If you have questions about the Good Readers Book Group, please contact the group’s chair, Jeri Prescott, jeripresct@gmail.com. The Book Group meets on the First Tuesday of the month at 7:00 pm and will be hosted in-person unless notice is given to meet via zoom.
2024-2025 Schedule
Date/Title/Author Reviewer/Host
Sept 3/The Geography of Bliss/Eric Weiner Peggy Faden/Randi Peters
Oct 1/The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store/James McBride Jean McMaken/Jeri Prescott
Nov 5/Trust/Hernan Diaz Mary Ann Lundy/Diane Patton
Dec 3/The Lost Bookshop Polly Gilbert/Polly Gilbert
Jan 7/They Don’t Want Her There Diane Patton/Pat Newman
Feb 4/A Spark of Light/Jodi Picoult Pat Newman/ZOOM
Mar 4/37 Words/Sherry Boschert Randi Peters/Jean McMaken
Apr 1/The Dictionary of Lost Words/Pip Williams Jeri Prescott/Mary Ann Lundy
May 6/Things I Wish I Told My Mother/Susan Patterson & Susan DiLallo Marianne Spalding/Marianne Spalding
2023-2024 Schedule
Date/Title/Author Reviewer/Host
Sept 5/Dinners with Ruth/Nina Totenberg Pat Newman/Marianne Spalding
Oct 3/The Six/Laura Thompson Marianne Spalding/Pat Newman
Nov 7/Poverty By America/Matthew Desmond Jean McMaken/ Jeri Prescott
Dec 5/The Chancellor/Kati Marton Polly Gilbert/ Polly Gilbert
Jan 2/Choose a Banned Book/– Jeri Prescott/Jean McMaken
Feb 6/The Only Woman in the Room/Marie Benedict Peggy Faden/ZOOM
Mar 5/Whose America? Culture Wars in the Public Schools/Jonathan Zimmerman Diane Patton/Mary Ann Lundy
Apr 2/Rough Sleepers/Tracy Kidder Randi Peters/Randi Peters
May 7/Never Give Up/Tom Brokaw Mary Ann Lundy/Diane Patton
June 4/ Book Selection Meeting
2022-2023 Schedule
Date/Title/Author Reviewer/Host
Sept 6/The Girl With Seven Names/Hyeonseo Lee Randi Peters/Randi Peters
Oct 4/The Latecomer/Jean Korelitz Mary Ann Lundy/Jean McMaken
Nov 1/We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir Diane Patton/Jeri Prescott
Dec 6/The authenticity Project/Clare Pooley Polly Gilbert/Polly Gilbert
Jan 3/Wilhelm’s Way/Teresa Wilhelm Waldorf Nancy Maydew/Zoom
Feb 7/The Dutch House/Anne Patchett Peggy Faden/ZOOM
Mar 7/The Last Bookshop in London/Madeleine Martin Pat Newman/Mary Ann Lundy
Apr 4/How the Penguins Saved Veronica Jeri Prescott/Diane Patton
May 3/The Last Year of the War/Susan Meissner Jean McMaken/Pat Newman
2021-2022 Schedule
Date/Title/Author/ Reviewer/Host
Sept 7, 2021 Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents/ Isabelle Wilkerson / Sue Ravenscroft/ Sue Ravenscroft
Oct 5, 2021 Every Day is a Gift/ Tammy Duckworth / Pat Newman/ Jeri Prescott
Nov 2, 2021 The Premonition/ Michael Lewis/ Jeri Prescott/ Diane Patton
Dec 7, 2021 When They Call You a Terriost/ Patrisse Khan-Culors Polly Gilbert/ Polly Gilbert
Jan 4, 2022 Conditional Citizens/ Laila Lalami / Mary Ann Lundy / Pat Newman
Feb 1, 2022 Persist/ Elizabeth Warren / Randi Peters/ Randi Peters
Mar 1, 2022 Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century/ Jessica Bruder/ Jennifer Garst/ Mary Ann Lundy
Apr 5, 2022 Alice: Alice Roosevelt Longworth from White House Princess to Washington Power Broker/ Stacy A. Cordery [AAUW Ames Member]/ Diane Patton/ Marianne Spalding
May 3, 2022 Emma/ Jane Austen / Marianne Spalding/ Jennifer Garst