Book Clubs

Book Club 1

Hosted by Pat McDonagh @ p9mcdonagh@gmail.com and Jacquie Hinrichs @ ttime49@gmail.com

Book Club 1 meeting will be held on the second Monday of the month at 1:30pm at the Lewis Bay Library, 345 Lafayette Avenue, Hawthorne, NJ 07506, Room B.

Book Club 1 Schedule for September 2024 – June 2025

Sept. 9, 2024 – The Girl Who Wrote in Silk by Kelli Estes – Moderator – Linda Brophy

Oct. 21, 2024 – A Different Kind of Gone by Catherine Ryan Hyde – Moderator – Joan Cook

Nov. 18, 2024 – The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell – Moderator – Linda Bakian

Dec. 9, 2024 – The Spectacular by Fiona Davis – Moderator – Donna Singer

Jan. 13, 2025 – The Last Mrs. Parrish by Lev Constantine – Moderator – Stacia Mosier

Feb. 10, 2025 – The Measure by Nikki Erlick – Moderator – Mary Saladino

March 10, 2025 – They Called Us Enemies by George Takei – Moderator – Susan Cassell

April 14, 2025 – The Elephant Company by Vicki Croke – Moderator – Valerie Florstedt

May 12, 2025 – The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak – Moderator Shelly Winchester

June 9, 2025 – Book selection for the following year

Book Club 2

Hosted by Doreen Di Fiore @ doreenmdf@gmail.com and Lauren Salvani @ laurensal0811@gmail.com

Book Club 2 meeting will be held on the third Thursday of the month at the Glen Rock Library – 1:00 -3:00pm.

Connections Book Club 2 – 2025
January 16 – The Frozen River by Lawhon
February 20 – The Women
March 20 – Crow Mary by Grissom
April 17 – Our Missing Hearts by Ng
May 15 – The Secret Life of Flora Lee
June 19 – The Heiress by Hawkins
July 17 – Luncheon – TBD
August 21 ———— ——-
September 18 – Catalina by Villavicencio
October 16 – The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart by Ringland
November 20 – Dear Edward by Napolitano
December 18 Holiday Party – TBD

Book Club 3

Hosted by Marilyn Chuebon @ mchuebon@yahoo.com

Book Club 3 will meet on the second Tuesday of the month from 10:00am – 12:00pm at The First Presbyterian Church, 722 East Ridgewood Avenue, Ridgewood, NJ 0745 from September to June. During July and August, Book Club 3 will meet at Panera’s in Paramus, Rt 17 North.

Book Club 3 Schedule for 2025

January – How To Read A Book by Monica Wood

February – TBA

March – The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict

Book Club 3 Schedule for 2024

January- The Vanishing act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O’Farrell

February- The Extraordinary life of Sam Hell by Robert Dugoni

March- The Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

April – Bird Hotel by Joyce Maynard

May- The Fountains of Silence by Ruth Sepetus

June- Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell

July – The Measure by Nikki Storey

August – White House by the Sea by Kate Storey

September – The Secret Wife of Aaron Burr by Susan Holloway Scott

October – The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar

Book Club 4 Book

Hosted by Patricia Nell nellpatricia@hotmail.com

Book Club 4 will meet on the fourth Thursday of the month at 1:30 pm in the Library at the Northwest Senior Center (NWSC).

Book Club 4 Schedule for 2025

January 23rd – The Thursday Murder Club, led by Celeste Ravese

February 27th – Pineapple Street by Jeny Jackson, led by Margie Rightmyer

March 27th – The Women by Khristan Hannah, led by Elizabeth Vella

April 24th – The Rent Collector by Cameron Wright, led by Andrea Gallucio

May 22nd – The First ladies by Marie Benedict and Christhopher Murray, led by Debbie Curan

June 26^th – Still Life by Louise Penny, led by Jackie Jenson

Book Club 4 Schedule for 2024

January – This Tender Land, William Kent Kruger

February – The Wager, by David Grann

March – The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store, by James Mc Bride

April – Women of Good fortune, by Sophie Wen

May – Small Things Like These, by Claire Keegan

June – Shadow of The Wind, by Carlos Ruiz Zafron

July – We will not meet in July

August -Where the Jessamine Grows by Donna Everhart

September – Empire of the Summer Moon, by S.C. Gwynne

October – Bear, by Julia Phillips

November- Meeting Cancelled

December – Meeting Cancelled

Book Club 5 – Zoom Book Club

Hosted by Brenda Brunelle bbrunelle@aol.com

Book Club 5 meets on Zoom on the fourth Thursday of the month at 7:00pm.