New Reading Lists for 2023-24
Many of you enjoy looking at reading lists from other book clubs. I have copied and pasted them ‘as is’ so please excuse formating problems. If you have additional book club lists, don’t forget to send them to me. Thank you.
2023 – 2024
Coasters Book Schedule
Mondays at 2:00 p.m.
The 1st Monday of the month except September and January
| Date | Book | Leader | Hostess | Snacks |
| September 11 | The Covenant of Water | Sue | ||
| October 2 | Shrines of Gaiety | |||
| November 6 | Hamnet | |||
| December 4 | Hello Beautiful | |||
| January 8 | Signal Fires | |||
| February 5 | Beyond That, the Sea | |||
| March 4 | The Nature of Fragile Things | |||
| April 1 | Early Morning Riser | |||
| May 6 | Good Night Irene |
Thursday Sisters Book Club, 2023-24
September 21, 2023: Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout, a novel
about a divorced couple who spent the first part of the
pandemic together in Maine. 288 p.
October 19, 2023: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith, a
novel about how Francie, a poor child of immigrants,
overcomes obstacles to achieve success, 528 p.
November 16, 2023: Tom Lake by Ann Patchett, a novel about three
daughters who return to the family cherry farm to
reflect on their lives, 320 p.
January 18, 2024: Rowing North by Mary Pipher, a nonfiction examination
of issues that older women face, 262 p.
February 15, 2024: Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver, a novel about a boy born to a single mother in a trailer in Appalachia, 546 p.
March 21, 2024: Graceland, at Last, by Margaret Renkl, a nonfiction
collection of her columns from The NY Times aboutthe South, 304 p.
April 18, 2024: Longbourn by Jo Baker, a novel about the
imagined lives of the servants in Pride and Prejudice,
May 16, 2024 Once We Were Home by Jennifer Rosner,
a novel that imagines the lives of three Jewish children
whose parents relinquish them to Christians duringWWII. The novel follows Mira (now Ana) and her brother Daniel (now Oskar) to adulthood and how
another child, Roger, who grows up and meets Renata in Israel. 288 p.
June 20, 2024: Life in Five Senses by Gretchen Rubin, a
nonfiction exploration of how close exploration of the
five senses leads to a happier, more mindful life, 272 p.
Enjoy!!