Jasmine Creek Book
Group
The
Jasmine Creek Book Group was launched in April 2002. It is limited to residents
of Jasmine Creek and
Group
meetings are generally held on the third Monday of each month at 7:30 p.m. and
are held in the Jasmine Creek Clubhouse. (The host/hostess may provide light
refreshments.)
The
host/hostess begins the meeting by presenting background information on the
author and/or book under discussion that month.
Discussion commences with comments on or questions about the book, for
instances: its plot development, strengths and weaknesses, interesting
characters, use of language.
The
meetings are informal – that is, after the launching of the discussion, there
is no chairperson to guide or channel our discussions. Each person is
encouraged to participate with his or her own questions and comments to help
develop insight into the book structure and evaluate its quality and
importance.
The
Group has a “clutch of questions” sheet which can be used to further
discussion. Those who did not read the book are encouraged to come and enjoy
the evening. Hopefully, they will gain something from the discussion and may be
inspired to read the book later.
A
written note of the meeting is provided monthly to each member. This serves as
a summary for those who came to the meeting and informs those who were not able
to attend. A brief invitational notice
is placed in each “Jasmine Creek Newsletter.”
The
books on the schedule are chosen by the group several months in advance.
However, the group has been known later to replace a book that was on the
initial adopted list. The
summer meeting provides a variation on the usual monthly focus, and a December
Inquires about the Group may be
directed to Diana Parr or Natalie Weber.
Book Group books chosen for the
year 2011-2012:
The
Worst Hard Time: The untold story of those who survived the great American Dust
Bowl, by Timothy Egan, 2006
Alexander
the Great: The hunt for a new past, by Paul Cartledge,
2004
The
Riddle of the Sands, by Erskine Childers, 1903
All
the Devils are Here: The hidden history of the financial crisis, by Bethany
McLean & Joe Nocera, 2010
The
Sun also Rises, by Ernest Hemingway, 1926
My
Antonia, by Willa Cather, 1918
John
Muir: Nature’s visionary, by Gretel Ehrlich & Lynn Johnson, 2000
Hotel
on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, by Jamie Ford, 2009
Stones
for Ibarra, by Harriet Huntington Doerr,
1984
Caleb’s
Crossing, by Geraldine Brooks, 2011