Past Book Club Activities:

Tues., June 20, 2023, 7:00 p.m. – Redeemer Lutheran

Every Note Played by Lisa  Genova

Tues., July 18, 2023, 7:00 p.m. – Redeemer Lutheran

The Woman They Could Not Silence by Kate Moore

https://www.readinggroupguides.com/reviews/the-woman-they-could-not-silence/guide

Overview of book:  The Woman They Could Not Silence by Kate Moore

YouTube discussion of book with author Kate Moore:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQkLjtnP7UA

“What a story—and what a telling! Kate Moore has hit another one out of the park. In the best tradition of The Radium Girls, Moore recounts the stunning true account of a woman who fought back against a tyrannical husband, a complicit doctor, and nineteenth-century laws that gave men shocking power to silence and confine their wives. By challenging these norms, Elizabeth Packard became a heroine on the scale of the suffragists. In Moore’s expert hands, this beautifully written tale unspools with drama and power and puts Elizabeth Packard on the map at the most relevant moment imaginable. You will be riveted—and inspired. Bravo!”

– Liza Mundy, New York Times bestselling author of Code Girls

Tues., Aug. 15, 2023, 7:00 p.m. – Redeemer Lutheran

State of Terror by Louise Penny and Hillary Clinton

Previous Meetings – Sept. 2022-Apr. 2023:

1619 Project Community Read – if you missed this 6-week opportunity this fall,  click here for all the details and to access the materials, discussion questions, and additional resources the participants suggested for the group.

Thurs., September 8, 2022, 7:00 p.m., Redeemer Lutheran Church, Library Lounge

The Butterfly Effect by Rachel Mans McKenny (Click here: All Iowa Reads 2022 book)

New Opportunity – Sept. 20-Nov. 1, Tues., 7:00-8:30 p.m.: Waverly AAUW/Waverly Human Equality and Diversity Commission – 1619 Project Community Read – meet once a week on campus at Wartburg for 6 weeks of reading and discussion.  Click here for details – must register to participate. 

Thurs., October 13 , 7:00 p.m., Redeemer Lutheran Church, Library Lounge

In Order to Live by Yeonmi Park

Resources:

Yeonmi Park’s webpage:  https://www.yeonmi.com/

TED Talk:  https://www.ted.com/talks/yeonmi_park_what_i_learned_about_freedom_after_escaping_north_korea

Interview:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueqoiMpF0dk

Thurs., November 10, 7:00 p.m., Redeemer Lutheran Church, Library Lounge

Miss Benson’s Beetle by Rachel Joyce

Author 2-minute overview:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_xgDSgeU9E

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52674676-miss-benson-s-beetle

Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson

Thurs., January 12, 7:00 p.m.

The Rent Collector by Camron Wright

Article on garbage dumps around the world (The Guardian, 2016)

Thurs., Feb. 9, 7:00 p.m. – Branch Book Read Discussion – Disability Visibility an anthology  Edited by Alice Wong (Hawkeye Community College 2022 All Read: Sarah Quin has multiple copies – some available at Waverly Public Library); 

Location:  Waverly Senior Center; Refreshments optional – $5.00.  RSVP to kimberly.folkers@wartburg.edu by Mon., Feb. 6. 

Book Info

Disability Visibility Discussion Guide

Hawkeye Community College Resource Page – Disability Visibility

 

Thurs., April 13, 7:00 p.m. – Redeemer Lutheran Church

Hana Khan Carries On by Uzma Lalaluddin

 

Thurs., May 11, 2023, 7:00 p.m. – Redeemer Lutheran

Beautiful Country: A Memoir by Qian Julie Wang; https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/56461570

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Summer 2022

Tues., June 7, 2022, 9:30 a.m. – Read a book by Madeleine Albright –

Location: Waverly Senior Center, 506 E. Bremer Ave.; RSVP by Fri. noon, June 3 to kimberly.folkers@wartburg.edu.  Please indicate if you would like coffee/pastry $5.00 (optional, but allows us to meet there at no charge if some of us order food ? )

(Book List:  https://www.thriftbooks.com/a/madeleine-albright/214931/)

Tues., June 21, 2022, 9:30 a.m. – Read a book by Jussi Adler-Olsen – available at Waverly Library or can be accessed through Waverly Library’s Libby system.  This Danish author has written quite a few books, but we’ll focus on the Q series, which starts with The Keeper of Lost Causes.

Location: Redeemer Lutheran Church, Waverly – Church Library Lounge

The Waverly Library has several of the books below available electronically.

(Feel free to read a “crime fiction” book by another author if you prefer!)

Tues., July 12, 2022, 9:30 a.m. – Moon of the Snow Blind – Spirit Lake by Gary Kelley.  This is a graphic novel written by Cedar Falls artist/author, Gary Kelley, about the Spirit Lake, Iowa massacre in 1857 – Book info

Location: Redeemer Lutheran Church, Waverly – Fellowship Hall (not the church library) 

Tues., July 26, 2022, 9:30 a.m. – Share your thoughts about any book you have read in the past year or so!

Location: Redeemer Lutheran Church, Waverly – Fellowship Hall (not the church library) 

Thurs., August 11, 2022, 9:30 a.m. – Outing to Charles City: Prologue Books and Wines; lunch at Pub on the Cedar; other possible stops – Charles City Public Library to view art collection; and Charles City Arts Center 

Carpool from Redeemer Lutheran Church north parking lot – across Bremer from Pizza Ranch – meet at 9:30 a.m. Return to Waverly by 2:30 p.m. (RSVP to kimberly.folkers@wartburg.edu)

Tues., August 23, 2022, 9:30 a.m. – The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson (author of Caste)

Location: Redeemer Lutheran Church, Waverly – Fellowship Hall (not the church library) 

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Ongoing Book Ideas:

AAUW Book Club Website Archives (pre-Summer 2020)