BOOKCLUB SELECTIONS FOR 2022
1. The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human by Jonathan Gottschall
272 pages, published in 2013, nonfiction
Kindle, audiobook, hardcover, paperback. Library has one copy. Alibris has used copies
2. The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During The Blitz by Erik Larson
609 pages, published in 2020, historical novel
3. The Committee by Sterling Watson
420 pages, published in 2020, historical novel
Paperback, hardback, kindle, audio, library has 1 copy (Donna, willing to lead discussion)
4. How Much of These Hills Is Gold by C. Pam Zhang
255 pages, published in 2020, novel
Audible, Kindle, in library, paperback
5. From Fragile Fragments by Louise Rill
259 pages, published 2021, novel
Kindle, Hardback
6. When Women Danced With Trees: 35 Unexpected Stories by Marina Brown
232 pages, published 2021, short stories, tales, essays
Kindle, Paperback.
7. The Lives of Girls and Women by Alice Munro
277 pages, published in 1971, novel
Available in paperback, kindle, online; 1 copy in the Leon County Public Library. I would be happy to lead the discussion. (Bonnie)
8. While Justice Sleeps by Stacey Abrams
384 pages, published in 2021, mystery suspense
Hardcover, audio, Kindle, library. I would be willing to lead the discussion during a daytime meeting. (Betty S)
9. Incognito by Terry Lewis
380 pages, published in 2021, historical suspense fiction
Paperback, copy in library I would be pleased to lead discussion in an afternoon meeting (Betty S)
10. The Children’s Blizzard by Melanie Benjamin
384 pages, published in 2021, historical fiction
Kindle, Audible, Paperback
11. The Rent Collector by Camron Wright
288 pages, published in 2013, fiction
Hardback, paperback, Kindle and audio books (Carol W)
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02/17/2020 – (Mon. 7:00pm – 9:00pm)
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Host: TBA
Discussion Leader: TBA
03/16/2020 – (Mon. 7:00pm – 9:00pm)
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Host: Judy Goldman
Discussion Leader: Judy Goldman
04/20/2020
A Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell
or The Wolves at the Door by Judith L. Pearson
Host: TBA
Discussion Leaders: Mary Stevenson & Donna Meredith
05/18/2020 – (Mon. 7:00pm – 9:00pm)
The Day the World Came to Town 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland
by Jim Defede
Host: TBA
Discussion Leader: Joan Macmillan
06/15/2020 – (Mon. 7:00pm – 9:00pm)
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
Host: Cecilia Keller
Discussion Leader: Betty Serow
07/20/2020 – (Mon. 7:00pm – 9:00pm)
The Overstory by Richard Powers
Host: TBA
Discussion Leader: TBA
08/17/2020 – (Mon. 7:00pm – 9:00pm)
Gertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations
by Georgina Howell
Host: TBA
Discussion Leader: Lisa Moree
09/21/2020 – (Mon. 7:00pm – 9:00pm)
Surfacing by Margaret Atwood
Host: Bonnie Armstrong
Discussion Leader: Bonnie Armstrong
10/19/2020 – (Mon. 7:00pm – 9:00pm)
Revolution Song by Russell Shorto
Host: Sharon Hagopian
Discussion Leader: Mary Stevenson & Sharon Hagopian
11/19/2020 – (Mon. 7:00pm – 9:00pm)
A Pure Heart by Rajia Hassib
Host: TBA
Discussion Leader: Donna Meredith
12/21/2020 (Mon. 6:30pm – 9:00pm)[is this date really correct]
Pot Luck & Voting
01/18/2021 – (Mon. 7:00pm – 9:00pm)
All for Nothing by Walter Kempowski
Host: TBA
Discussion Leader: Ursel Homann
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01/21/2019 – (Mon. 7:00pm – 9:00pm)
Soundings: The Story of the Remarkable Woman Who Mapped the Ocean Floor by Hali Felt
Host : Judy Goldman;
Co-host: Barbara Elam
Discussion Leader:Penny Gilmer
02/18/2019 – (Mon. 7:00pm – 9:00pm)
My Brilliant Friend: The Neapolitan Quartet Book One by Elena Ferrante
Host:Kathy Scott
Co-host: Ursel Homann
Discussion Leader: Sharon Hagopian
Co-Discussion Leader: Bonnie Armstrong
03/18/2019 – (Mon. 6:45pm – 9:15pm)
The Greater Journey by David McCullough
Host: Ridy (Maria) Hofer
Co-host: Shipra Gupta
Discussion Leader:Sharon Hagopian
Co-Discussion Leader: Lisa Moree
04/15/2019 – (Mon. 7:00pm – 9:00pm)
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Host: Barbara Elam
Co-host:
Discussion Leader: Shipra Gupta
05/20/2019 – (Mon. 7:00pm – 9:00pm)
The Pain And The Promise: The Struggle for Civil Rights in Tallahassee Florida by Glenda Alice Rabby
Host: Penny Gilmer
Co-host:
Discussion Leader: Lisa Moree
Co-discussion Leader: Glenda Rabby
06/17/2019 – (Mon. 7:00pm – 9:00pm)
Educated by Tara Westover
Host: Cecilia Keller
Co-host:
Discussion Leader: Penny Gilmer
07/15/2019 – (Mon. 6:30pm – 9:00pm)
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
Host: Hyoja Lee
Co-host: Hyoja Lee
Discussion Leader: Hyoja Lee
Co-discussion Leader: Bonnie Armstrong
08/19/2019 – (Mon. 7:00pm – 9:00pm)
Awaiting Volunteer Signup
Host:
Co-host:
Discussion Leader:
09/16/2019 – (Mon. 7:00pm – 9:00pm)
A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain by Robert Owen Butler
Host:
Co-host:
Discussion Leader : Mary Stevenson
10/21/2019 – (Mon. 7:00pm – 9:00pm)
The Radium Girls by Kate Moore
Host: Penny Gilmer
Co-host:
Discussion Leader: Barbara Elam
11/18/2019 – (Mon. 7:00pm – 9:00pm)
Awaiting Volunteer Signup
Host:
Co-host:
Discussion Leader:
12/16/2019 – (Mon. 6:30pm – 9:30pm)
Potluck, Book Presentations, & Voting
Host:
01/20/2020 – (Mon. 7:00pm – 9:00pm)
Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo” by Zora Neale Hurston
Host: Judy Goldman
Co-host:
Discussion Leader: Kea Herron
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February 19, 2018
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
Discussed by Annelise Leysieffer
At the home of Annelise Leysieffer
March 19, 2018
Cat’s Eye by Margaret Atwood
Discussed by Bonnie Armstrong
At the Home of Bonnie Armstrong
April 16, 2018
The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens
Discussed by Donna Meredith
At the Home of Donna Meredith
May 14, 2018
Hillbilly Elegy by J D Vance
Discussed by Kathy Scott
At the Home of Penny Gilmer
June 18, 2018
The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert
Discussed by Penny Gilmer
At the Home of Penny Gilmer
July 16, 2018
Plainsong by Kent Haruf
At the home of Cecilia Keller
Discussed by Bonnie Armstrong
August 20, 2018
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
Discussed by Ursel Homann
At the Home of Sharon Hagopian
September 18, 2018
Americana by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Discussed by Kea Herron
At the Home of Donna Meredith
October 15, 2018
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
Discussed by Karen Glendenning
At the Home of Ridy Hofer
November 19, 2018
My Brilliant Friend: Neapolitan Novels, Book 1 by Elena Ferrante,
(pen Name) translated by Ann Goldstein
Discussion leader TBA
Home TBA
December 18, 2018
Potluck and Book selection Meeting
At the home of Hyo Lee
January 21, 2018
Soundings: The Story of the Remarkable Woman Who Mapped the Ocean Floor
Discussed by Penny Gilmer
At the home of Judy Goldman