Book Club II

Book notes | The Last Tycoon

Event Date: June 25, 2021, at 2:00 PM

The Last Tycoon is a beautifully rendered story about the tension of a culture aspiring to creativity but dominated by cynicism, greed, and commercial imperatives.

Book notes | Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

Event Date: June 23, 2021, at 2:00 PM

Of all the books by John Le Carré, this novel about secrets, lies, and shifting identities is regarded as the most entertaining.

Book notes | The Black Tulip

Event Date: May 28, 2021, at 2:00 PM

Although not as well-known as the author’s earlier novels The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo, The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas père is a beautifully crafted novel, rich in its telling with themes of love, courage, honesty, politics, and the destructive capacity of jealousy.

Book notes | Red Pill

Event Date: April 23, 2021, at 2:00 PM

There is plenty to deal with for the unnamed narrator of this contemporary novel, from ghosts and mystical rhetoric to politics.

Book notes | A Gentleman in Moscow

Event Date: March 26, 2021, at 2:00 PM

This novel by Amor Towles was a good read for a pandemic, given that the story takes place while the protagonist is living under house arrest.

Book notes | The Vanishing Half

Event Date: February 26, 2021, at 2:00 PM

The (Fourth Friday) UMRA Book Club II met on February 26 to discuss The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett, a story of twin sisters from a Black Louisiana town during Jim Crow.

Welcome to UMRA’s new Fourth Friday Book Club

UMRA has a new book club and it is welcoming new readers.