Fireside Readers Book Discussion Group

07/30/2026

Have you started our next book yet? We meet on Monday, August 24th!

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07/05/2026

Our next discussion will be July 27th: The Ride of Her Life by Elizabeth Letts. This meeting will be off-campus at a member's home, so please reach out to Maureen for details.

Jump start your discussion of The Ride of Her Life: The True Story of a Woman, Her Horse, and Their Last-Chance Journey Across America with thought-provoking…

05/21/2026

Our next meeting is Monday, June 22nd, and we will be discussing The Chancellor by Kati Marton. Post your thoughts and links as comments below.

The Chancellor, a biography of Angela Merkel by Kati Marton

05/16/2026

Our next round of considerations has been compiled. If any were missed, post them in the comments or contact Maureen to have them added to the list. We will be selecting titles for August through January (5 titles).

Wayne College's community book club, discussing works of non-fiction on the fourth Monday of the month

05/01/2026

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05/01/2026

Our next discussion will be Monday, May 18, 2026: Medicine River by Mary Annette Pember. We will use this post for our pre-meeting discussion. Post in comments below.

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04/14/2026

So we may have come in third place (out of three teams) but the snacks were good and the company, even better!

04/14/2026

Hello, Fireside Readers! Let's use this post to share info for our next discussion of There is No Place for Us Here. Use the comments below to share videos, articles, or general thoughts! I'll start a new post for each book as we finish another.

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04/06/2026

Related reading for our next discussion of There is No Place for Us:

Even as Mayor Karen Bass' signature homelessness initiative brings more people indoors, a growing number are winding up back on the street.

04/01/2026

Our next discussion will be on Monday, April 27th.

ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES AND THE ATLANTIC’S TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • ONE OF BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR • Through the “revelatory and gut-wrenching”...