Book GROUP
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BOOK GROUP Organized in 1930 Co-Leaders: Karen Weglage, Diana Kaylor Secretary/Treasurer: Sandy Mefford E-mail: Marsha Tolle |
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Meeting: 4th Monday, 1:00 p.m. at Christ United Methodist Church, 3440 Shroyer Rd., Dayton
PLEASE scroll down (below the program information 2022-2023) for lists of books suggested for summer reading. NOTE: There are seven lists:
Summer 2023, followed by Summers in 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, and 2017.
PLEASE scroll down (below the program information 2022-2023) for lists of books suggested for summer reading. NOTE: There are seven lists:
Summer 2023, followed by Summers in 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, and 2017.
Specific Book Club program dates, hostesses, and reviewers for 2023 - 2024:
September 25, 2023 at 1:00 p.m.
Hostesses: Kathy Hodges, Marsha Tolle
Reviewer: Diana Kaylor
October 23, 2023 at 1:00 p.m.
Hostesses: Diana Kaylor, Karen Weglage, Willa Jean Smalley
Reviewer: Sandy Mefford
February 26, 2024 at 1:00 p.m.
Hostesses: Sandy Mefford, Jean Mahan
Reviewer: Kathy Hodges
March 25, 2024 at 1:00 p.m.
Hostesses: Jean Mahan
Reviewer: Malou Hurst, Jean Short
April 22, 2024 at 1:00 p.m.
Hostesses: Judy Nassmacher, Martha Bell
Reviewer: Marge Lane
May 27, 2024 at location to be determined.
NOTE: The Date and Location are to be determined.
The regular date (fourth Monday) is Memorial Day.
Summer Luncheon: TBA
Please bring along 3 x 5" cards with one (or more) titles of good books you'd recommend to the group.
Write up to five books / authors on an index card to mention and turn in for compilation.
You will received a compilation of the entire list soon after the meeting.
(If you cannot attend, please email your reading list to one of the leaders.)
September 25, 2023 at 1:00 p.m.
Hostesses: Kathy Hodges, Marsha Tolle
Reviewer: Diana Kaylor
October 23, 2023 at 1:00 p.m.
Hostesses: Diana Kaylor, Karen Weglage, Willa Jean Smalley
Reviewer: Sandy Mefford
February 26, 2024 at 1:00 p.m.
Hostesses: Sandy Mefford, Jean Mahan
Reviewer: Kathy Hodges
March 25, 2024 at 1:00 p.m.
Hostesses: Jean Mahan
Reviewer: Malou Hurst, Jean Short
April 22, 2024 at 1:00 p.m.
Hostesses: Judy Nassmacher, Martha Bell
Reviewer: Marge Lane
May 27, 2024 at location to be determined.
NOTE: The Date and Location are to be determined.
The regular date (fourth Monday) is Memorial Day.
Summer Luncheon: TBA
Please bring along 3 x 5" cards with one (or more) titles of good books you'd recommend to the group.
Write up to five books / authors on an index card to mention and turn in for compilation.
You will received a compilation of the entire list soon after the meeting.
(If you cannot attend, please email your reading list to one of the leaders.)
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Please note that the June 2023 luncheon, members brought their reading suggestions to the luncheon to share.
These books are arranged two ways:
These books are arranged two ways:
Please note that the May 2022 luncheon, members brought their reading suggestions to the luncheon to share.
These books are arranged two ways:
These books are arranged two ways:
Please note that the May 2021 luncheon, members brought their reading suggestions to the luncheon to share.
These books are arranged two ways:
These books are arranged two ways:
Here are some book suggestions, from Summer 2020 through May 2021:
- A Gentleman in Moscow, by Amor Towles.
Not a spy novel but a story of an aristocrat sentenced to life in a hotel during the Russian Revolution - A Sense of Civility, by Amor Towles
This is the first novel that Towles wrote. - Books by Horatio Alger and John Galsworthy
- The Little Book, by Selden Edwards (Reviewed by Malou Hurst in the November 2020 newsletter)
- The Promise, by Ann Weisgarber (Reviewed by Malou Hurst in the December 2020 newsletter)
- Beneath A Scarlet Sky, by Mark Sullivan (Reviewed by Malou Hurst in the April 2021 newsletter)
- Storyville, by Lois Battle (Reviewed by Malou Hurst in the May 2021 newsletter)
- Sweet Water, by Chrsitina Baker-Kline (Reviewed by Malou Hurst in the June 2021 newsletter)
SUMMER 2019: Recommended Book List for summer reading:
(Recommendations from those present at the May 2019 luncheon meeting)
(Recommendations from those present at the May 2019 luncheon meeting)
- The School of Essential Ingredients by Eric Bauermeister (a debut novel)
- The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict
- Moloka'i and Daughter of Moloka'i by Alan Brennert
- Last Runaway by Tracy Chevalier
- The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine
- The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley
- Archie Meets Nero Wolfe by Robert Goldsborough
(Rex Stout's estate gave permission to Goldsborough to continue the Nero Wolfe stories. Excellent!) - The Swap by Nicole Graves
- Room on Rue Amelie by Kristen Hamel
- The Phantom Tollbooth by Norman Juster, illustrated by Jules Feiffer
(This is supposedly a child's book, but if read again as an adult, it's still fun!) - The Girl With Seven Names: Escape From North Korea by Hyeonseo Lee
- Send Down the Rain by Charles Martin
(Interesting twist!) - A Fall of Marigolds by Susan Meisner
- Becoming by Michelle Obama
(Personal, powerful,intimate and inspiring memoir of the former First Lady) - The 18th Abduction by John Patterson and Maxine Poetro
(A new woman's murder club novel) - The Perfect Circle by Lucinda Perry
- The Recipe Box by Viola Shipman
(A story about generations of a loving family and some great recipes) - Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
(Real life scandal. Memphis adoption organization kidnapped and sold poor children to wealthy families all over the country.)
SUMMER 2018: Recommended Book List for summer reading:
(Recommendations from those present at the May 2018 luncheon meeting)
(Recommendations from those present at the May 2018 luncheon meeting)
- BEACH HOUSE FOR RENT by Mary Alice Monroe
- BEARTOWN by Fredrick Backman
- HERO OF THE EMPIRE by Candace Millard
- THE HIGH TIDE CLUB by Mary Kay Andrews
- Jeanne M. Dams – author to try
- THE OLD MAN’s WAR series by John Scalzi
- THE PASSAGE TRILOGY by Justin Cronin
- THE PATRIOT THREAT by Steve Berry
- THE PERFECT STRANGER by Megan Miranda
- A PIECE OF THE WORLD by Christina Baker Kline
- MY SISTER’S KEEPER by Jodi Picoult
- SMOKE by Dan Vyleta
- THE STARS ARE FIRE by Anita Shreve
- Susan Wiggs – author to try
- WENCH by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
- THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW by A.J. Finn
- WONDER WOMEN, The quest for Perfection by Debra L. Spar
SUMMER 2017: Recommended Book List and Authors for summer reading:
(Recommendations from those present at the May 2017 luncheon meeting)
Authors:
(Recommendations from those present at the May 2017 luncheon meeting)
Authors:
- Jeffrey Archer (Bestseller 19 times in fiction, 4 times in short stories,
and in non-fiction) - Susanna Kearsley (Former museum curator, avid amateur genealogist,
and writer of modern gothic novels that interweave contemporary
suspense and romance with historical adventure)
- Elmore Leonard (Writer of forty-five novels and nearly as many western and crime short stories across his career that spanned more than six decades)
Books and their respective authors:
- The Couple Next Door: A Novel by Shari Lapena
- Einstein: HIs LIfe and Universe by Walter Isaacson
- Everything You Want Me to Be: A Novel by Mindy Mejia
- The Ex: A Novel by Alafair Burke
- The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee
- The Girl with No Name: The Incredible Story of a Child Raised by Monkeys by Marina Chapman
- Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J. D. Vance
- The Light Between Oceans by M. L. Stedman
- People of the Lakes (The First North Americans series, Book 6) by Kathleen O’Neal Gear
- Prince Charles: The Passions and Paradoxes of an Improbable Life by Sally Bedell Smith
- Room by Emma Donoghue
- True Colors by Kristin Hannah
- Victoria the Queen: An Intimate Biography of the Woman Who Ruled an Empire by Julia Baird
- The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman