I see the Wine Bookclub is back although not sponsored by the Palm Springs Library. Erna, I think we might have to give that a try since we enjoyed the previous wine bookclub!
http://www.palmspringsca.gov/government/departments/library/book-clubs
This is what the Wine Bookclub is reading;
Wine Book Club Titles 2018/2019
September 26, 2018: The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
October 31, 2018: The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn
November 28, 2018: The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
December 19, 2018 (Please note date change to third Wednesday): The Year of Living Danishly: Uncovering the Secrets of the World's Happiest Country by Helen Russell
January 30, 2019: Commonwealth by Ann Patchett
February 27, 2019: The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. Du Bois
March 27, 2019: News of the World by Paulette Jiles
April 24, 2019: Wallis in Love: The Untold Life of the Duchess of Windsor, the Woman Who Changed the Monarchy by Andrew Morton
May 29, 2019: Calling Me Home by Julie Kibler
June 26, 2019: Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders July 31, 2019: Love and Ruin by Paula McLain
August 28, 2019: The Last Crossing by Guy Vanderhaeghe
For more information about the Wine Book Club, please contact Don Markley: don@piefourme.com
This is what the Cover-to-Cover Bookclub is reading:
called Books and Booze in the Desert (for classy women). That's us, isn't it Erna?
https://www.meetup.com/Books-and-Booze-in-the-Desert-for-classy-women/
This is what the Friends of the Palm Springs Library Bookclub is reading:
I see the Friends of the College of the Desert bookclub has a format more like what our Canyon Sands Bookclub does. For anybody interested in starting a bookclub and perhaps have had not such great experiences with everyone reading the same book, this format works really well.
"The Book Group meets on the third Wednesday of the month (with three exceptions this season) October through May in the COD Library Quiet Study Room at 1:30 PM.
Categories are selected for each month, everyone reads a different book in that genre, then discusses."
December 19, 2018 (Please note date change to third Wednesday): The Year of Living Danishly: Uncovering the Secrets of the World's Happiest Country by Helen Russell
January 30, 2019: Commonwealth by Ann Patchett
February 27, 2019: The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. Du Bois
March 27, 2019: News of the World by Paulette Jiles
April 24, 2019: Wallis in Love: The Untold Life of the Duchess of Windsor, the Woman Who Changed the Monarchy by Andrew Morton
May 29, 2019: Calling Me Home by Julie Kibler
June 26, 2019: Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders July 31, 2019: Love and Ruin by Paula McLain
August 28, 2019: The Last Crossing by Guy Vanderhaeghe
For more information about the Wine Book Club, please contact Don Markley: don@piefourme.com
This is what the Cover-to-Cover Bookclub is reading:
2018 / 2019 Season
September 13, 2018: Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan
October 11, 2018: Reading with Patrick: A Teacher, a Student and a Life-Changing Friendship by Michelle Kuo
November 8, 2018: The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin
December 13, 2018: Dinner with Edward: A Story of an Unexpected Friendship by Isabel Vincent
January 10, 2019: The Monk of Mokha by Dave Eggers
February 14, 2019: The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
March 14, 2019: Crooked Heart by Lissa Evans
April 11, 2019: Girl in Disguise by Greer Macallister
May 9, 2019: Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
June 13, 2019: The Supremes Sing the Happy Heartache Blues by Edward Kelsey Moore
This is what the Morning Coffee Bookclub at the Welwood Murray Memorial Library is reading.
And trying to find what Rancho Mirage Library Bookclub was reading I brought up a Meet Up groupOctober 11, 2018: Reading with Patrick: A Teacher, a Student and a Life-Changing Friendship by Michelle Kuo
November 8, 2018: The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin
December 13, 2018: Dinner with Edward: A Story of an Unexpected Friendship by Isabel Vincent
January 10, 2019: The Monk of Mokha by Dave Eggers
February 14, 2019: The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
March 14, 2019: Crooked Heart by Lissa Evans
April 11, 2019: Girl in Disguise by Greer Macallister
May 9, 2019: Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
June 13, 2019: The Supremes Sing the Happy Heartache Blues by Edward Kelsey Moore
This is what the Morning Coffee Bookclub at the Welwood Murray Memorial Library is reading.
2018 / 2019 Season
September 19, 2018: In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
October 17, 2018: The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
November 14, 2018 (DATE CHANGE TO 2ND WEDNESDAY): Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
December 19, 2018: Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
January 16, 2019: Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
February 20, 2019: The Snow Leopard by Peter Matthiessen
March 20, 2019: Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
April 17, 2019: Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor
May 15, 2019: Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
October 17, 2018: The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
November 14, 2018 (DATE CHANGE TO 2ND WEDNESDAY): Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
December 19, 2018: Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
January 16, 2019: Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
February 20, 2019: The Snow Leopard by Peter Matthiessen
March 20, 2019: Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
April 17, 2019: Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor
May 15, 2019: Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
called Books and Booze in the Desert (for classy women). That's us, isn't it Erna?
https://www.meetup.com/Books-and-Booze-in-the-Desert-for-classy-women/
This is what the Friends of the Palm Springs Library Bookclub is reading:
2018 / 2019 Season
September 21, 2018: The Job by Sinclair Lewis
October 19, 2018: A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
November 16, 2018: White Houses by Amy Bloom
December 21, 2018: Beartown by Fredrik Backman
January 18, 2019: Last Bus to Wisdom by Ivan Doig
February 15, 2019: Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
March 15, 2019: Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson
April 19, 2019: The Woman in the Window by A. J. Finn
May 17, 2019: Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
June 21, 2019: Dubliners by James Joyce
Most titles are available as Downloadable Audiobooks and/or eBooks from PSPL.
October 19, 2018: A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
November 16, 2018: White Houses by Amy Bloom
December 21, 2018: Beartown by Fredrik Backman
January 18, 2019: Last Bus to Wisdom by Ivan Doig
February 15, 2019: Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
March 15, 2019: Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson
April 19, 2019: The Woman in the Window by A. J. Finn
May 17, 2019: Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
June 21, 2019: Dubliners by James Joyce
Most titles are available as Downloadable Audiobooks and/or eBooks from PSPL.
And there is a LGBTQ group as well called Outbook:
OutBook (Evening Meetings)
OutBook is supported by The Palm Springs Cultural Center, Just Fabulous Book Store and the Palm Springs Public Library. OutBook meets on the second floor of The Camelot Theatres (2300 East Baristo Road in Palm Springs) on the first Wednesday of the month at 6:30-8:00 p.m. Selections highlight a mix of new LGBTQ releases and influential classics. Click for titles and meeting dates for OutBook.
I so enjoy the Canyon Sands "All About Books" and I just have to walk across the street! Deb is doing a great job of taking over from Kathy.OutBook (Evening Meetings)
OutBook is supported by The Palm Springs Cultural Center, Just Fabulous Book Store and the Palm Springs Public Library. OutBook meets on the second floor of The Camelot Theatres (2300 East Baristo Road in Palm Springs) on the first Wednesday of the month at 6:30-8:00 p.m. Selections highlight a mix of new LGBTQ releases and influential classics. Click for titles and meeting dates for OutBook.
October All About Books – Fright Night
Ready for the DEATH of this endless summer heat? The chills of haunting season will soon be upon us! Reach into the darkest corner of your library for a modern thriller, a classic horror tale, or a cozy murder mystery, and be prepared to tell us what tingled your spine.
September All About Books
Last month we recounted our recent adventures with armchair travel:
- Karen Bourdaise and Diane Weist both visited France: Karen time-traveled with The Paris Wife, Paula McLain’s fictional bio of Ernest Hemingway’s first wife Hadley Richardson, and Diane dined in Provence with Michael Bond’s foodie detective Monsieur Pamplemousse
- First daughter Margaret Truman’s murder mysteries let Barbara Decker explore the landmarks of Washington D.C.
- Bonnie Ewing learned about the gayer side of Palm Springs with David Wallace’s A City Comes Out
- Steve Fanning sailed to the islands with James Michener’s epic, Hawaii
- Deb Hirsch meandered through Venice with Daphne Du Maurier’s thriller Don’t Look Now
Future Discussion Topics
We’ve agreed on an intriguing list of book discussion topics this year:
Nov. – Fiction for Foodies (Thanksgiving)
Dec. – Sentimental Favorites (holiday season)
Jan. – Lives Well Led (inspirational biographies for the New Year)
Feb. – From the Page to Hollywood (Oscars)
Mar. – Women Writers (in honor of our founder, Kathy Hug, and the Long Beach Literary Women Festival)
Apr. – Laugh Out Loud (April Fools Day)
May – War Stories (Memorial Day)
Jun. – Kickin’ Back (summer reads)
"The Book Group meets on the third Wednesday of the month (with three exceptions this season) October through May in the COD Library Quiet Study Room at 1:30 PM.
Categories are selected for each month, everyone reads a different book in that genre, then discusses."
October 17, 2018 -- Your favorite summer read
November 28, 2018 -- Children or Young Adult
December 19, 2018 -- Any book about a holiday
January 16, 2019 -- A book that has been banned
February 20, 2019 -- Any love story
March 27, 2019 -- A prize winning book
April 24, 2019 -- One author, different books
May 15, 2019 -- A book involving food
This is what the Rancho Mirage Library Bookclub is reading:
Hello Janice,
Thank you for your interest in our book discussion group. We meet monthly in the conference room every second Friday of the month at 10 AM. It's a great group of people and you don't have to come to our monthly meetings.
Here are the list of books:
October 12, 2018 - A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived- Adam Rutherford
November 9, 2018- A Gentleman in Moscow - Amor Towles
December 7, 2018 - Slow Horses - Mick Herron
January 11, 2019 - Being Mortal - Atul Gawande
February 8, 2019 - The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane - Lisa See
March 8, 2019 - Lysistrata - Aristophanes
April 12, 2019 - When Books Went to War - Molly Guptill Manning
May 10, 2019 - The Other Einstein - Marie Benedict
June 14, 2019 Dead Wake: the Last Crossing of the Lusitania - Erik Larson
Thank you for your interest in our book discussion group. We meet monthly in the conference room every second Friday of the month at 10 AM. It's a great group of people and you don't have to come to our monthly meetings.
Here are the list of books:
October 12, 2018 - A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived- Adam Rutherford
November 9, 2018- A Gentleman in Moscow - Amor Towles
December 7, 2018 - Slow Horses - Mick Herron
January 11, 2019 - Being Mortal - Atul Gawande
February 8, 2019 - The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane - Lisa See
March 8, 2019 - Lysistrata - Aristophanes
April 12, 2019 - When Books Went to War - Molly Guptill Manning
May 10, 2019 - The Other Einstein - Marie Benedict
June 14, 2019 Dead Wake: the Last Crossing of the Lusitania - Erik Larson
