Book Club @ Grace
Book Club @ GRACE (Great Reads Always Captivate Everyone) might meet your interests if you enjoy reading and discussing books (mostly fiction) and socializing with other readers. The group is open to everyone who belongs to, or worships at Grace United Church, Burlington. We meet on the fourth Monday of every month (Sept – June, except December) to discuss a different book, opening and closing the meeting with prayers related to the subject matter of the book. In June, the members of the group nominate books and vote to select 8. Each month we rate the book we discuss, and by May we have a winner to recommend to the congregation. During the summer of 2020, we had virtual meetings, to chat about what we were reading during our pandemic isolation. We look forward to getting back together in person when that’s safe to do, but for now, we enjoy meeting on Zoom.
The Book Selections for 2021/22
Meeting Date |
Title and Author |
Rating |
| September 27th | The Last Bookshop in London by Madelaine Martin | 83.68% |
| October 25th | Tomorrow Will Be Different by Sarah McBride | 70.58% |
| November 22nd | The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner | 67.65% |
| January 24th | The Book of Lost Names by Kristen Harmel | |
| February 28th | The Windsor Knot by SJ Bennett | |
| March 28th | The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett | |
| April 25th | The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles | |
| May 30th | The Book of Lost Friends by Lisa Wingate |
Personal Rating Chart Book Club Rating Guide
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Past winners:
2007: The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini
2008: The Book of Negroes, Lawrence Hill
2009: Clara Callen, Richard Wright
2010: Good to a Fault, Marina Endicott
2011: Secret Daughter, Shilpi Somaya Gowda
2012: Sarah’s Key, Tantianan de Rosnay
2013: Light Between Oceans, M.L. Stedman
2014: Island Beneath the Sea, Isabel Allende
2015: The Orphan Train, Christina Baker Kline
2016: Up Ghost River, Edmund Metatawabin
2017: Ragged Company, Richard Wagamese
2018: Letters to the Lost, Iona Grey
2019:The Alice Network, Kate Quinn
2020: The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek , by Michele Richardson