UUSM Book Group

Every 4th Sunday, 12:30-2:00 pm (unless otherwise noted)
Hemingway Lounge

  • We read both fiction and non-fiction so that we can share and enhance our reading experiences, build friendships, and provide intellectual stimulation.
  • Books are chosen by the group
  • Book discussions are facilitated by the individual who suggests the book or another volunteer
  • Members bring their own questions or comments about the book
  • In addition to the books we discuss, we provide a forum to share suggestions for other books that participants have enjoyed
  • We usually meet the fourth Sunday of every month (see schedule for specific dates), after the second service, in Hemingway Lounge
  • Participants bring a brown bag lunch

 

Upcoming meetings: 

Jan. 29 – Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather – takes place in New Mexico soon after it became a territory.
 
Feb. 26 – Their Eyes Were Watching God by Nora Neale Hurston – the best-known work by African American writer Nora Neale Hurston is set in central and southern Florida in the early 20th century. The novel garnered attention and controversy at the time of its publication, and has come to be regarded as a seminal work in both African American and women's literature.
 
March 25 – The Gift of Rain by Tan Twan Eng – this first novel was written by a Malaysian author who was born in Penang in 1972. It is set in Penang in the years before and during the Japanese occupation of Malaya in World War Two.

April 22 – We pick new books.

 

 
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