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July 14, 2010 at 3:33 am · Filed under Book Club
Newcomers Book Club News
No meeting in August.
September: The Street of a Thousand Blossoms by Gail Tsukiyama
Gail Tsukiyama’s latest novel is a gorgeously rendered work, steeped in politics and ancient Japanese tradition. Spanning three decades during World War II and beyond, this engrossing tale captures the lives of two ripped-apart Tokyo families as they struggle to make ends meet after losing nearly everything during the war. With fortitude and grace, Tsukiyama weaves a meditative story full of love and loss that will weigh on readers’ consciences long after the last page is turned.
June 7, 2010 at 5:38 am · Filed under Book Club
July’s Book Club will be reviewing “Brooklyn”
When: July 27 – Tuesday
Time: 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Where: Nairy C.
RSVP Nairy @ 552-7809 or ncolello {at} yahoo(.)com by Monday, July 26
Our book will be Brooklyn by Colm Toibin. This is a coming-of-age story set in the early 1950s in Brooklyn and Ireland. The library has many copies.
We welcome new members so think about attending one of our meetings. If you have any questions (except to RSVP), please call the Chairperson, Suzanne Ziarnik 830-8339.
Aug.: No Meeting
Sep.: The Street of a Thousand Blossoms by Gail Tsukiyama
April 12, 2010 at 5:46 am · Filed under Book Club
May Book Club
When: May 25 – Tuesday
Time: 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Where: Karen’s
RSVP: Karen @ 330-1236 or (kaycee605 {at} aol(.)com) by Monday, May. 24
Our book will be The Story of a Marriage by Andrew Sean Greer. The story set in the Sunset District of San Francisco in 1953 is about conflicting loyalties. Pearlie Cook takes care of her son who has polio and her husband who supposedly has a mysterious illness by creating a tranquil, protective atmosphere of isolation around them. Once that tranquility is shattered her marriage may not survive.
We welcome new members so think about attending one of our meetings. If you have any questions (except to RSVP), please call the Chairperson, Suzanne 830-8339.
March 21, 2010 at 11:47 am · Filed under Book Club
The BookThief
Our book will be The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. This book is about a hungry, illiterate girl who steals books because she wants to read. It is set in 1939 in Nazi Germany.
When: April 27- Tuesday
Time: 1:00- 3:00 PM
Where: Sally Powers
RSVP: Sally @ 735-0357 or nickali8 {at} pacbell(.)net by April. 26
May: Story of a Marriage by Andrew Sean Greer
November 13, 2009 at 5:38 am · Filed under Book Club
2009 Holiday Luncheon for the Book Club
Date: Dec. 8- Tuesday
Time: 12:30
Where: Esin Restaurant – 750 Camino Ramon – Danville
The book club will meet at a delightful local restaurant in December. The menu is varied and has something for everyone. The club will not select a book for December, but I ask you to share one interesting nonfiction book and tell the group about it. Please RSVP to Suzanne Ziarnik at 830-8339 by Sunday, Dec. 6, so I can notify the restaurant. If you have any questions, please call Suzanne Ziarnik.
Jan. – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Feb. – Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri
October 12, 2009 at 2:30 pm · Filed under Book Club
Book Club for the month of November 2009
When: Tuesday, Nov. 10 (Note the date change)
Time: 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Where: Pat Gross
“RSVP” Pat by Monday, Nov.9
Our book will be The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows. This is a war story that is also fun to read.
We welcome new members so think about attending one of our meetings. If you have any questions (except to RSVP), please call the Chairperson, Suzanne Ziarnik 830-8339.
Dec. – no book for December
September 3, 2009 at 6:36 am · Filed under Book Club
Our October book will be The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. This book is about a hungry, illiterate girl who steals books because she wants to read. It is set in 1939 in Nazi Germany.
When: Oct. 27- Tuesday
Time: 1:00- 3:00 PM
Where: Sally Powers
“RSVP” Sally @ 735-0357 or nickali8 {at} pacbell(.)net by Oct. 26
We welcome new members so think about attending one of our meetings. If you have any questions (except to RSVP), please call the Chairperson, Suzanne Ziarnik.
Nov. – The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
Dec. – no book for December
May 18, 2009 at 5:39 am · Filed under Book Club
When: June 23 – Tuesday
Time: 1:00- 3:00 PM
Where: Donna Clarke
RSVP: Donna @ 736-4274 by Monday, June 22
Our book will be Bridge of Sighs by Richard Russo.
July – Saturday by Ian McEwan
Aug. – the group does not meet
We welcome new members so think about attending one of our meetings. If you have any questions (except to RSVP), please call the Chairperson, Suzanne Ziarnik 830-8339.
March 5, 2008 at 10:20 am · Filed under Book Club
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
The Road is the profoundly moving story of a journey. It boldly imagines a future in which no hope remains, but in which the father and his son, “each the other’s world entire,” are sustained by love. Awesome in the totality of its vision, it is an unflinching meditation on the worst and the best that we are capable of: ultimate destructiveness, desperate tenacity, and the tenderness that keeps two people alive in the face of total devastation.
March 5, 2008 at 10:11 am · Filed under Book Club
Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin
Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time (Paperback)
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