Book Lovers SIG: Book Talks

Book Talk – August 10th, 2025

Big crowd for the August Book Lovers SIG, the largest group we have had in a while. While we were waiting for everyone to join in, we started talking about movies.  Movie Lovers SIG, anyone? Cynthia recommended a film she recently watched on Netflix, Godzilla Minus...

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Book Talk – July 13th, 2025

Eight members were online for the July Book Lovers SIG -- so lots of books got discussed. Heidi from Wisconsin joined us for the first time!  Great to have a new person join us with a completely different list of books she enjoyed reading. Plus, Jim joined us after a...

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Book Talk – June 8th, 2025

We had a nice group in June.   Seven people talked about the books they’ve been reading, including Linda, who returned from her European vacation.  Regulars joining in included Michael, Beth, Peggy and Christina.  Tim, who hasn’t been doing much reading, joined us as...

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Book Talk – May 11th, 2025

We had six people join us online (Brad, Beth, Cynthia, Christine, Michael, and Peggy) and book lists from most of us; so that’s 27 books for this month. The standard theme in the pre-book and post-book discussion was the problems associated with volunteer...

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Book Talk – April 13th, 2025

We had just four people online (Brad, Beth, Christine, and Peggy) and book lists from Peggy and Beth, so only 13 books total for this month. Brad’s vision problems continue, so fewer books from him.  He is working his way through Gregg Hurwitz’s Orphan X series, and...

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Book Talk – February 9th, 2025

Great book club in February.   We had eight people online, including Jim, who we hadn’t seen in a couple months.  His volunteer work has kept him pretty busy, including running some kind of regional math competition.   Tim was a newcomer last month, and he joined us...

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Book Talk – January 12th, 2025

Another really good Book Lovers SIG this month.  Hadn’t heard from John in a long time, and it was early last summer that we heard from Nathan, so swell to see him again.  Plus: Cynthia, who was new to our group last month, returned for another go.  Glad she decided...

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Book Talk – December 8th, 2024

What a great Book Lovers SIG we had this month; three new members joined us!  Cynthia and Tammy from Wichita, plus Tim from Garden Grove, CA.  Welcome to all! Cynthia also passed on some good end-of-year book recommendations: The Best Books of 2024 | Smithsonian...

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Book Talk – November 10th, 2024

Christina, Beth, and Jim made up the core of our group this month.  Sheila joined us for a bit from Florida; she has now settled in from her recent move from Kansas City to Jacksonville.  And John was on for maybe a minute (?), but we never did hear from him. Peggy is...

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Book Talk – October 13th, 2024

Back to normal in October; the only person we were missing was Linda, who was on travel this month so couldn’t join us, but promises a double-helping of reading reports in November. Both Jim and Michael made it back after a several-month absence.  Last month Jim was...

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