Book Clubs

Like reading books and talking about life and happiness? Then these could be the groups for you. We come together for one common interest—books. Yet, in exploring the stories or history together, we will discover we have so much more in common as well. We try to find new areas to branch into each month. We may invite OLLI authors with manuscripts ready for publication. We don’t break the stories down clinically, piece by piece. Instead, we prefer to discuss the story in general terms and how it relates to us. There are three separate clubs to choose from in the summer session—see below.

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“Genreflections” Book Club 

Alternate Fridays • 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. • Zoom

June 6, 20 • July (4 no class), 18 • August 1

This course is for those who enjoy reading and discussing fiction. We will explore a variety of novels representing various genres, such as travel fiction, historical fiction, coming-of-age fiction and domestic fiction. Our first novel for the Summer session, 2025, is “Beginning of Everything” by Jackie Fraser. This book will help us learn about hope and resilience as we “travel” to Wales; this novel fits into the genre “friends to lovers.”

Instructor: Andrea Tarr     Tech Coordinator: Rosalind Charles

 

Kitty’s Book Club 

Alternate Mondays • 12:15 p.m.-2 p.m. • Zoom

June 2, 16, 30 • July 14, 28

Our book club loves exploring different themes in discussing fiction books. Prior to the first class of the semester, our members generate the list of books to read. The first book selected for the Summer semester is “Welcome Home, Stranger” by Kate Christensen. Please read the book and join our discussion.

Coordinators: Lisa Sewell and Juanita Driskell 

 

Mystery Book Club

Alternate Mondays • 12:15 p.m.-2 p.m. • Zoom

May (26 no class) • June 9, 23 • July 7, 21

Mystery Books is a category of reading that is well established by the reading public. Authors such as Agatha Christie and characters such as Sherlock Holmes and Miss Marple are well known. Mystery books are so popular that they have separate awards for excellence, humor etc. The “Mystery Book Club” meets and discusses a book selected by club members. Please read "The Camel Club" by David Baldacci before our first class and “Reykjavík" by Ragnar Jónasson and Katrín Jakobsdóttir before our second class. Subsequent book selections will be determined by the club during the first class.

Coordinators: Patrick Boyle and Sandy Potter