March 2021 - Hemingway
For our March 29th meeting, we will be reading a novel by Ernest Hemingway or a readalike.
Whatever title you pick, please make a note of the following:
Title:
Author:
Why you chose the book:
3 key words (examples: historical-fiction, western, hopeful):
Would you recommend--yes, no, or with reservations
More information will be available shortly about how to attend our March meeting online.
If you're interested, PBS is doing a series of 9 virtual programs starting February 23 and continuing through March with the filmmakers of the new Hemingway documentary. The event page lists all the programs and how to register at pbs.org/hemingwayevents.
Friday, February 19, 2021 | | 0 Comments
PBS Books presents on January 29
This PBS Books conversation brings together filmmaker, scholar, journalist and cultural critic, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. with prominent historian Eric Foner to contemplate how a divided nation comes together. The two will discuss Reconstruction, the all-too-brief period following the Civil War when the United States made its first effort to become an interracial democracy. The period saw the Constitution rewritten to incorporate the ideal of racial equality, but ended as a result of a violent backlash that erased many of the gains that had been made, with consequences we still confront as a nation. The program will also preview Gates’ most recent project, The Black Church, which will premiere on PBS in February.
https://www.facebook.com/PBSBooks1/posts/3475863315876729
Thursday, January 28, 2021 | | 0 Comments
February 22 - African American Author
For February 22, we are celebrating Black History Month with each member choosing a book by an African American author. I have a book display at the LME Library if you need some ideas. You can also browse some titles in the library catalog or through eReadIL.
Whatever title you pick, please make a note of the following:
Title:
Author:
Why you chose the book:
3 key words (examples: historical-fiction, western, hopeful):
Would you recommend--yes, no, or with reservations
Members can participate online through Zoom on February 22 at 3pm or email me their responses and I'll post here. My email address is bethd@lmelibrary.org.
Join Zoom meeting online
https://zoom.us/j/99771606421?pwd=OWdnaUJMTXhGL1Q1a01CTlRZeHA4QT09
Dial by phone
1-312-626-6799
Meeting ID: 997 7160 6421
Passcode: 316874
Wednesday, January 27, 2021 | Tags: 2021, African-American authors, All Creatures Great and Small, Black History Month, Herriot, Zoom | 0 Comments
January 25 - All Creatures Great and Small
With the pandemic restrictions continuing and the weather too cold for outside meetings, we will have our next few months of bookgroup online. You can access the meeting with an Internet computer or by telephone on January 25th as early as 2:45pm. To join Zoom Meeting with your computer, click on this link: https://zoom.us/j/98577421899?pwd=OU1IKzd0c2RoRUo3ZkJQNHpBUkRmQT09
To join by telephone, dial: 1-312-626-6799
Meeting ID: 985 7742 1899
Passcode: 339445
PBS has just launched a new initiative called PBS Books and we will be focusing on their schedule through the next months. In January they will be launching the new series based on James Herriot's All Creatures Great and Small so we will read (or reread in some cases!) and discuss it at our January 25th meeting. Books are available at the LME Library and there are some great resources from PBS Books listed below:
- Interview with Ben Vanstone who adapted the Harriot books for the new PBS series
- Q&A page about the new series
- About the author, cast and books (Did you know James Harriot is the pseudonym for James Alfred Wight?)
In addition, here is a book guide from the publisher and also a link to our shorter discussion sheet.
Tentative, the schedule outlined below should take us into the spring. The rest of the bookgroup selections will be decided together after the weather improves and/or restrictions have been lifted.
2021 (Our 18th year)
January 25 | James Harriot | |
February 22 | Celebrate Black History Month and pick a book by an African American author | |
March 29 | ||
April 26 | ||
May 24 | ||
June 28 | TBD | |
July 26 | TBD | |
August 30 | TBD | |
September 27 | TBD | |
October 25 | TBD | |
November 29 | TBD | |
December 13th @ 3pm —Coffee Chat about your favorite books of 2021 & get our new list for 2022 |
Tuesday, December 22, 2020 | Tags: 2021, All Creatures Great and Small, discussion sheets, Harriot, online, PBS, Wight | 0 Comments
Book group for 2021
We had a Zoom meeting yesterday for book group and had 2 members attend online and 2 other members gave me their opinions of the book to share. We discussed The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott. Overall, most felt that it was difficult to keep track of the characters but that the historic period was well portrayed.
We will not have our normal gathering in December due to COVID restrictions. However, we will try to meet again in January 2021 online in Zoom. I will post again in early January with details.
Some of the best of 2020 book lists are coming out--here's some links:
https://www.shelf-awareness.com/readers-issue.html?issue=975
https://time.com/collection/must-read-books-2020/
https://bookriot.com/best-books-of-2020/
https://www.nypl.org/125/best-books-2020
https://apps.npr.org/best-books/#view=covers&year=2020
https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-books-2020
Happy reading and enjoy your holiday season!
Tuesday, December 01, 2020 | Tags: 2020, 2021, best, Prescott, Secrets We Kept | 0 Comments
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