Senior Planet Book Club: Mama Day by Gloria Naylor
Welcome to the final week discussing…..
Mama Day by Gloria Naylor
If you haven’t already, finish the book and let us know what you think in the comments section below! On Thursday, we’ll meet to discuss the book and we will be soliciting input for our next two book selections. Bring your suggestions!
We’ll meet over Zoom to discuss the full book this Thursday, September 26 at 4:30pm EDT.
Here is how you can obtain a copy of Mama Day by Gloria Naylor:
Borrow Online
Most libraries in the U.S. allow patrons to borrow e-books or audiobooks through online systems or applications you can download to your smartphone. OverDrive and Hoopla are two of the most popular services. Mama Day is currently available on OverDrive HERE. If you are in New York State, you can apply for a library card online HERE.
Order a Hard Copy
Contact your local bookstore to see if they are shipping books! We highly encourage you to support the independently owned bookstores in your area.
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Visit BookShop.org, an online bookstore with a mission to financially support independent bookstores and give back to the book community.
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Read on Your Smartphone, E-Reader or Tablet
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Are you new to the book club? Joining is easy! Follow these simple steps:
- Obtain a copy of the current book.
- Read the book club article (updated every Tuesday) to find out the assigned chapters for each week.
- After reading a section of the book, share your thoughts in the comments section of the book club article.
- Finally, at the end of the month, join us on Zoom for our group discussion with fellow readers. (Our September Zoom session will take place on Thursday, September 26th at 4:30pm ET. Click here for more details!)
What did you think of the book?
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Comments
What are the book selections for the rest of the year? Thanks.
readers vote on which book is next and the selections to vote on are in a blog post.
I’m not loving this book. The use of multiple narrators, bouncing between ‘voices’, the vocabulary, real vs imaginary, past vs present…all of these are making for an unpleasant and confusing reading experience for me. I read the first 50 pages and can not make myself pick it back up. It’s very doubtful that I’ll finish reading it.
Suggestion to the moderator: since we are all reading different versions of the book (ebooks w/larger or smaller fonts effects the page numbers, hard back books vs. paper backs), please indicate sections or chapters of the book for the reading assignment, instead of page numbers. The digital book that I borrowed from hoopla indicates that on page 127, I’m 15 pages into Section II. In my version, section I (one) ends on page 116. Many thanks.
Wow! This is an “oldie” and one of my very favorites (I think it’s actually in my book collection). I’ve read this book at least twice and will re-read it again for this discussion. Looking forward to it.