More than volumes on a shelf, books are a connection with other times, other places and other people.
2018 REVIEWS
- The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead (7/25/18)
- Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan (07/08/18)
- The Last Equation of Isaac Severy by Nova Jacobs (06/28/18)
- The Last Watchman of Old Cairo by Michael David Lukas (5/16/18)
- Memento Park by Mark Sarvas (5/9/18)
- The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin (4/29/18)
- Gateway to the Moon by Mary Morris (4/9/18)
- Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann (3/7/18)
- Waking Lions by Ayelet Gundar-Goshen (1/31/18)
- Ginny Moon by Benjamin Ludwig (1/23/18)
2017 REVIEWS
- Glass Houses by Louise Penny (10/16/17)
- Daring to Drive by Manal al-Sharif (10/1/17)
- The Hidden Light of Northern Fires by Daren Wang (9/7/17)
- Last Days of Night by Graham Moore (8/15/17)
- All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews (8/9/17)
- Hum If You Don’t Know the Words by Bianca Marais (7/10/17
- Enchanted Islands by Allison Amend (7/6/17)
- The Stars Are Fire by Anita Shreve (6/28/17
- The Wonder by Emma Donoghue (6/19/17)
- Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz (5/30/17)
- The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem by Sarit Yishai-Levi (5/29/17)
- Lillian Boxfish Takes A Walk by Kathleen Rooney (4/2/17)
- The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Ackerman (3/24/17) Page to Screen
- News of the World by Paulette Jiles (2/24/17)
- Shylock Is My Name by Howard Jacobson (2/20/17)
- My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry by Fredrik Backman (2/3/17)
- Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (1/27/17)
- The Lilac Girls by Martha Kelly Hall (1/3/17)
2016 REVIEWS here
2015 REVIEWS here
TOPICAL BOOK LISTS
Note: Some of these lists are in files on Dropbox. You do NOT need Dropbox to download or open any of these lists. Look for an option to continue or to download without Dropbox.
Mother’s Day gift recommendations
Page and Screen was an informal education program presented at Ohr Kodesh Congregation on November 6, 2016. This is a list of more than 40 books of Jewish interest that were made into movies. Download the list for your to-be-read pile or your Netflix queue.
Planning for a presentation on Exploring Historical Fiction, I asked my book-loving Facebook friends to offer suggestions. This list combines some of our recommendations.
Here is a list of Crowdsourced Historical Fiction collected in July, 2016 from a request on Facebook.
Father’s Day gift recommendations
Interested in Balancing Your Reading List? Here’s a baker’s dozen of titles to help you along.
Seeing World War II Through Different Eyes (May 2015)
Nine years of great authors speaking about their novels at the JCCGW Book Club Brunch 2006 – 2014? Want the list? Well, here it is!
Book Group Lists here
Take Your Reading Up A Notch with resources here
Avid (rabid) reader here! I’m always looking for book recommendations for myself and for the book group run. Great site and I very much look forward to delving into your book lists. Thank you!
Welcome and keep the feedback coming! I’ll be looking for suggestions from your site.
I’d like to print the day time list. Is this possible?
When you click on it you should have the choice to download. Once it is downloaded, go to your DOWNLOAD folder and open it. You can then print it.