Cindy Turner
"The GOOD BOOK Club"
KUMC Book Discussion Group
All are invited to join the Good Book Club for some thought provoking discussions on any variety of books. We meet the 3rd Thursday of every month at 7:00 PM.
At times we may need to adjust the meeting place for the discussion group. Please check the newsletter or the weekly bulletin for any changes. Email the church office (kumcoffice32@gmail.com) or Cindy Turner at turnercindy@yahoo.com for more information.
2024/2025 Reading List & Meeting Dates
July 23 "Firekeepers Daughter" by Boulley, Angeline (away from church -email Cindy Turner)
August 15 "The Violin Conspiracy" by Slocumb, Brendan (away from church -email Cindy Turner)
September 26 "Empire of the Summer Moon" by Gwynne, S. C. (note date, this is 4th Thursday)
October 17 "I Cheerfully Refuse" by Enger, Leif
November 21 "The Bandit Queens" byShroff, Parini
December 19 "Above Suspicion" by La Plante, Lynda
January 16 "The Madwomen of Paris" by Jennifer Cody Epstein
February 20 "Remarkably Bright Creatures by Van Pelt, Shelby
March 20 "James, a novel" (Huck Finn) by Percival Everett (more info Percival Everett )
April 24 "The Measure" by Nikki Erlick (note date, this is 4th Thursday)
May 15 "The One hundred years of Lenni and Margot" by Cronin, Marianne
or "The Women" by Kristin Hannah
or "The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store" by James McBride
(depends on availability)
2023/2024 Meeting Dates & Reading List
Date Title Author
8/17/23 The Hotel Nantucket Hilderbrand, Elin
9/21/23 The Lincoln highway Towles, Amor
10/26/23* The Four Winds Hannah, Kristin (note: this is not our regular meeting date)
11/16/23 The Island of Sea Women See, Lisa
12/21/23 Two Nights in Lisbon Pavone, Chris
02/22/24 The Falling Newman, T.J.
March Meeting Postponed to April 18
04/18/24 Mad Honey Picoult, Jodi
05/16/24 Lessons in Chemistry Garmus, Bonnie
06/20/24 Firekeepers Daughter Boulley, Angeline
TBA The Violin Conspiracy Slocumb, Brendan
2022/2023 Book Club List
Date Title Author
8/18/22 The Summer of ’69 Elin Hilderbrand
This is our summer picnic meeting. Please email Cindy Turner for time and place. turnercindy@yahoo.com.
9/15/22 Dreams of Joy Lisa See
10/20/22 Wish You Were Here Jodi Picoult
11/17/22 The Bond of Blue Mary Pierre Quinn-Stanbro
This is a book by a local author. Deb Finamore has copies of this book available for purchase.
12/15/22 The Stranger in the Lifeboat Mitch Albom
1/19/23 The Alice Network Kate Quinn
2/16/23 A Woman of No Importance: Sonia Purnel
The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II
3/16/23 The Venice Sketchbook Rhys Bowen
4/20/23 We Begin At The End* Chris Whitaker
05/18/23 While Justice Sleeps * Stacey Abrams
* these books have change from previously announced due to unavailability of them.
06-15-23 June will be our annual potluck and planning meeting 6:00 PM
07-20-23 'The Poisonwood Bible' by Barbara Kingsolver
Alternates: The Parted Earth Anjali Enjeti
Other Suggested Titles:
The Five Wounds by Kirsten Valdez Quade
The Sanitorium by Sarah Pearse
Where’d You Go, Bernadette? by Maria Semple
Surviving Savannah by Patty Calahan
Book Women of Troublesome Creek
This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
Kindness of Strangers by Katrina Kittle
Verity by Colleen Hoover
We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker
The Plot by Jean Hanford Korelitz
While Justice Sleeps by Stacey Abrams
The Radio Operator by Ulla Lenze
The Maidens by Alex Michaelide
