One More Page Book Groups
- General Book Group: Meets at 7 pm on the FIRST Tuesday of every month; led by Jenn
- Non-Fiction Book Group: Meets at 7 pm on the SECOND Tuesday of every month; led by Katie
- Daytime Book Group: Meets at 11 am on the SECOND Friday over every month; led by Denise
- Mystery/Suspense Book Group: Meets at 7 pm on the THIRD Tuesday of every month; led by Melia
- Kids Book Group: Meets at 4:30 pm on the FOURTH Monday of every month; led by Lelia
- Philosophy/Spiritual Book Group: Meets at 7 pm on the FOURTH Tuesday of every month
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| General Book Discussion
Jenn of Jenn's Bookshelves leads our group and we meet at 7 pm the FIRST Tuesday of every month.
Please note date change!! Our next meeting is Mon, June 18 at 7 pm when we discuss the New York Times Bestseller The Language of Flowers: A Novel by Vanessa Diffenbaugh.
"The Victorian language of flowers was used to convey romantic expressions: honeysuckle for devotion, asters for patience, and red roses for love. But for Victoria Jones, it’s been more useful in communicating mistrust and solitude. After a childhood spent in the foster-care system, she is unable to get close to anybody, and her only connection to the world is through flowers and their meanings. Now eighteen and emancipated from the system with nowhere to go, Victoria realizes she has a gift for helping others through the flowers she chooses for them. But an unexpected encounter with a mysterious stranger has her questioning what’s been missing in her life. And when she’s forced to confront a painful secret from her past, she must decide whether it’s worth risking everything for a second chance at happiness."
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Non-Fiction Book Discussion
Katie Fransen leads our Non-Fiction Book Group which meets at 7 pm the Second Tuesday of every month.
Our next meeting is Tues, June 12 at 7 pm. Our selection for June is Turn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time by Mark Adams.
"What happens when an unadventurous adventure writer tries to re-create the original expedition to Machu Picchu?
In 1911, Hiram Bingham III climbed into the Andes Mountains of Peru and “discovered” Machu Picchu. While history has recast Bingham as a villain who stole both priceless artifacts and credit for finding the great archeological site, Mark Adams set out to retrace the explorer’s perilous path in search of the truth—except he’d written about adventure far more than he’d actually lived it. In fact, he’d never even slept in a tent.
Turn Right at Machu Picchu is Adams’ fascinating and funny account of his journey through some of the world’s most majestic, historic, and remote landscapes guided only by a hard-as-nails Australian survivalist and one nagging question: Just what was Machu Picchu?"
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| Daytime Book Group
Denise leads this book group which meets at 11 am on the SECOND Friday of every month.
The next meeting Friday, June 8 at 11 am when author Siobhan Fallon joins us when we discuss her book, You Know When the Men are Gone. Don't miss this opportunity to discuss this critically aclaimed book with the author!
"In Fort Hood housing, like all army housing, you get used to hearing through the walls... You learn too much. And you learn to move quietly through your own small domain. You also know when the men are gone. No more boots stomping above, no more football games turned up too high, and, best of all, no more front doors slamming before dawn as they trudge out for their early formation, sneakers on metal stairs, cars starting, shouts to the windows above to throw them down their gloves on cold desert mornings. Babies still cry, telephones ring, Saturday morning cartoons screech, but without the men, there is a sense of muted silence, a sense of muted life.
There is an army of women waiting for their men to return in Fort Hood, Texas. Through a series of loosely interconnected stories, Siobhan Fallon takes readers onto the base, inside the homes, into the marriages and families-intimate places not seen in newspaper articles or politicians' speeches."
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Mystery/Suspense Book Discussion
Melia Nebeker leads our Mystery/Suspense Book Group which meets at 7 pm the THIRD Tuesday of every month.
Our next meeting is Tuesday, March 20, when we will discuss The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon.
"The time is the 1950s; the place, Barcelona. Daniel Sempere, the son of a widowed bookstore owner, is 10 when he discovers a novel, The Shadow of the Wind, by Julián Carax. The novel is rare, the author obscure, and rumors tell of a horribly disfigured man who has been burning every copy he can find of Carax's novels. The man calls himself Laín Coubert-the name of the devil in one of Carax's novels. As he grows up, Daniel's fascination with the mysterious Carax links him to a blind femme fatale with a "porcelain gaze," Clara Barceló; another fan, a leftist jack-of-all-trades, Fermín Romero de Torres; his best friend's sister, the delectable Beatriz Aguilar; and, as he begins investigating the life and death of Carax, a cast of characters with secrets to hide."
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Kids Book Group (grades 4+)
Lelia leads our Kids Book Group which meets on the 4th MONDAY of every month at 4:30 pm.
Our next meeting is Monday, March 26 at 4:30 when we discuss Newbery Honor Winner, The Egypt Game, by Zilpha Keatley Snyder.
"The first time Melanie Ross meets April Hall, she’s not sure they have anything in common. But she soon discovers that they both love anything to do with ancient Egypt. When they stumble upon a deserted storage yard, Melanie and April decide it’s the perfect spot for the Egypt Game. Before long there are six Egyptians, and they all meet to wear costumes, hold ceremonies, and work on their secret code. Everyone thinks it’s just a game until strange things start happening. Has the Egypt Game gone too far?"
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| Philosophy/Spiritual Book Discussion
Our Philosophy/Spiritual Book Group which meets at 7 pm the FOURTH Tuesday of every month.
Our next meeting is Tuesday, March 27 to discuss Sabbath: Finding Rest, Renewal, and Delight in Our Busy Lives by Wayne Muller.
"In today's world, with its relentless emphasis on success and productivity, we have lost the necessary rhythm of life, the balance between work and rest. Constantly striving, we feel exhausted and deprived in the midst of great abundance. We long for time with friends and family, we long for a moment to ourselves.
Millennia ago, the tradition of Sabbath created an oasis of sacred time within a life of unceasing labor. Now, in a book that can heal our harried lives, Wayne Muller...shows us how to create a special time of rest, delight, and renewal--a refuge for our souls.
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