golem Girl: A Memoir. leader Arlene Alpert                                                 Nov 17:   Janice P. Nimura – The Doctors Blackwell. leader Margaret O’Hara                               Dec 15:  Amy Hill Hearth – Miss Dreamsville and the Collier County Women’s Literary Society  leader Ruth Holst

2020-2021
We meet at Starbucks at 600 State St. (State and Ohio) 
2020
Aug 19 The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes – leader Lori Switzer
Sept 16 The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd leader Donna Zimmerman
Oct 21 The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehesi Coates – leader Helen Elkiss
Dec 16 – Dead Land (V.I. Warshawski Novels) by Sara Paretsky leader Nancy Burton
2019-2020
September 18: Becoming by Michelle Obama Leader: Ruth Holst
October 16:  What are You Looking At?: The Surprising, Shocking, and Sometimes Strange Story of 150 Years of Modern Art by Will Gompertz  Leader: Paula Purdue

November 20: Escape through the Pyrenees by Lisa Fittko, lead by Joanne Schlichter (note: Joanne suggests skipping the introduction and starting with the body of the book.)

December 18: no meeting Happy Holidays

January 15, 2020: Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memior by Ruth Reichl, lead by Leslee Carver

February 19:  Cinnamon and Gunpowder: A Novel by Eli Brown, lead by Ruth Holst
March – No meeting
April 15 – No Meeting due to COVID-19
May – No Meeting
June 17 – Trust Exercise by Susan Choi Lead by Leslee Carver
July 15 – online zoom meeting to pick upcoming books.
2018-2019

September 19 – Murder Under the Bridge by Kate Raphael, led by Paula Perkins

October 17 –  Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney, led by Paula Purdue

November 28 –  The Vanity Fair Diaries by Tina Brown, led by Ruth Holst

December 19 –  Mrs. Sherlock Holmes by Brad Ricca, led by Leslee Carver – Please bring book suggestions for the 2019 program year

January 16, 2019 – Cancel due to weather and conflicts

February 20  – Where’d You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple Leader: Leslee Carver

March 20  – Radium Girls by Kate Moore  Leader: Ruth Holst

April 17 – Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeman  Leader: Kay Rosen

May 22: Educated by Tara Westover  Leader: Leslee Carver
June 19: An American Marriage by Tayari Jones  Leader: Donna Zimmerman
July 17:  An Appetite for America by Stephen Fried  Leader: Kay Rosen
August 21: The Library Book by Susan Orlean  Leader: Ruth Holst
2017-2018
Sept 20 – Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
October 18 – A Long Way Home by Louise Penny
November 15 – Under the Russian Snow by Michelle Carter
***Join us for a discussion and visit with the author Michelle Carter ***
December 20 – chose books for 2018
January 17, 2018 – A Gentleman From Moscow by Amor Towles

February 21 –  A Midwife’s Tale by Laural Ulrich, led by Paula Perkins

March 21 –  Kitchens of the Great Mid-West by J. Ryan Stradal, led by Kay Rosen

April 18 –  Moonglow by Michael Chabon, led by Leslee Carver

May 16 –  A Guide for the Perplexed by Dara Horn, led by Kay Rosen

June 20 – Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow, led by Paula Perdue

July 18  –  The Nine by Jeffrey Toobin, led by Ruth Holst

August 15 – The Mothers by Brit Bennett, led by Janetta Pegues

2016-2017
September 21 – The Red Tent by Anita Diamante
October 19 – The Woman Behind the New Deal: The Life and Legacy of Frances Perkins, Social Security, and Unemployment Insurance by Kirstin Downey
Nov 16 – The Summer Before The War by Helen Simonson
December 21 – My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
January 18 – The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street: A Novel by Susan Jane Gilman
February 15 – Hidden Figures:  The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly
March 15 – The Six: The lives of the Mitford Sisters by Laura Thompson
April 19 – The Imperial Wife by Irina Reyn
May 17 – The Billion Dollar Spy: A True Story of Cold War
Espionage and Betrayal by David E. Hoffman – leader Kay
June 21 – The Pearl that Broke it’s Shell by Nadia Hashimi
July 19 –  Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
Aug 16 – Under The Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith by Jon Krakauer
2015 – 2016
August 19 – Little Women in Baghlan by Susan Fox
September 16 – The Boys in The Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics  by Daniel James Brown
October 21 – Dancing For Degas by Kathryn Wagner
November 18 – My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor
December 16 – The Man called OVE: A Novel by Fredrick Backman
January 20 – Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots by Deborah Feldman
February 17 – Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
March 16  – The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
April 20  – What the Lady Wants: A Novel of Marshall Field and the Gilded Age by Renée Rosen
May 18  – The Secret History of Wonder Woman by Jill Lepore
June 15 – Picking Cotton: Our Memoir of Injustice and Redemption by  Jennifer Thompson-Cannino and Ronald Cotton
July 20 – The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
Aug 17  – The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
2014-2015
July 15 – Case Histories by Kate Atkinson
June 17 – The Book Of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henriquez
May 20 – When The World Was Young by Elizabeth Gaffney
April 15 – Gilead by Marilyn Robinson
March 18 – A Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty
February 18 – I know Why a Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
January 21 – Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
December 17 – Orphan Train by Christina Baker Klein
November 19– Straight Man by Richard Russo
October 15 – The Light between Oceans by M.C. Steadman
September 17 – Mudbound by Hillary Jordan
August 20 – The Intervention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
2013-2014
 
July 16 – The Madonna’s of Leningrad by Debra Dean

June 18 – The Widow of the South by Robert Hicks

May 21 – The Aviator’s Wife: A Novel by Melanie Benjamin

April 16 – Farewell by Ayse Kulin

March 19 – When the Elephants Dance by Tess Uriza Holthe

February 19 – Caleb’s Crossing by Geraldine Brooks

January 15 – The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

December 18 – The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes

November 20 – The Round House by Louise Erdrich

October 23 – Sapphira and the Slave Girl by Willa Cather

September 25 – The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver

August 21 – Clara and Mr. Tiffany by Susan Vreeland

July 17 – The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester

June 19 – The Newlyweds by Nell Freudenberger

April 16 – Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh