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Afternoon Contemporary Literature Group
Meets the 1st Wednesday, 1pm lunch, 1:30pm discussion at Eagle’s Trace
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Co-Coordinators:   Linda Morgan   amorgan352@sbcglobal.net   281.989.6499
Cheryl Smith  ccherylsmile@gmail.com   402-651-2445

• 08/07/2024 West with Giraffes by Linda Rutledge   Discussion Leader: Fran Macy
• 09/4/2024 Table for Two by Amor Towles   Discussion Leader: Linda Fosseen
• 10/02/2024 James by Percival Everett   Discussion Leader: Karla Dunn
• 11/06/2024 Horse by Geraldine Brooks    Discussion Leader: Mary Dodson
• 12/04/2024 The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese    Discussion Leader: Karla Dunn
• 01/08/2025 We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker   Discussion Leader: Sharon Jorgeson
• 02/05/2025 Harry’s Trees by Jon Cohen   Discussion Leader: Hiltraut Benham
• 03/05/2025 Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng   Discussion Leader: Cheryl Smith
• 04/02/2025 The Women by Kristin Hannah    Discussion Leader: Fran Macy
• 05/07/2025 The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride   Discussion Leader: Linda Morgan
• 06/04/2025 Selection of Books
• 07/02/2025 Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult & Jennifer Boylan    Discussion Leader: Marietta Hostak
• 8/06/2025 The World to Come by Dara Horn    Discussion Leader: TBA

 

Contemporary Readers Group
1:00 p.m., 1st Wednesday of the month
Meets at MDUMC West Campus, 13186 Memorial Drive, Room 462, in the TJ Max Shopping Center

Co-Coordinators:  Sharon Pope   spope576@gmail.com   713.376.0940
Cathy Urquhart   curquhart80@gmail.com   832.454.5017

• 09/04/2024 James by Percival Everett    Leader: Patty Cordrey
• 10/02/2024 The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes    Leader: Jan Kerekgyarto
• 11/06/2024 Empire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynne    Leader: Diana Guarniere
• 12/04/2024 The Heaven and Earth Grocery Storeby James McBride    Leader: Georgia Kimmel
• 01/08/2025 Tom Lake by Ann Patchett    Leader: Pamela Ossorio
• 02/05/2025 Banyan Moon by Thao Thai    Leader: Shari Mauthner
• 03/05/2025 Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon    Leader: Elaine White
• 04/02/2025 Chenneville by Paulette Jiles    Leader: Susan Phipps
• 05/07/2025 The Women by Kristin Hannah    Leader: Cindy Erdin
• 06/04/2025 Book Selection Meeting: Restaurant TBA
• 07/02/2025 Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters    Leader: Cathy Urquhart
• 08/06/2025 Calamity of Souls by David Baldacci    Leader: Sharon Pope

 

Enjoying History Book Group
1:30 p.m., 2nd Monday of the month
Meets at Tracy Gee Community Center Library
3599 Westcenter Dr., Houston, TX 77042.
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Co-coordinators:  Nancy Guilloud, nanguilloud@aol.com   832.372.3773
Nancy Gusler   ntgusler@gmail.com   713.464.5932

• 09/09/2024 The Wager by David Grann    Leader: Pat Dach
• 10/14/2024 Empire of the Summer Moon by S. C. Gwynne    Leader: Diana Guarniere
• 11/11/2024 The Daughters of Yalta by Catherine Grace Katz    Leader: Mary Andersen
• 12/09/2024 Egypt’s Golden Couple by John and Colleen Darnell    Leader: Nancy Guilloud
• 01/013/2025 Mirage: Napoleon’s Scientists and the Unveiling of Egypt by Nina Burleigh    Leader: Peggy Edwards
• 02/10/2025 Retracing the Iron Curtain by Timothy Phillips    Leader: Cindy Hickok
• 03/10;2025 The United States of Appalachia by Jeff Biggers    Leader: Carolyn Morris
• 04/14/2025 Moscow Nights by Nigel Cliff     Leader: Julia Dombrowski
• 05/12/2025 White House Wild Child by Fraser Mickle    Leader: Nancy Gusler
• 06/09/2025 Planning Luncheon for 2025-2026(time TBA)

Members may recommend 2-3 books they have read
Books at the time of selection were available through public libraries; economically from Amazon.com; or via an AAUW-WHC discount from Blue Willow Bookshop, 14532 Memorial Dr., Houston, 281.497.8675

 

Evening Contemporary Literature Group
5:00p.m., 1st Monday of the month (unless holiday warrants change)
Meetings will be held at Los Tios Mexican Restaurant, Memorial Drive at Kirkwood 

Coordinator:    Carole Ballew, caroleballew@yahoo.com, 832.656.0775

• 10/07/2024 The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese     Leader: Rose Ennis
• 11/04/2024 All the Broken Places by John Boyne    Leader: Sharon Jorgeson
• 12/02/2024 The Necklace: Thirteen Women and the Experiment That Transformed Their Lives  by Cheryl Jarvis     Leader: Carole Ballew
• 01/06/2025 The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by Jame McBride    Leader: Carolyn Morris
• 02/03/2025 Book of Queens: The True Story of the Middle Eastern Horsewomen Who Fought the War on Terror by Pardis Mahdavi    Leader: Pat Farnell
• 03/03/2025 The Women by Kristin Hannah    Leader: Mary Ann McMordie
• 04/07/2025 Horse by Geraldine Brooks     Leader: Diana Guarniere
• 05/05/2025 Wildflower: An Extraordinary and Untimely Death in Africa by Mark Seal    Leader: Maggie Chapman
• 06/02/2025 BOOK SELECTION MEETING 2025-2026
• 07/07/2025 The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon     Leader: Jo Glidewell
• 08/05/2025 Last Dance on the Starlight Pier by Sarah Bird    Leader: TBA.

 

Mystery Book Group
1:30 p.m., 3rd Tuesday of the month,
Meetings held at Tracy Gee Community Center Library
3599 Westcenter Dr., Houston, TX 77044
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Co-Coordinators:  Pat Pease   popease@aol.com    713.824.1681

 Kris Bybee-Finley   brazitku@gmail.com   304.610.8708

• 09/17/2024 The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman    Leader: Linda Griffin
• 10/15/2024 Murder on Friday Street by Russell Cooper     Leader: Pat Pease
• 11/19/2024 Storm Watch by C .J. Box    Leader: Peggy Edwards
• 12/17/2024 Greeks Bearing Gifts by Phillip Kerr    Leader: Pat Dach
  01/21/2025 The Late Mrs. Willoughby by Claudia Gray    Leader: Pamela Ossorio Location:
• 02/18/2025 White Heat by M.J. McGrath     Leader: Kris Bybee-Finley
• 03/18/2025 Everyone on This Train is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson    Leader: Ann Herbert
• 04/15/2025 The Long Call by Ann Cleeves    Leader: Cheryl Smith
• 05/20/2025 Dead of Winter by Steven Mack Jones     Leader: Melba Armstrong
• 06/17/2025 Book Selection Meeting (Noon meeting) Potluck Luncheon Place: Kris Bybee-Finley’s home

 

Outstanding Literature Group
9:30 a.m. 2nd Tuesdays, September through June
All meetings at La Madeleine, Carillion, in “The Wine Cave”
10001 Westheimer Road, Hosuton, TX 77042 (713.266.7686)
Check AAUW-WHC newsletter or contact coordinators for information.

Co-Coordinators:   Leigh Rappole   leighrap@aol.com   281.596.0161
Barbara Butler   barbarabutler2021@gmail.com    713.305.0570

• 09/10/2024        The Covenant of Water 736pp by Abraham Verghese     Leader:  Leigh Rappole
• 10/08/2024        Gilead 256pp,  by Marilynne Robinson    Leader: Peg McNealy
• 11/12/2024        The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store 400pp  by James McBride     Leader: Linda Griffin
• 12/10/2024        House of Mirth 236pp, by Edith Wharton     Leader: Barbara Butler
• 01/12/2025        Hateship, Friendship, Courtship 323 pp  by Alice Munro  Leader: All
• 02/11/2025        The Dictionary of Lost Words 400pp, by Pip Williams    Leader: Miriam Vyles
• 03/11/2025        Poets of the Harlem Renaissance by Various Poets  (Johnson, Hughes, Cullen)    Leader: Joan Belk
• 04/08/2025        Housekeeping 349pp, by Marilynne Robinson    Leader: Marietta Hostak
• 05/13/2025        The Return of the Native 517pp by Thomas Hardy    Leader: ALL
• 06/10/2025        Planning meeting to select books for 2025-2026

 

ZOOM Eclectic Book Group
2:30 – 4p.m., 3rd Thursday of the month

All meetings occur on ZOOM.
Members are welcome to join us for one or all of the books.  Please contact Carolyn Morris carolynmorris16@gmail.com or 713.560.1889 to receive a link.

Co-Coordinators:  Carolyn Morris   carolynmorris16@gmail.com    713.560.1889
Pat Thomsen   patthom2@sbcglobal.net    713.302.8899

• 09/19/2024 The Covenant of Water by John Verghese    Leader: Marie Helmy
• 10/17/2024 All the Broken Places by John Boyneor    Leader: Susan Dunten
• 11/21/2024 The Women by Kristen Hannah    Leader: Susan Dunten
• 12/19/2024 Mr. Texas by Lawrence Wright    Leader: Nancy Ennis
• 01/16/2025 Horse by Geraldine Brooks    Leader: Marie Helmy
• 02/20/2025 The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden     Leader: Willette Norman
• 03/20/2025 The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See    Leader: Elaine White
• 04/17/2025 Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt    Leader: Carolyn Morris
• 05/15/2025 West With Giraffes by Linda Rutledge    Leader: Willette Norma
• 06/19/2025 Book Selection  Carolyn Morris
• 07/17/2025 The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride    Leader: Marie Helmy

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