Avid Readers
Join the Avid Readers via Zoom every third Thursday of the month at 6 pm. Contact Susan Gilfeather, Eloise Crosman or Jeanne Paige to receive a Zoom invitation.
Avid Readers Update
Avid Readers has continued to meet, thanks to Jeanne Paige hosting our meetings via ZOOM. Although the group sorely misses a couple of people who don’t use Zoom, there have been some excellent discussions during this time. We look forward to their return when we can again meet in person.
here have been a few technical glitches, but nothing that hasn’t been overcome and graced with everyone’s patience. A surprising benefit has been that some members who are not in the area are now joining us each month – from as far away as Alberta, Canada. We have moved our meeting time to 6 pm.to accommodate people in other time zones. We hope to be able to find a way to continue internet connection with these individuals when we can again meet in person.
Avid Readers has continued to meet, thanks to Jeanne Paige hosting our meetings via ZOOM. Although the group sorely misses a couple of people who don’t use Zoom, there have been some excellent discussions during this time. We look forward to their return when we can again meet in person.
here have been a few technical glitches, but nothing that hasn’t been overcome and graced with everyone’s patience. A surprising benefit has been that some members who are not in the area are now joining us each month – from as far away as Alberta, Canada. We have moved our meeting time to 6 pm.to accommodate people in other time zones. We hope to be able to find a way to continue internet connection with these individuals when we can again meet in person.
2021 Book Selections
April 20, 2021: 20 Wishes by Debbie Macomber. Fiction. 384 pages. At 38, she’s childless, a recent widow, alone, and seeking happiness again. On Valentine’s Day, Anne Marie and several other widows get together to celebrate a sense of hope. They each begin a list of twenty wishes – including things they’s always wanted to do but never did. Anne Marie meets 8-year-old Ellen and learns that wishes can come true, but not always in the expected way. Recommended by Dee Davis, led by Eloise Crosman.
May 4, 2021: Book Choosing Meeting
May 15, 2021: How to Find Love in a Bookshop by Veronica Henry. Fiction. 352 pages. This is the enchanting story of a bookshop, its grieving owner, a supportive literary community, and the extraordinary power of books to heal the heart. Nightingale Books, nestled on the main street in an idyllic little village, is a dream come true for book lovers—a cozy haven and welcoming getaway for the literary-minded locals. But owner Emilia Nightingale is struggling to keep the shop open after her beloved father’s death, and the temptation to sell is getting stronger. The property developers are circling, yet Emilia's loyal customers have become like family, and she can't imagine breaking the promise she made to her father to keep the store alive. Led by Eloise Crosman.
June 16, 2021:. The Dutch House by Ann Patchett. Fiction. 352 pages. This finalist for the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction is a dark fairy tale of a brother and sister spanning five decades. They are two smart people who cannot overcome the past. Despite outward signs of success, Danny and Maeve are only truly comfortable when they’re together. Their past revolves around The Dutch House where they grew up as children and even after they leave, it remains a focus from which they cannot detach themselves. Led by Susan Mitchler.
July 20, 2021: The Lifeboat by Charlotte Rogan. Fiction. 274 pages. In the summer of 1914, the elegant ocean liner carrying Grace Winter and her husband across the Atlantic suffers a mysterious explosion. Her husband secures Grace a place in the lifeboat, which the survivors quickly realize has exceeded capacity. For any to live, some must die. Now Grace is on trial for murder. Led by Helen King.
Also Recommended:
Badani, Sejal, The Story Teller’s Secret
Bosch, Henry, Black Echo
Camus, Albert, The Plague (a classic!)
Chung, Catherine, The Tenth Muse
Hannah, Kristin, The Great Alone
Hunter, Georgia, We Were the Lucky Ones
Kleinman, Arthur, The Soul of Care, the Moral Education of a Husband and a Doctor
Lester, Natasha, The Paris Seamstress
Lombardo, Claire, The Most Fun We Ever Had
Loigman, Linda Cohen, Wartime Sisters
MacMorris, Kristina, Bridge of Scarlet Leaves
Moyes, Jojo, The Giver of Stars
Obama, Michelle, Becoming Michelle Obama
O’Neil, Barbara, When We Believed in Mermaids (a surprisingly good beach read)
Russo, Richard, Chances Are
Tierney, P. J., Theocracy: Can American Democracy Survive Fundamentalism?
Wilson, Kevin, Nothing to See Hear
May 4, 2021: Book Choosing Meeting
May 15, 2021: How to Find Love in a Bookshop by Veronica Henry. Fiction. 352 pages. This is the enchanting story of a bookshop, its grieving owner, a supportive literary community, and the extraordinary power of books to heal the heart. Nightingale Books, nestled on the main street in an idyllic little village, is a dream come true for book lovers—a cozy haven and welcoming getaway for the literary-minded locals. But owner Emilia Nightingale is struggling to keep the shop open after her beloved father’s death, and the temptation to sell is getting stronger. The property developers are circling, yet Emilia's loyal customers have become like family, and she can't imagine breaking the promise she made to her father to keep the store alive. Led by Eloise Crosman.
June 16, 2021:. The Dutch House by Ann Patchett. Fiction. 352 pages. This finalist for the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction is a dark fairy tale of a brother and sister spanning five decades. They are two smart people who cannot overcome the past. Despite outward signs of success, Danny and Maeve are only truly comfortable when they’re together. Their past revolves around The Dutch House where they grew up as children and even after they leave, it remains a focus from which they cannot detach themselves. Led by Susan Mitchler.
July 20, 2021: The Lifeboat by Charlotte Rogan. Fiction. 274 pages. In the summer of 1914, the elegant ocean liner carrying Grace Winter and her husband across the Atlantic suffers a mysterious explosion. Her husband secures Grace a place in the lifeboat, which the survivors quickly realize has exceeded capacity. For any to live, some must die. Now Grace is on trial for murder. Led by Helen King.
Also Recommended:
Badani, Sejal, The Story Teller’s Secret
Bosch, Henry, Black Echo
Camus, Albert, The Plague (a classic!)
Chung, Catherine, The Tenth Muse
Hannah, Kristin, The Great Alone
Hunter, Georgia, We Were the Lucky Ones
Kleinman, Arthur, The Soul of Care, the Moral Education of a Husband and a Doctor
Lester, Natasha, The Paris Seamstress
Lombardo, Claire, The Most Fun We Ever Had
Loigman, Linda Cohen, Wartime Sisters
MacMorris, Kristina, Bridge of Scarlet Leaves
Moyes, Jojo, The Giver of Stars
Obama, Michelle, Becoming Michelle Obama
O’Neil, Barbara, When We Believed in Mermaids (a surprisingly good beach read)
Russo, Richard, Chances Are
Tierney, P. J., Theocracy: Can American Democracy Survive Fundamentalism?
Wilson, Kevin, Nothing to See Hear