The Eastminster Book Club meets in person and over Zoom. The 2025 schedule is:
January 18: “Station Eleven” by Emily Mandel, facilitated by Linda Hardenbergh
February 15: “Frozen River” by Ariel Lawhon, facilitated by Barb Stowitts
March 22 “Remarkably Bright Creatures” by Shelby VanPelt, facilitated by Estelle McGroarty
April 26 “Personal Librarian” by Marie Benedict, facilitated by Heather Heitman
May 17 “Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World” by Christian Cooper, facilitated by Sue Kalvonjian.
June 21 “White Lady” by Jacquelin Winspear, facilitated by Mary Harvey.
Summer break in July and August.
Books to be determined for Sept. 20, Oct. 18, Nov. 15.
2023 Books:
JANUARY 14 THE STATIONERY SHOP by Marjan Kamali
FEBRUARY 11 A SONG OF ACHILLES by Madeline Miller
MARCH 11 INDIAN HORSE by Richard Wagamese
APRIL 15 THE COLOR PURPLE by Alice Walker (Note: This is the third Saturday, not the second because of Easter)
MAY 13 THE WEDDING DRESS SEWING CIRCLE by Jennifer Ryan
JUNE 10 FIREKEEPER’S DAUGHTER by Angeline Boulley
SEPTEMBER 9 THE FAMILY ACROSS THE STREET BY Nicole Trope
OCTOBER 14 LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY by Bonnie Garmus
NOVEMBER 11 BRAIDING SWEETGRASS BY Robin Well Kimmerer.
2022 Books:
January: A Book of Rosy: A Mother’s Story of Separation at the Border by Rosayra Pablo Cruz and Julie Schwietert Callazo
February: Women of the Copper Country by Mary Doria Russell
March: Favorite poem, book or passage from your childhood
April: A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende
May: The Hummingbird’s Gift, Wonder, Beauty and Renewal on Wings by Sy Montgomery and A Hummingbird in My House: The Story of Squeak by Arnette Heidcamp
June: Where the Forest Meets the Stars by Glendy Vanderah
August: Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn West
September: Deacon King Kong by James McBride
October: Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson
November: Bookwoman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Richardson
2021 Books:
January The Warmth of Other Suns. Isabel Wilkerson
February News of the Word. Paulette Giles
March The Bromance Book Club. Lyssa Kay Adams
April Homegoing. Yaa Giyasi
May Brilliant Life of Endorra Honeysett. Anne Lyons
June Far Field. Madhuri Vijay
July (no meeting)
August Love and Ruin. Paula McLain
September The Great Alone. Kristen Hannah
October The Dutch House. Ann Patchett
November To Capture What We Cannot Keep. Beatrice Colim
December (no meeting)
2020 Books:
January Mrs. Saint and the defectives. Timmer, Julie
February Immortal life of Henrietta Lacks. Skloot, Rebecca
March The Invention of Hugo Cabret. Selznick, Brian
April Only woman in the room. Benedict, Marie
May Inspired: slaying giants, walking on water, and loving the bible again. Evans, Rachel Held
June Cocktail hour under the tree of forgetfulness. Fuller, Alexandra
July (no meeting)
August OBOC title TBA.
September Water dancer. Coates, Ta-Nehisi
October Finding your own north star. Beck, Martha N.
November Where the crawdads sing. Owens, Delia
December (no meeting)
