Groups & Programs:
Book Club
Book Club Coordinator, Debbie
Mascot
I hear from so many that they love to read, but just can’t find the
time with the little ones underfoot. While I completely understand,
as they get older, remember that if they see you reading for fun,
they will be reminded daily that reading if fun.
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Next Book
Club Meeting:
Wednesday,
February 24 @ 7:00pm
RSVP is required
for location details
scoutomary@hotmail.com |
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If one book a month is too much
for you, try one book every two months. We are keeping about three
books ahead so
we have a good lead time on reading.
We have a nice evening chatting about the good, the bad and the ugly
books we choose and would love to have you join us!
We are trying something new in 2010 and having meetings at our homes.
Whoever has the meeting, chooses the book.

February's
Book will be discussed Wednesday, February 24th
Sweet Francaise
by Irene Nemirovsky
Synopsis
from
Barnes and Noble.com:
Beginning in Paris on the eve of the Nazi occupation in 1940.
Suite Française tells the remarkable story of men and women thrown
together in circumstances beyond their control. As Parisians flee
the city, human folly surfaces in every imaginable way: a wealthy
mother searches for sweets in a town without food; a couple is
terrified at the thought of losing their jobs, even as their world
begins to fall apart. Moving on to a provincial village now
occupied by German soldiers, the locals must learn to coexist with
the enemy—in their town, their homes, even in their hearts.
When Irène Némirovsky began working on Suite Française, she was
already a highly successful writer living in Paris. But she was
also a Jew, and in 1942 she was arrested and deported to
Auschwitz, where she died. For sixty-four years, this novel
remained hidden and unknown.

March's
Book will be discussed Wednesday, March 24th
Outliers
by Malcom Gladwell
Synopsis
from
Barnes and Noble.com:
Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the
world of "outliers"—the best and the brightest, the most famous
and the most successful. He asks the question: what makes
high-achievers different? His answer is that we pay too much
attention to what successful people are like, and too little
attention to where they are from: that is, their culture, their
family, their generation, and the idiosyncratic experiences of
their upbringing. Along the way he explains the secrets of
software billionaires, what it takes to be a great soccer player,
why Asians are good at math, and what made the Beatles the
greatest rock band.
Brilliant and entertaining, OUTLIERS is a landmark work that will
simultaneously delight and illuminate.

Want a head
start on next month's book or just have a question?
Contact our book club coordinator
Debbie Mascot for the title |