The UMRA Book Club has been meeting regularly since March of 2011. We meet at 2 p.m. on the third Friday of every month. Presently we are meeting online via Zoom.
We are eclectic readers, our books being from all time periods, fiction and nonfiction, and from various genres. We plan our book schedule for the coming year at our December meeting.
Contact Pat Tollefson for more information ([email protected]). A list of all the books we have read is available from Pat as well.
We welcome new members. Contact Pat.
For Book Notes in addition to those from Book Club I (below), see the Book Notes page.
Upcoming Events
The Feather Detective: Mystery, Mayhem, and the Magnificent Life of Roxie Laybourne by Chris Sweeney.
Book Notes
'The Mystery of Mrs. Christie' by Marie Benedict is based on English novelist Agatha Christie’s true-life, 11-day disappearance in 1926. The book is divided into two parts, with one part narrated by Agatha and the other by her husband at the time, Archie Christie. The mystery grows as each of them tells the story from their very different perspectives.
Overall, our group liked 'The Secret Book of Flora Lea' with its rich descriptions and happy ending. We also talked about the heart-wrenching removal of 1.5 million people from British towns and cities over three days in September 1939.