Book Group

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

          Paperback The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World Book               The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, by James McBride               

                           

                          

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

               THE SIX, Pre-Owned Paperback 1250099544 9781250099549 Laura ThompsonPoverty, by America

                      The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict | Goodreads

Whose America?: Culture Wars in the Public Schools               Never Give Up: A Prairie Family's Story

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

               

             The Dutch House                           

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