Virginia Felker

July's meeting was held at the home of Virginia Felker and we discussed her book choice 'West with Giraffes' by Lynda Rutledge. Based on a true story of zoo director Belle Benchley's quest to transport the first Ugandan giraffes from Africa to the San Diego zoo in 1938. This book had something for everyone with […]

May book group met at the home of Virginia Felker and discussed 'The Indigo Girl' by Natasha Boyd. It's set between 1739 and 1744 in rural South Carolina. The story revolves around Eliza Lucas a sixteen year old who is left in charge of their family's three plantations. Her father last left to pursue his […]

One of our newer members Judith Fonarow hosted the September meeting and her report follows: Last Wednesday, September 8, was my first time hosting our book club, and it was so enjoyable. We discussed the book I had chosen, Isabelle Allende's, A Long Petal of the Sea, and we all agreed we learned a lot […]

July Book Club met at the home of Virginia Felker. We discussed the book 'Leaving Time' by Jodi Picoult. One of the major themes of Leaving Time is loss and how to cope with it. The book led us to solve why the daughter's mother left her and never contacted her again. The story also […]

Book Club met at the home of Sheris Fine and enjoyed her lovely patio and views of the hillsides towards Mt. Mcloughlin. We discussed Char Hoppe's choice of book 'A Thousand Splendid Suns' by Khaled Hosseini. It's a tale of Afghan history that centers on two women a generation apart. It focuses on their struggles […]

Book Club had a patio meeting to discuss one of Oprah's book pics, 'American Dirt' by Jeanine Cummins. It centers around a middle class woman and her eight year old son who are forced to flee for their lives from the cartel. They are headed on a drama filled journey to the United States along […]

We had our annual December get together via zoom and instead of the ugly sweaters we had some very festive head adornments. (See pic.) We discussed some of our more interesting reads outside of the book group. Some of those were: Snow Falling on Cedars – David Guterson Death Comes for the Archbishop – Willa […]

In our July meeting we discussed Virginia Felker's book choice 'The Other Einstein' by Marie Benedict. This was a story about Albert Einstein's first wife and how her mathematical background, may have contributed to his theory of relativity, while remaining in his shadow. A good discussion ensued about women's struggles thru the years especially in […]

May's Book Club met at the home of Virginia Felker. This months book selection was 'The Great Alone' by Kristin Hannah. We began the discussion on how this author comes up with her ideas and the process that goes into formulating and completing a novel. We next moved onto a discussion of the remoteness of […]

June's Book Club was hosted at the home of Sheris Fine. The book 'A Piece of the World', written by Christina Baker Kline, was chosen by Virginia Felker. It was inspired by a painting the author has seen by Andrew Wyeth. One of his most recognized works- "Christina's World' portrays a woman dragging herself across […]

July’s book club met at the home of Virginia Felker. We reviewed the book ‘The Orchid House’ by Lucinda Riley. This book is a historical fiction that spans from the 1930’s to the present day. It traveled from Wharton Park estate in England to Thailand. It dealt with an aristocratic family keeping secrets leading with […]