Come and meet with us on January 10th!

The Page Turner Book Club will be meeting at Becky's Coffee Corner on January 10th.

We'll be discussing the book; A Stolen Life, written by kidnap victim, Jaycee Dugard. This book is an account of an 18 year nightmare that began in 1991. Just an 11 year old girl, she endured the unimaginable from the kidnapping to the sexual abuse to becoming a mother at 14. A moving and unforgettable story.

Our meeting will run from 6 to 7pm this evening. Sarah Brana will be hosting.

Also, we are delighted to announce that author, Clarence Rincher will be arriving at 7 for book signing of his book; The Red-Headed, Freckle-faced, Barefoot Boy.

Come a little early to take advantage of Becky's services!!

December's Book; "HEAVEN IS FOR REAL"

We'll be discussing a book written by Todd Burpo, "Heaven is for Real".

A book describing the true story of a four year old boy who experiences "heaven" while in a state of unconciousness in an emergency room. Skeptics may be enlightened during this read....

We will be meeting on Tuesday, December 13th, at Leota Olney's house; 2000 Highland Drive in Prosser at 6pm. Zita Massie will lead our group in discussion.

November's Pick:

The “Page Turner” Book Club will be joining together once again on a (probably chilly) Tuesday, the evening of November 8th. Our monthly book discussion will be held from 6 to 7:30 at Becky’s Coffee Corner in Prosser. November's discussion meeting will be about the book; “The Red-Headed, Freckle-faced, Barefoot Boy”
by Prosser's very own author, Clarence M. Rincher.
Barb Shimek will be the host of the evening.

For new members - Becky's Coffee Corner will be serving coffee, tea, etc. until 6 o' clock so come a tad early for a special drink! Otherwise, a snack and water (bottles) will be offered by the host of the evening.

Meeting Luis Alberto Urrea

Four of us members were able to attend an author's speaking engagement on Thursday, September 29th by the Mid-Columbia Library (Prosser Branch). The author/speaker of the evening was Luis Alberto Urrea. The event was held at Chiwana High School Auditorium at 7pm in West Pasco.

With an aire of distinguished monologue and incredible insight of mexican tradition and culture we were honored to attend but also honored to peer into his window and..learn. He was entertaining, with a comidic edge. Open to questions, and donating time to sign books, he came across down to earth and earnest. One couldn't help but respect his life while gaining a perspective during a state of admiration.

Mr. Urrea opened up about his family background with twists of personal unfortunate events and his life's turns of opportunity and accomplishments. These attributes and insights spill over into his books. I only have read one; The Hummingbird's Daughter. But, I think I speak for everyone in the club, that I look forward, am open, and sincerely want to endure another one of his impressive writing collection.

The Hummingbird's Daughter

October's Pick (October 11th's meeting) will be The Hummingbird's Daughter by Luis Alberta Urrea. Barb Shimek will be hosting. The meeting will be held at Becky's Coffee Corner at 6pm.

Last month, The Page Turner Book Club were invited to participate and read any book of our choosing by Luis Urrea. We were also encouraged to attend a speakers engagement which he, the author would be the guest. This event is to be held Thursday, Sept., 29th at 7 pm at Chiawana High School Auditorium in West Pasco.

Our group has chosen the title; "The Hummingbird's Daughter", a national best seller, to read and later discuss as a group for October's meeting.

September's Scheduled Book

Hello everyone!

Even though the heat of summer has not held back it's buzz of busy-ness, us members have managed to gulp a cold drink but gulp and relish our books as well. We've plunged and persevered through the sun's waves! Ahh,..."only more light to read by.", we say.

Our next and last summer's meeting will be on Tuesday, September 13th. It will be held between 6 and 7:30 at Becky's.

Attention newcomers; come early enough to take advantage of Becky's Coffee Corner's services for she closes at 6pm!

September's scheduled book will be; Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Issacson. Dr. Mary Thomas will be hosting.

The Barnes & Noble Review:
In this engaging biography, journalist Walter Isaacson captures the gregarious essence of Benjamin Franklin, the Founding Father who has earned a special place in the pantheon of American patriots by dint of sheer approachability.
Brilliant but not intellectual, principled but not priggish, Franklin was an original thinker whose genius lay less in profound thoughts than in practical ideas and homely wisdom. As he rose in station from impoverished young printer's apprentice to venerable statesman and man of means, he hobnobbed with aristocrats, royals, and some of the greatest thinkers of the Enlightenment; but he never lost touch with the common man whose standard he carried proudly throughout his long, eventful life.

Franklin's glittering accomplishments -- the famous experiments and inventions, the stirring articles and treatises, and the shrewd diplomatic coups -- were fueled by pragmatism, entrepreneurial energy, and self-promotion, all solid middle-class values. Isaacson shows us how the enterprising young tradesman exaggerated (particularly in his writings) bourgeois virtues like industriousness, frugality, and honesty to create a new American archetype -- the self-made man -- and how this persona, which was both a reflection and a caricature of Franklin's natural self, worked both for and against him in his personal relationships.

What emerges from this lively study is the fascinating portrait of a flawed and complicated man: a canny charmer, a brilliant inventor, a gifted diplomat, and a public-spirited citizen, but most of all a passionate populist with an unwavering faith in the wisdom of his fellow citizens, whose vision of America shaped his own age and continues to influence our own. Anne Markowski

While yellow buses swarm and lazy flies haunt your windows, may you endure the long evenings, refreshing drink in hand and book planted on your lap. Onward Readers!
Nicole

NEXT BOOK: "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte

Take note that our next meeting will be on Tuesday, August 9th from 6-7:30 at Becky’s Coffee Corner in Prosser. We’ll be joining together this summer evening to discuss the book; Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. Sarah Brana will be our host.

Come a little early - for Becky will be offering her services before the meeting!


A "hook" about the book;Charlotte Bronte's novel, Jane Eyre (1847), is the famous tale of an orphan, who must overcome seemingly overwhelming odds to survive. This Gothic novel ventures into the nature of love, religion, an awakening, an exploration of the place and treatment of women and children, and much more--all in the form of a vivid adventure as Jane Eyre finds her way. Here are a couple of famous quotations from the novel:

•"It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it."
- Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre


•"If all the world hated you, and believed you wicked, while your own conscience approved you, and absolved you from guilt, you would not be without friends."
- Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre

Source: http://classiclit.about.com/od/janeeyre/a/aa_janeeyrequ.htm