Book Club Anniversary
l. to r.: Bruce Newell, Timothy and Karen Thornton, Claudia Shook, Peg Newell, Thelma and Peter Ford.
The Book Club of the St. Andrew’s Society celebrated its fourth anniversary of books, gourmet- quality fare and lively discussions on Sunday, March 20 at its meeting in the Society’s Library and Wee Kitchen of the Rooms. The selections read and discussed were Our Souls at Night by Kent Heruf and The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins (notice that the decoration on the buffet table includes a train!). The Club of fifteen members meets regularly through the year and reads a variety of books, both fiction and non-fiction. On some occasions the members will view a theatrical presentation or film based on its book selection. The Club hosted three other book clubs in the community at the Rooms to hear author Joseph Persico discuss his works on Roosevelt.
The club meets about every six to eight weeks. We welcome members and their guests and look forward to our members who enjoy an afternoon or evening with a good book, good food, a good discussion and good friends.
We enjoy catching up on the news around the tables in the Wee Kitchen before the book discussion.
It is a time to share ideas about what we have read, insights about the author’s work, and meanings that we find buried in the text. Then comes the inevitable “clean up.”