Book Club I
All Book Club I articles are collected here.
Book Club picks books for springEvent Date:Kathy Cramer will lead the discussion when the UMRA Book Club holds its first meeting of the new year. More... |
November Book NotesEvent Date: UMRA Book Club members share their November discussion of Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance. More... |
Book Notes: debut novel is a family tell-allEvent Date: The Nest, a best-selling debut novel by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney, stimulated much discussion. More... |
Book Notes: Timeless classic highly recommendedEvent Date: 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. More... |
Book club meets September 21Event Date:Join the Book Club to discuss Brat Farrar, by Josephine Tey. Pat Tollefson will lead the discussion. More... |
Book Notes | Summer 2018Event Date: "The Professor’s House" by Willa Cather and "A Gentleman in Moscow" by Amor Towles are reviewed. More... |
Book Notes: Club Members learn a lot about Zimbabwe from The Last ResortEvent Date: Author delivers a riveting account of his parents’ determination to survive the chaotic events that took place during the reign of Robert Mugabe. More... |
|
Book Notes: A Memory of Violets elicits favorable responseEvent Date: 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. More... |
February Book NotesEvent Date: 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.” More... |
Dark Money provokes lively discussion at January Book ClubEvent Date: “Just thumbing through this book is enough to scare you.” See what UMRA Book Club members say about it. More... |
UMRA Book Club makes its selections for February through MayThe 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. Published:More... |
Book Notes on September Book Club MeetingEvent Date: In this new column the UMRA Book Club will be sharing their discussions. More... |
UMRA Photo Club meets May 12Event Date: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. More... |
|
Book Club MeetingEvent Date: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. More... |
Book Club MeetingFor 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. Published:More... |