Book Club I

Book Notes: Timeless classic highly recommended

Event Date: October 12, 2018, at 2:00 PM

In simple, almost poetic prose, Margaret Craven’s novel, I Heard the Owl Call My Name, tells the story of Mark Brian, a young Anglican vicar who is sent by his bishop to serve a First Nation parish in an isolated village in British Columbia.

Book club meets September 21

Join the Book Club to discuss Brat Farrar, by Josephine Tey. Pat Tollefson will lead the discussion.

Book Notes | Summer 2018

Event Date: May 18, 2018, at 2:00 PM

"The Professor’s House" by Willa Cather and "A Gentleman in Moscow" by Amor Towles are reviewed.

Book Notes: Club Members learn a lot about Zimbabwe from The Last Resort

Event Date: April 20, 2018, at 2:00 PM

Author delivers a riveting account of his parents’ determination to survive the chaotic events that took place during the reign of Robert Mugabe.

Book Notes: A Memory of Violets elicits favorable response

Event Date: March 16, 2018, at 2:00 PM

For those who like historical fiction and a “light” read with a happy ending, the UMRA Book Club recommends A Memory of Violets by Hazel Gaynor.

February Book Notes

Event Date: February 16, 2018, at 2:00 PM

Reflecting on their impressions of The Homeplace by J. Drew Lanham, Book Club members select the quote: “I am as much a scientist as I am a black man; my skin defines me no more than my heart does. …I’ve yet to have a wild creature question my identity.”

Dark Money provokes lively discussion at January Book Club

Event Date: January 19, 2018, at 2:00 PM

“Just thumbing through this book is enough to scare you.” See what UMRA Book Club members say about it.

UMRA Book Club makes its selections for February through May

The February book will be The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man’s Love Affair with Nature by J. Drew Lanham, with discussion led by Judy Helgen.

Book Notes on September Book Club Meeting

Event Date: September 15, 2017, at 2:00 PM

In this new column the UMRA Book Club will be sharing their discussions.

UMRA Photo Club meets May 12

The Photo Club welcomes photographers of all abilities.  Most of us are struggling amateurs who like to take pictures and want to get better. We benefit from the kind and supportive help we get from each other. The next meeting will be held at the Washburn Library, 5344 Lyndale Ave. South in Minneapolis from 1 to 3 p.m. on Friday, May 12.

Book Club Meeting

For both August and September, we are reading and discussing The Bully Pulpit:  Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft and the Golden Age of Journalism.    Contact Pat Tollefson, [email protected], for more information.

Book Club Meeting

For both August and September, we are reading and discussing The Bully Pulpit:  Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft and the Golden Age of Journalism. Contact Pat Tollefson, [email protected], for more information.

2015-2-20 Book Club

Our book for January was THE ART FORGER by B.A. Shapiro. The next books we will be reading are as follows:  DIARY OF ANNE FRANK for February; THE INVENTION OF WINGS by Sue Monk Kidd for March; DESTINY OF THE REPUBLIC by Candice Millard for April; and ALL THE LIGHT I CANNOT SEE by Anthony Doerr for May. 

--Contact Pat Tollefson, [email protected], for more information.