THE LAST OF THE TRIBE ~ BY MONTE REEL

Please join us on Tuesday, Jan. 8th to discuss the book; The Last of the Tribe: The Epic Quest to Save the Last Lone Man in the Amazon by Monte Reel

We will be meeting at 6pm at Becky's Coffee Corner in Prosser

Dr. Celeste' Lynn will be hosting this event.

In 1996 a  southwestern Brazillian based journalist from the Washington Post got a glimpse of a great mystery.  A rare one man tribe was discovered. The book covers the struggle between the allies of this lone Indian (which includes government employees) and the battle of ruthless ranch settlers and government bureaucracies.  Discoveries and investigations reveal the amazing jungle story of historical, economical, and national suspense.

“The Last of the Tribe is ‘Avatar’ for grown-ups, a tribe-in-peril-story with real people, complicated motives, and every bit of subtlety and nuance left out of James Cameron's cliched script. Reel's tale is expertly told: perfectly timed, thoroughly researched and descriptively written. Back stories, personal histories, character development and political context are deftly woven into the narrative, and each departure from the quest feels appropriate at the time.”

– The San Francisco Chronicle

“The fate of the Amazon rainforest is one that concerns us all. Yet as American journalist Monte Reel suggests in this excellent book, the closer you get to the problem, the harder it is to see your way clearly.... Reel teases out the paradoxes -- and high drama -- of anthropology in action. 

-- The Financial Times

“Gripping... [Reel] is good with context – the section on official Brazilian policy toward indigenous people is powerful and sad – but he’s best when he’s indulging in good old-fashioned adventure writing: Arrows fly, poisonous snakes writer through the undergrowth, and sinister ranchers lord over the boomtowns of Brazil’s Wild West. The real star here turns out to be the Amazon itself, a place thick with ‘irrepressible’ flora and a ‘gaudy display’ of fauna – a place, in short, that is ‘neither paradise nor perdition.’”

– The Washington Post

TPTBC would like to announce that their next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, December 11^th @ 6pm.  It will be held at 2000 Highland Drive in Prosser.  Nona Gall will be hosting this meeting's discussion.

Come join us for some festive and seasonal conversations about the book;

Christmas in Harmony by Phillup Gulley

 

Philip Gulley takes us to Harmony, Indiana, at Christmastime as inspiration strikes the inimitable Dale Hinshaw. Always looking for a way to increase the church's profit margins, Hinshaw brainstorms a progressive nativity scene that will involve the whole town, complete with a map like those for the Hollywood stars. Neither Pastor Sam Gardner nor the other members of the Harmony Friends meeting express any enthusiasm for this idea, but Dale is unstoppable. Meanwhile, Pastor Sam has his own concerns: he's having his annual argument with his wife, and he's worried that the four-slotted toaster he bought for her may be too lavish a gift.

Amidst the bustle of the season, the citizens of Harmony experience the simple joys and sometime loneliness that often go unseen. Sam comes to the realization that Dale, in his own misguided way, is only trying to draw meaning from the eternal story of Christmas. "In this unsettled world, it is good to have this steadiness -- the Christmas Eve service, the peal of the bell. . . .There is a holiness to memory, a sense of God's presence in these mangers of the mind. Which might explain why it is that the occasions that change the least are often the very occasions that change us the most."  ~ taken from Amazon's description of the book.

November 13th THE DOG STARS

TPTBC next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, November 13th @ 6pm.  It will be held at Becky’s Coffee Corner in Prosser.

Our discussion for the evening will include our views and perspectives about the novel;

The Dog Stars by Peter Heller

 

Read below for a book review written by Leigh Newman

who writes for an the Oprah Blog, "Life Lift".

 

 

"There have been some beautifully written and truly upsetting end-of-the-world books recently—The Age of Miracles and Zone One come to mind—but Peter Heller's The Dog Stars has put a fresh twist on the genre. In this quiet, meditative novel, Hig, the main character, has lost his wife and everyone in his family due to a flu epidemic that has killed most of the population of the United States. He now lives with his dog and a survivalist neighbor on an abandoned airstrip that's regularly attacked by roving bands of very scary, violent scavengers. Despite the grimness of his life, Hig manages to see the beauty in his surroundings, and it's his voice that keeps you entranced, with vivid details like "the smell of running water, of cold stone, of fir and spruce, like the sachets my mother used to keep in the sock drawer."

There is still one loss that Hig has to bear, and the grief over this sends him flying in his single-prop plane into the wilderness without enough gas to return. Brilliantly, this isn't the end of the story, because it's the people he meets when he least expects to who change everything, proving a truth we know from our everyday nonfictional lives: Even when it seems like all the humans in the world are only out for themselves, there are always those few who prove you absolutely wrong—in the most surprising of ways."

Tuesday, October 9th

Hello Members, Potential Members and Book Club Enthusiasts....

The Page Turner Book Club would like to announce that their next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, October 9th.

Our discussion for the evening will consist of our views and perspectives about the book; The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. 

Our meeting will be held at Becky's Coffee Corner in Prosser.  (Remember to come early to get something to drink from Becky's services - she closes at 6!)  The meeting will begin at 6pm and will run until 7:30pm.

Our host for this book discussion will be Celeste' Lynn.

REMINDER:  If you forget the date for our upcoming meetings (easy to do when we're not busy reading) a good rule of thumb is to remember that they are the SECOND TUESDAY of the month.  It will be a rare event if they are scheduled otherwise.

September's Discussion

 Update:  For those of you who missed August's meeting -
We extended Les Miserables' discussion from July into August.  We discovered at this meeting that there are shorter versions of this very thick original novel......... 
We also had the pleasure to discuss Matt Bondurant's book, The Wettest County in the World.  Barb and I also shared with the group about our experience at the Meet the Author event held on August 2nd.

The “Page Turner” Book Club's next meeting will be on Tuesday, September 11th^.   We will be joining together to discuss the book; Boomerang by Michael Lewis.  Nona Gall will be our host for the evening.

 

 

We will be meeting at Becky’s Coffee Corner at 6pm.   Come a little early to get a "cup of pleasure" from Becky before the meeting starts.

Also, be sure to plan ahead and note the upcoming monthly book schedule. Those who are interested, ask at the next meeting for the sign up list if you'd like to host an upcoming meeting!!!

 

News for the Page Turner Book Club:

Hello Members and Potential Members!!

Our book club has been invited to read some books and then later attend some "MEET THE AUTHOR" events.

 Katelynn, who represents the Mid Columbia libraries, invited our book club to read the following books;

FIRST BOOK:
The Wettest County in the World.  The author is Matt Bondurant.

Date: August 2, 2012
    Location: Kennewick Library
    Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm
    Audience: Adults
    Type: Special Event
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=image+matt+bondurant&id=8FB73DA0490890A227AE19A87775DB149827B159&FORM=IQFRBA

Meet the author before the new movie Lawless (based on The Wettest County in the World) hits theaters August 31st!
Matt Bondurant, author of The Night Swimmer and The Wettest County in the World, a New York Times Editor's Pick, and San Francisco Chronicle Best 50 Books of the Year.  Learn about the family history and suspenseful narratives of wild settings created in his novels.  www.thenewstribune.com/2012/06/23/2193617/libraries-read.html#storylink=cpy

SECOND BOOK;
The Body Finder by Kim Derting
"Meet the Author"
    Date: August 9, 2012
    Location: Kennewick Library
    Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm
    Audience: Teens, Adults
    Type: Special Event

Meet Kim Derting, author of The Body Finder series and The Pledge.  She is Young Adult author.  Learn about her inspiration for heroes with paranormal powers and the dark creepy worlds created within her books.  http://kimberlyderting.com/



Like the previous invitation we have done in the past with the book; The Hummingbird's Daughter, the author would speak in Kennewick.  Copies of the books have been sent Prosser's branch (library) for pick up and for us to read and discuss. We would of course be invited to the author's speaking evenst at the Kennewick Library.
For those of you interested, you would just go to Prosser's library, say that you are in the book club, and then ask for a copy of each.  These books will be treated as a "supplement read" for our club and not as the official monthly selection.  I will leave the conditions as a "first come, first serve". :)

Update:  On Tuesday the 10th, our book club discussed the book - Les Miserables by Victor Hugo.  Because of the length of the novel we have decided to extend this book into August's 13th meeting discussion and this will push Nona's book choice (Boomerang) to September's meeting.  Make sense?  This will also give us the opportunity to discuss Matt Bondurant's book as well as August's 2nd "Meet the Author" event at our next meeting.

Also, I thought I'd pass another invitation that was sent via email to me this past week.  I thought you all could read/consider and we can discuss this email next month;

Nichole,

Jeff and I saw your notice at Becky’s video/coffee in Prosser. We live in Prosser and my husband, Jeff Ashmead, just released a fun new book that you might be interested in for book club. (sorry for the sales pitch)  We moved to Prosser because it was the perfect getaway from our wacky life near Cancun, Mexico.  The book is about retiring to Mexico and building your dream home so you can live out your years on a peaceful beach.  It is a non-fiction travel genre that’s available for $10 at Barnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/tropical-delusion-jeff-ashmead/1111887447?ean=9781475921922 .  Take a look and see if it is something your book club might enjoy.  You can do a “look inside” the kindle book at http://www.amazon.com/Tropical-Delusion-Misadventures-Paradise-ebook/dp/B008H0514U/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1341423761&sr=8-2&keywords=jeff+ashmead .  It will be out in other formats in the next few weeks.

Thanks for  your consideration,
sherry harvey and jeff ashmead

Our next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, July 10^th.  


We will be joining together to discuss the book; Les Miserables by Victor Hugo.

We will be meeting at Becky’s Coffee Corner at 6pm.   Come a little early to take advantage of Becky’s services before the meeting starts.  Rosita Massie will be the host for this evening.

Let's all contribute our own ideas and opinions about the story, the author, the style and anything else about the book.  We all tend to leave with that much more insight.  Nothing lost.  So, come and join the company of a little humble book club every 2nd Tuesday of the month. Let’s talk about it….bring your book, your own perspectives, and enjoy the conversation!

Call/text Nicole @832-0241 or email; edandnicole@clearwire.net .

“Rich and gorgeous. This is the [translation] to read… and if you are flying, just carry it under your arm as you board, or better still, rebook your holiday and go by train, slowly, page by page.”

—Jeanette Winterson, The Times (London)

“[A] magnificent story… marvelously captured in this new unabridged translation by Julie Rose.”
—The Denver Post

“A new translation by Julie Rose of Hugo’s behemoth classic that is as racy and current and utterly arresting as it should be.”
—Buffalo News (editor’s choice)

“Vibrant and readable, idiomatic and well suited to a long narrative, [Julie Rose’s new translation of Les Miserables] is closer to the captivating tone Hugo would have struck for his own contemporaries.”
—Diane Johnson

“A lively, dramatic, and wonderfully readable translation of one of the greatest 19th-century novels.”
—Alison Lurie

“Some of us may have read Les Miserables back in the day, but… between Gopnik and Rose, you’ll get two introductions that will offer you all the pleasures of your college instruction with none of the pain.”
—The Agony Column (trashotron.com)

CATHERINE the GREAT

On June 12th, the 2nd Tuesday of the month, we'll be meeting at Becky's Coffee Corner to converse about the book; Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie. 

“[Massie] hasn’t lost his mojo. . . . a consistently nimble and buoyant performances . . . [Massie] has always been a biographer with the instincts of a novelist. He understands plot—fate—as a function of character, and the narrative perspective he establishes and maintains, a vision tightly aligned with that of his subject, convinces a reader he’s not so much looking at Catherine the Great as he is out of her eyes. . . juicy and suspenseful.” — Kathryn Harrison, The New York Times Book Review
Join us at from 6 to 7:30.  Come a little early to get some tea/coffee or perhaps a pastry from Becky's Coffee Corner. 

Leota Olney will be hosting this meeting.

THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS

THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS: Doctors took her cells without asking. Those cells never died. They launched a medical revolution and a multimillion-dollar industry. More than twenty years later, her children found out. Their lives would never be the same. (taken from the front cover of the book)

Considered, "Extraordinary" by THE NEW YORKER, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks entails a true account of a journey led by it's author and science writer, Rebecca Skloot.


The story of Henrietta Lacks' "immortal cells", known commonly to scientists as HeLa cells, taken without her knowledge back in the 1950s lead us through her legacy while revealing a dark history of truths uncovered.

Join us!!
We'll be meeting on Tuesday, May 8th from 6 to 7:30 at Becky's Coffee Corner.

SPRING PICK: The Art of Racing in the Rain

Tuesday, April 10th The Page Turner Book Club will be joining at Becky's Coffee Corner in Prosser at 6pm to discuss the book; The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein. Celeste' Lynn will be hosting.

From Publishers Weekly
If you've ever wondered what your dog is thinking, Stein's third novel offers an answer. Enzo is a lab terrier mix plucked from a farm outside Seattle to ride shotgun with race car driver Denny Swift as he pursues success on the track and off. Denny meets and marries Eve, has a daughter, Zoë, and risks his savings and his life to make it on the professional racing circuit. Enzo, frustrated by his inability to speak and his lack of opposable thumbs, watches Denny's old racing videos, coins koanlike aphorisms that apply to both driving and life, and hopes for the day when his life as a dog will be over and he can be reborn a man. When Denny hits an extended rough patch, Enzo remains his most steadfast if silent supporter. Enzo is a reliable companion and a likable enough narrator, though the string of Denny's bad luck stories strains believability. Much like Denny, however, Stein is able to salvage some dignity from the over-the-top drama. (May)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Come join us! Becky's services will be available before 6 (come early). Meetings tend to last until 7:30pm. Bring your book and your own perspective!

Stephanie Meyer the author of the Twilight Saga

Come and join the Page Turner Book Club on March 13th, the second Tuesday of the month. We'll be meeting at Becky's Coffee Corner from 6 to 7:30pm. This month's book choice is; The Host written by author, Stephanie Meyer. Kylie Jones will be hosting this meeting.

Let's talk about if Meyer's capabilities extend beyond the world of vampires.....

A #1 National Bestseller

Meyer's YA vampire novels (Breaking Dawnwill be out in August) have been touted in the Wall Street Journalas successors to J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. And with a fan base that has grown exponentially with each new release, they may not be far off. All of which makes the publication of Meyer's first adult novel even more noteworthy. It lives up to the hype, blending science fiction and romance in a way that has never worked so well. In this page-turner, Meyer explores what happens to relationships when two beings inhabit the same physical body. Earth has been overrun by an alien species called Souls, which invade human bodies and erase personalities. As the novel opens, Melanie Stryder, one of the few human holdouts, has been captured by the aliens and is implanted with a Soul named Wanderer, who is something of a legend among her own kind because of the many hosts and planets she has experienced. Inhabiting a human mind and body is unlike anything Wanderer has ever known, and soon she finds that Melanie isn't quite willing to give up to this invader. Overwhelmed by Melanie's memories and feelings, Wanderer finds herself driven to reconnect with Melanie's old life. As with her vampire novels, Meyer will make new fans of readers "who don't read books with aliens." Highly recommended for all public libraries. [See Prepub Alert, LJ1/08.]—Jane Jorgenson (Library Journal)

Reminder: Come a little early before 6 to take advantage of Becky's services!

HOTEL on the CORNER of BITTER and SWEET

The next “Page Turner” Book Club meeting will be on Tuesday, February 14th, from 6 to 7:30 at Becky’s Coffee Corner in Prosser.
We’ll be joining together to discuss the book;
“Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet”
By Jamie Ford

Loretta Freepons will be hosting this meeting.

“A tender and satisfying novel set in a time and a place lost forever, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet gives us a glimpse of the damage that is caused by war--not the sweeping damage of the battlefield, but the cold, cruel damage to the hearts and humanity of individual people. Especially relevant in today's world, this is a beautifully written book that will make you think. And, more importantly, it will make you feel."
-- Garth Stein, New York Times bestselling author of The Art of Racing in the Rain


Also, Loretta mentioned that there was an exhibit at Yakima museum that held some historical information that would pertain to our upcoming book; "Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet". I thought you all might appreciate this link that includes an overview and may be interested in seeing the display. The museum is located off Tieton Drive, right before Yakima Memorial Hospital, on the right (traveling west).
http://www.yakimavalleymuseum.org/special/japanese.cfm