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 2010-2011:
The Rage of the
Vulture – by Barry Unsworth, (1982)
In Afghanistan: 200
years of British, Russian and American occupation – by David Lyon, (2009)
Rebecca – by Daphne
du Maurier, (1938)
The Spies of Warsaw
– by Alan Furst, (2008)
The Professor and
the Madman: A Tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the
“Oxford English Dictionary” – by Simon Winchester, (1998)
The Ox-Bow Incident
– by Walter Van Tilburg Clark, (1940)
American Lion:
Andrew Jackson in the Whitehouse – by Jon Meacham, (2008)
The Guernsey
Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society – by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows,
(2008)
The 39 Steps – by
John Buchan, (1915)
The Nine: Inside
the secret world of the Supreme Court – by Jeffry Toobin,
(2007)