This is a group for people who love to read and enjoy sharing ideas and opinions about books. We meet once a month in a cafe or restaurant in the Forest Hills, Queens area.
Books read so far:
RATS (Robert Sullivan)
WHAT IS THE WHAT (Dave Eggers)
THE EXTRA MAN (Jonathan Ames)
THE NAMESAKE (Jhumpa Lahiri)
A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN (Betty Smith)
NORTH RIVER (Pete Hamill)
ON CHESIL BEACH (Ian McEwan)
WORLD'S FAIR (E. L. Doctorow)
THE EMPEROR'S CHILDREN (Claire Messud)
EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED (Jonathan Safran Foer)
THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS (Kiran Desai)
ATONEMENT (Ian McEwan)
THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY (Erik Larson)
TRAVELS WITH MY AUNT (Graham Greene)
THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST (Anne Tyler)
RABBIT, RUN (John Updike)
THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE (Shirley Jackson)
FREAKONOMICS (Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner)
THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE (Audrey Niffenegger)
THE MERMAID CHAIR (Sue Monk Kidd)
THE DAY OF THE LOCUST (Nathanael West)
DUST TRACKS ON A ROAD (Zora Neale Hurston)
THE WICKED PAVILION (Dawn Powell)
THE HA-HA (Dave King)
THINGS FALL APART (Chinua Achebe)
TELL NO ONE (Harlan Coben)
LOSING BATTLES (Eudora Welty)
ON THE ROAD (Jack Kerouac)
FELICIA'S JOURNEY (William Trevor)
BLINK (Malcolm Gladwell)
We will be discussing Girlbomb: A Halfway Homeless Memoir by Janice Erlbaum
What members are saying
“ Because it's a chance to meet nice people in a group setting and discuss good books. ”
“ Nice way to spend a wednesday evening, discussing books and wherever else it leads ”