Our book club is linked to the website "Book Movement".  For more information click on the link button below.  NEW MEMBERS ALWAYS WELCOME.  Contact the library for more information.
“Brain on Fire
By Susannah Cahalan
November 13, 2018
2:30pm
Darlene Horst leader/hostess
When twenty-four-year-old Susannah Cahalan woke up alone in a hospital room, strapped to her bed and unable to move or speak, she had no memory of how she’d gotten there. Days earlier, she had been on the threshold of a new, adult life: at the beginning of her first serious relationship and a promising career at a major New York newspaper. Now she was labeled violent, psychotic, a flight risk. What happened?
A true story.
“An Accidental Life”
by Pamela Ewen
January 8, 2019
2:30pm
Rita Grim leader
Joan Grim hostess
      In a 1982 New Orleans courtroom the best kept secret in the world is about to unravel, and a young couple's jet set lives are about to change. Senior district attorney Peter Jacobs is facing the trial of a lifetime, a passionate, spiritual battle against an evil with far reaching consequences. His beloved wife Rebecca, a glamorous and driven partner at a major law firm, suddenly finds her life spun out of control and her new faith tested while facing a once in a lifetime choice.
 
“Before We Were Yours”
by Lisa Wingate
March 12, 2019
2:30pm
Pat Mattson leader/hostess
Memphis, 1939. Twelve-year-old Rill Foss and her four younger siblings live a magical life aboard their family’s Mississippi River shantyboat. But when their father must rush their mother to the hospital one stormy night, Rill is left in charge—until strangers arrive in force. Wrenched from all that is familiar and thrown into a Tennessee Children’s Home Society orphanage, the Foss children are assured that they will soon be returned to their parents—but they quickly realize the dark truth. At the mercy of the facility’s cruel director, Rill fights to keep her siblings together in a world of danger and uncertainty.
“Need to Know”
by Karen Cleveland
April 9, 2019
2:30pm
 Kathy Kayl leader
Rose Wells hostess
The last thing that CIA analyst Vivian Miller expects to see when she finally accesses the files of a suspected Russian sleeper cell is the face of someone close to her. Someone she thought she could trust with her four children. Someone whose exposure as a Russian spy will destroy her hard-fought career. Miller panics and deletes the file. She knows she's only delayed the inevitable exposure…unless she can use her skills to extract herself and her family.
GREGORY BOOK CLUB
  • Auxiliary organization for Gregory Public Library
  • Organized in 1909
  • Fundraising group for the library's founding
  • Federated in 1916
  • 1994 added book reviews at meetings
  • Book discussions at each meeting began in 2004.
  • Annual dues for silent/active members: $10 due by 8/31.
  • Meets 5 times a year plus Community Read event
  • Supports funding for special library projects:
                    "1000 Books Before Kindergarten"
                    "Community Read"
                    "Summer Reading Program"
                    "Christmas Tree Book Gifts"  & more as needed
  • Remains a vital support of the library for over 100 years
  • Member of the web book club BOOK MOVEMENT
Officers for 2018-19 are:  Kathy Kayl, president, Diane Althoff, Vice-President & Secretary, Pat Mattson, Treasurer.

Our purpose:
  • Terrific book discussions on a best selling book five times a year
  • Sponsor a Community Read event each summer for adults.
  • Purchase new books as Christmas gifts for community children.
  • Support the Gregory Public Library and our Christmas project through yearly dues.  ($10.00 annually due by August 31st).
  • Help support programs at the Gregory Public Library

     Perks (or why you should join!:
  • Good book discussions
  • Great refreshments served at the meetings
  • Short business meetings (5 minutes or less)
  • A chance to help out your community library