IIA’s Book Club is another of our Intergenerational offerings.  All are welcome!  We meet once a month – currently via Zoom – to discuss and critique a book, and then we select next month’s book. FMI or links to join, please contact iia@sjcme.edu.

Books We've Read:

I Miss You When I Blink by Mary Laura Philpott – May 2020

The Stranger in the Woods by Michael Finkel – July 2020

The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd – August 2020

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman – September 2020

The Choice: Embrace the Possible by Edith Eger – October 2020

My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry by Fredrik Backman – November 2020

When We Were Vikings by Andrew David MacDonald – December 2020

Passing by Nella Larsen – January 2021

This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger – February 2021

The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel – March 2021

The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion – April 2021

Margreete’s Harbor by Eleanor Morse – May 2021

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens – June 2021

Ernie’s Ark by Monica Wood – July 2021

In a Book Club Far Away by Tif Marcelo – August 2021

Everyone In This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin – September 2021

Lightning Strike by William Kent Krueger – October 2021

Born a Crime by Trevor Noah – November 2021

Mornings with Rosemary by Libby Page – December 2021

The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave – January 2022

Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts by Kate Racculia – February 2022

Save Me the Plums by Ruth Reichl – March 2022

Priestdaddy by Patricia Lockwood – April 2022

Go By Boat by Dr. Churck Radis – May 2022

Searching for Stars on an Island in Maine by Alan Lightman – June 2022

The Language of God by Francis S. Collins – July 2022

The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd – August 2022

The Garden of Small Beginnings by Abbi Waxman – September 2022

The Poacher’s Son By Paul Doiron – October 2022

Still Life by Louise Penny – November 2022

Tatoos on the Heart by Gregory Boyle – December 2022

The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocomb – January 2023

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – February 2023

The Giver by Lois Lowry – March 2023

Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum – April 2023

The Light Between Oceans by ML Stedman – May 2023

Your Choice – Mystery – June 2023

Your Choice – Banned Book – July 2023

Your Choice – Historical Fiction – August 2023

The Stars Are Fire – Anita Shreve – September 2023