Book Club Choices for 2020
We are beginning to make the book selections for the new reading season! We have
made our first two selections for those who want to get started early. We will be adding further selections of fiction and nonfiction books in the next few months.
Meeting #1 March 8th The Library Book by Susan Orlean
(We hold the March meeting at a member's home. If anyone would like to host the meeting, please let us know.)
The Library Book begins with an investigation of the fire that destroyed the Los Angeles Public library but takes us on a journey following the history of libraries. We think you will enjoy this one.
"Weaving her lifelong love of books and reading into an investigation of the fire, award-winning New Yorker reporter and New York Times bestselling
author Susan Orlean delivers a mesmerizing and uniquely compelling book
that manages to tell the broader story of libraries and librarians in a
way that has never been done before." from Good Reads
Meeting #2. May 2020 The Jell-o Girls: A Family History
by Allie Rowbottom
Several book club members have recommended this dark history of Jello. Since Leroy, New York is the home of Jello, the book has a local connection.
"A memoir that braids the evolution of one of America's most iconic branding campaigns with the stirring tales of the women who lived behind its façade - told by the inheritor of their stories." ~from Good Reads
Book Club Choices for 2019
We are happy to say that the TYC Book Club is entering its eleventh year! When Linda and I first started the TYC Book Club in 2008, we were not sure how many people would attend our meetings, but over the years we have been delighted with the turnout. Some of you are dedicated participants who never miss a meeting while others come occasionally. We are happy to see you either way!
We
meet once a month on Sundays throughout the boating season from 12:00
p.m. until 1:00 p.m. in the TYC clubhouse from May through October. We
have one winter meeting at a member's home in March of each year.
The
book club has become a special part of TYC. Not only is it a good way
to talk about books, but it is also a wonderful way to come to know
other TYC members and strengthen the bonds of our community. Everyone is
always welcome to attend. Below you will find the list of books for
this year. We hope you will join us.
This
year's selections were made from recommendations from various members,
often several people recommending the same books. From among the many
wonderful books to read, we have made the selections based on a variety
of topics, time periods and settings.
Denise David and Linda Maddigan
All other meetings are held once a month at TYC Clubhouse on the following Sundays from 12:00 - 1:00 p.m:
May 19 The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander,
Newfoundland by Jim DeFede
The book is an uplifting account of 9/11 when 38 airliners were diverted to this small Canadian town.
June 30 My Name is Mary Sutter by Robin Oliveira
In
this work of historical fiction set during the Civil War a young
midwife works at a Civil war hospital where she aspires to become a
doctor.
July 21 Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson
A story set in a small English village before World War I by the author of Major Pettigrew's Last Stand. It has a thoughtful slow pace in the beginning, but keep reading it. It is worth it.
Aug 18 Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
From Good Reads~
"Perfect for fans of Barbara Kingsolver and Karen Russell, Where the Crawdads Sing is at once an exquisite ode to the natural world, a heartbreaking coming-of-age story, and a surprising tale of possible murder ."
Sept 15 The Story of Arthur Trueluv
by Elizabeth Berg
Oct 20 TBA A Classic
March 3 Judie Kocher has graciously volunteered to host the meeting at her home from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Please call Judie at 716 625 7192 to RSVP if attending.
Book Choice: Educated by Tara WestoverWe are guessing that you have heard about this book which seems to have caught everyone's attention. It is the memoir of a young girl who grew up "off the grid" with her survivalist family in Idaho, and yet managed to leave her family and get an education, eventually a Ph.D. from Cambridge. It was recommended by many people!
All other meetings are held once a month at TYC Clubhouse on the following Sundays from 12:00 - 1:00 p.m:
May 19 The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander,
Newfoundland by Jim DeFede
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June 30 My Name is Mary Sutter by Robin Oliveira
July 21 Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson
A story set in a small English village before World War I by the author of Major Pettigrew's Last Stand. It has a thoughtful slow pace in the beginning, but keep reading it. It is worth it.
Aug 18 Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
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From Good Reads~
"Perfect for fans of Barbara Kingsolver and Karen Russell, Where the Crawdads Sing is at once an exquisite ode to the natural world, a heartbreaking coming-of-age story, and a surprising tale of possible murder ."
Sept 15 The Story of Arthur Trueluv
by Elizabeth Berg
Oct 20 TBA A Classic
TYC 2018 ReadingList
We are happy to say that the TYC Book Club is entering its tenth year! When Linda and I first started the TYC Book Club in 2008, we were not sure how many people would attend our meetings, but over the years we have been delighted with the turnout. Some of you are dedicated participants who never miss a meeting while others come occasionally. We are happy to see you either way!
We meet once a month on Sundays throughout the boating season from 12:00 p.m. until 1:00 p.m. in the TYC clubhouse from May through October. We have one winter meeting at a member's home in March of each year.
The book club has become a special part of TYC. Not only is it a good way to talk about books, but it is also a wonderful way to come to know other TYC members and strengthen the bonds of our community. Everyone is always welcome to attend. Below you will find the list of books for this year. We hope you will join us.
Denise David and Linda Maddigan
Meeting #2
May 20 Before We Were Yours by Patrica Wingate
Patricia Wingate sheds light on a shameful true story of child exploitation. The story shifts between the present and the past revealing the unscrupulous behavior of those in charge of an orphanage in South Carolina in the 1930's.
Meeting #3
June 10 The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict
This book poses an interesting question:
What if Mileva Marić, Albert Einstein’s first wife, contributed more to the theory of relativity than anyone knew? It should make for an interesting discussion.
A picture of Mileva and Albert from an article in Scientific American which offers some documentation for the ideas presented in the book.
Meeting #4
July 15 The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
"In 1974, a troubled Vietnam vet inherits a house from a fallen comrade and moves his family to Alaska." from Kirkus Review
A great turn out!
Meeting #5
August 19 The Storyteller by Jodi Piccoult
(Please note: Small Great Things was mistakenly listed as the suggestion at first, but it was in fact supposed to be The Storyteller, suggested by Carol Goulah. Sorry for any confusion.)
"A baker enlists a Nazi hunter to entrap a nonagenarian who may have brutalized her grandmother in Picoult’s ambitious novel." Since our group enjoyed Lilac Girls last season, this may also provide for some good reading and some good discussion.
NOTE: September 8th
TYC Commodore's Tea, our speaker, Denise Reichard, will portray Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and the struggle for women to gain the right to vote. New York State gave women the right to vote one hundred years ago three years before any other state!
Meeting #6
September 16
Belva Lockwood: The Woman Who Would Be President by Jill Norgren
As women, we need to remember our history. This book will introduce us to a brave woman, who was born in 1830, but you may not realize that she was born in the Niagara County community of Royalton. We owe it to her to read her story.
"In the years just after the Civil War, as women began joining the legal profession, only a handful of spirited applicants succeeded in breaking through the cultural barriers that made it difficult to train for the law or win bar membership.
Female brains, it was thought, were unfit for the strain of mental exercise. The hostility toward women with professional aspirations was so great that only the very brave pushed ahead.
Perhaps the bravest was Belva A. Lockwood."
This book should lead to a great discussion, especially after our tea speaker's portrayal of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who worked so hard to gain women's right to vote.
Meeting #7 October 14th
Sea Trials: Around the World with Duct Tape and Bailing Wire
By Wendy Hinman
We thought this book would make an interesting read at the end of another season. It documents the true story of a family, mother, father and two children, aged thirteen and ten, who undertake an around the world voyage on a 40-foot sailboat. An excerpt of the book appeared in Sail Magazine.
By Wendy Hinman
We thought this book would make an interesting read at the end of another season. It documents the true story of a family, mother, father and two children, aged thirteen and ten, who undertake an around the world voyage on a 40-foot sailboat. An excerpt of the book appeared in Sail Magazine.
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