Anything Goes Book Club

General Information

This is a monthly club for women who enjoy reading both fiction and non-fiction books. The books are chosen by the group, after soliciting, receiving, and discussing recommendations from members. Every member steps up to be the discussion leader for one of the books recommended by either themselves or another member. 



Our meetings begin with the book discussion and end with a check-in from each member. This way we get to the meat of the meeting first, but we also make time to get to know and support each other. We invite you to join us every first Thursday of the month at 10:00 AM.



New members, new ideas and new opinions are always welcome. And remember, you can come for just one meeting if you are particularly interested in the book of the day. 

If you are interested in participating or want to be on our contact list, 1) login and add yourself to the contact group or 2) Contact Eleni Skevas, if you need the zoom link, using the Member Directory. If not a member, please contact us.

 

Event Information

14 women in our book group got together on December 5 via zoom on a cold day to talk about After Annie by Anna Quindlen. We found a lot to talk about including how processing grief is a very individual thing and how our culture likes to "move on quickly". We liked many of the characters and appreciated that we could keep track of them. Many identified characters that reminded them of people in their own lives. The general consensus was that it was a good book we would recommend to others.

On January 2, 10:00-11:30 via zoom, our book is Dinners with Ruth by Nina Totenberg. Someone pointed out that Julia Louis Dreyfus interviewed Nina recently (October 23) for her Wiser Than Me Podcast. Check it out at https://podcast.app/julia-gets-wise-with-nina-totenberg-e363743747/?utm_source=and&utm_medium=share

We have books planned for January-March. At the January meeting, we need to pick out a few books for future months. Please come with titles.

Thursday, February 6 - Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa See
Thursday, March 6 - The Women by Kristin Hannah

Just a reminder that we will meet via zoom through March. We use the same zoom link and it is emailed to all members who have added themselves to our group using the instructions above. We plan to return to in person meetings in April and need to determine a good location since we are quite spread out across the cities.

Curious what books this group has read in the past? Check out the list here.

The book club is open to all members (and non-members are welcome to join us a couple times before becoming a member of our organization). It’s helpful if you’ve read the book, of course, but if you just want to listen in and test the waters without reading the book, don’t hesitate to do so. Please add yourself to the group using the instructions above on this webpage.