Do you miss the excitement of going back to school, all the new school supplies, backpacks and books? The anticipation of making new friends and learning new things...
Well here is your chance to do some of that again. Our Relief Society Book Group is about to start up again and YOU are invited to join. The following is a schedule of dates for the upcoming year along with the books we will be reading.
We've got some really great books picked out, so check out your local library or make a stop at chapters and come and join in the fun.
September 28th hosted by April Loughrey
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Set in the small Southern town of Maycomb, Alabama, during the Depression, To Kill a Mockingbird follows three years in the life of 8-year-old Scout Finch, her brother, Jem, and their father, Atticus. Though her story explores big themes, Harper Lee chooses to tell it through the eyes of a child. The result is a tough and tender novel of race, class, justice and the pain of growing up.
October 26th hosted by Nikki Kenyon
The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott by Kelly O’Connor McNees
Deftly mixing fact and fiction, Kelly O’Connor McNees imagines a love affair that would threaten Louisa’s writing career- and inspire the story of Jo and Laurie in Little Women. Stuck in small-town New Hampshire in 1855, Louisa finds herself torn between a love that takes her by surprise and her dream of independence as a writer in Boston. The choice she must make comes with a steep price that she will pay for the rest of her life.
November 23rd hosted by Sarah Heller
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
The best-loved of all the Chronicles of Narnia, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe tells the extraordinary journey of four children pulled into the most memorable fantasy world of our time.
January 25th hosted by Emily Leavitt
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
January 1946: writer Juliet Ashton receives a letter from a stranger, a founding member of the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. And so begins a remarkable tale of the island of Guernsey during the German occupation, and of a society as extraordinary as its name.
February 22nd hosted by Carol Stelnicki
Jonathon Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach
“Most gulls don’t bother to learn more than the simplest facts of flight” writes author Richard Bach in this allegory about a unique bird named Jonathon Livingston Seagull “For most gulls it is not flying that matters, but eating. For this gull, though, it was not eating that mattered, but flight.” Ultimately this is a fable about the importance of seeking a higher purpose in life, even in your flock, tribe, or neighbourhood finds your ambition threatening.
March 22nd hosted by Cindy Hardy
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Katniss is a 16-year-old girl living with her mother and younger sister in the poorest district of Panem, the remains of what used to be the United States. Long ago the districts waged war on the Capitol and were defeated. As part of the surrender terms, each district agreed to send one boy and one girl to appear in an annual televised event called “The Hunger Games” When Kat’s sister is chosen by lottery, Kat steps up to go in her place.
April 26th hosted by Charlotte Calder
Lemon Tart by Josi S. Kilpack
Cooking aficionado turned amateur detective Sadie Hoffmiller tries to solve the murder of her young neighbour a single mother who was mysteriously lured from her home while a lemon tart was baking in her oven. Sadie is certain the police are looking at all the wrong suspects including her! For an added treat, original mouth-watering recipes are sprinkled throughout this captivating book.
May 24th hosted by Shannon Langlois
The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale
Get ready for a fine adventure tale full of danger, suspense, surprising twists, and a satisfying conclusion. Hale’s likable introspective heroine makes this also a book about courage and justice in the face of overwhelming odds. An engaging magical retelling of the Grimm’s fairy tale of the princess who became a goose girl before she could become queen.
June 24th (FRIDAY) hosted by Melissa Rolfson
Everything Jane Austen
Come talk about your favourite Jane Austen Book or Character, and then stick around for a moviefest with showings of the best Jane Austen adaptations.
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