Bethlehem Book Club
Note: We will not be meeting in person during the COVID-19 situation. Please contact Mary Jane V. (mjvoogt2003@gmail.com) for more information.
Everyone is welcome! If anyone has any questions, recommended book suggestions, or would like to be added to the email list, please contact Mary Jane (mjvoogt2003@gmail.com).
We enjoy discussing many types of books and welcome all to join us. Below is a selection of books we have read recently, and we always are looking for input on ideas to add to the list! Come join us whenever you can and remember to check this web site for the location and updates. We occasionally change meeting places from one coffee shop to another—but coffee is always considered essential!
Remember to check back regularly for updates on books and dates!
During our Safer-at-Home order:
Join us on Thursday, February 11, at 9:00 a.m. for our discussion of Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson. We will meet virtually using our Zoom connections and welcome all who are interested! Details of the meeting will be sent out by email; if you would like to be added to our email list, please contact Mary Jane (mjvoogt2003@gmail.com).
2021 Book Selections
January: The Braid by Laetitia Colombani (french translation)
February: Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
March: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
Past Selections
2020 Book Selections
January: The Rent Collector by Cameron Wright
February: The Home for Unwanted Girls by Joanna Goodman
March: Readers choice of any book by Toni Morrison
April: Still Life: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel (A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Book 1) by Louise Penny
May: The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World by Jacqueline Novogratz
June: Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult
July: God's Double Agent by Bob Fu
August: Sold on Monday: A Novel by Kristina McMorris
September: In the Bleak Midwinter: A Clare Fergusson and Russ Van Alstyne Mystery by Julia Spencer-Fleming
October: Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver
November: The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Michelle Richardson or The Giver of Stars by JoJo Moyes
December: Braiding Sweet Grass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
2019 Book selections:
January: Sing, Unburied, Sing by J. Ward
February: A Year of Biblical Womanhood: by Rachael Held Evans
March: Cancelled due to weather
April: Cancelled due to weather
May: Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover and The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton
*June: I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai (From Books in a Bag)
July: Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
August: Managed Care by Joe Barrett
September: This Is How It Always Is: A Novel by Laurie Frankel
October: Cancelled due to weather
November: The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See
December: The Ragged Edge of Night by Olivia Hawker
2018 Book selections:
January: Love and Other Consolation Prizes by J. Ford
February: The Underground Railroad by C. Whitehead
March: The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland by J. DeFede
April: House Girl by Tara Conklin* (Contact Deanna Hebbert for a copy)
May: The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by G. Zevin*
June:The Elephant Whisperer by L. Anthony
July: Tulip Fever by D. Moggach
August: Before We Were Yours by L. Wingate
September: The Woman Who Smashed Codes by J. Fagone
October: The Alice Network by K. Quinn*
November: The Radium Girls by K. Moore
December: Manhatten Beach by J. Egan
*available in Longmont Books in a Bag
2017 Book selections:
January: A Man Called Ove: A Novel by Fredrik Backman
February: The 13th Tale by Diane Setterfield (note change in schedule!)
March: Code Name Verity by Elizabeth E. Wein
April: Lost in Shangri-la by Mitchell Zukoff
May: Left to Tell by Immaculée Ilibagiza
June: Trail of Broken Wings by Sejal Badani
July: And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
August: The Fever: A Novel by Mary Beth Keene
September: Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger
October: Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi (book in a bag; contact Colleen Beyer)
November: Millers Valley by Anna Quinlan
December: A Woman of God by James Patterson
2016 Book selections:
January: Illuminations by Mary Sharratt
February: The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
March: Nothing Daunted: The Unexpected Education of Two Society Girls in the West by Dorothy Wickenden
April: Brooklyn by Colm Toibin
May: Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf
June: Through Gates of Splendor by Elizabeth Elliott
July: The Last Midwife by Sandra Dallas
August: Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
September: A Nun on the Bus: How All of Us Can Create Hope, Change, and Community by Sr. Simone Campbell
October: Any book by Pat Conroy (members can choose one of his many books)
November: Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward (Books in a Bag from the public library)
December: The Last Painting of Sara DeVos by Dominic Smith
2015 Book selections:
January 2015: cancelled due to weather
February 2015: Still Alice by Lisa Genova
March 2015: The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
April 2015: The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman
May 2015: Five Days at Memorial by Sheri Sink
June 2015: Kristen Lavransdatter: The Wreath by Sigrid Undset
July 2015: The Lutheran Ladies' Circle: Plucking One String by Kris Knorr
August 2015: At the Water's Edge: A Novel by Sara Gruen
September 2015: Choose any book by Edward Abbey (Desert Solitaire was highly recommended)
October 2015: Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
November 2015: A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains by Isabella Lucy Bird
December 2015: The Testament of Mary by Colm Toibin (short novella)