Thank you to everyone who participated in our discussion both in the comments section of SeniorPlanet.org and at our meeting over Zoom about “It’s Not All Downhill from Here” by Terry McMillan.
Now it is time to select our next reading!
Each Tuesday, we’ll post a thread on SeniorPlanet.org inviting your comments on the next section of the book and then we’ll host a discussion over Zoom the final week of reading the book together.
But first! We’ve put together a shortlist engaging books suggested by our members and staff. Now it’s up to you pick which one we’ll read together next. Read on for details about each book, then take the poll at the end and tell us: What should the Senior Planet Book Club read next?
We’ll announce the result of the poll in addition to how you can access a copy of the chosen book next Tuesday!
Have any feedback on book club? Tell us what you think in the comments or email membership@seniorplanet.org!
The Books:
Caste: The Origins of our Discontent by Isabel Wilkerson
My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor
“The first Latinx (Puerto Rican) and third woman appointed to the US Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor has become an instant American icon. Now, with a candor and intimacy never undertaken by a sitting Justice, she recounts her life from a Bronx housing project to the federal bench, a journey that offers an inspiring testament to her own extraordinary determination and the power of believing in oneself.” – GoodReads.com
Cantoras by Carolina de Robertis
From the highly acclaimed, award-winning author of The Gods of Tango, a revolutionary new novel about five wildly different women who, in the midst of the Uruguayan dictatorship, find one another as lovers, friends, and ultimately, family.” – GoodReads.com
“Raw, urgent, yet disarmingly beautiful, The Girl Who Smiled Beads captures the true costs and aftershocks of war: what is forever lost, what can be repaired, the fragility and importance of memory, the faith that one can learn, again, to love oneself, even with deep scars” – GoodReads.com
Take the poll!
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COMMENTS
9 responses to “Senior Planet Book Club: Vote For Our Next Book!”
I am interested in joining.
Hi Susan, we would love to have you. This month’s book will be announced in next Tuesday’s article which will be found here: https://seniorplanet.org/articles/online-book-club/
I am an avid reader and very excited to join the group. I live in West Columbia SC and feel very isolated because we needed to do strong Covid adherence due to pre-existing and my husbands current cancer diagnosis.
I am a little confused as to when the Book Club starts reading the book chosen.. Has it started with “CASTE” yet?? Do I just sign up and get started reading??
I’m interested in finding out how to join the book club.
Welcome Cassandra! No official sign-up needed to join. We send out weekly Tuesday updates on the book club and where we are in the book via email. You can subscribe to our newsletter “The Orbit” here: https://seniorplanet.org/get-involved/newsletters/
Or visit https://seniorplanet.org/articles/online-book-club/ to see our latest updates anytime.
Caste
when will that be?
Read the Sotomayor book and loved it
CASTE is an exceptional book that makes it difficult to look back on your years and not wonder how you could have been so engrossed in the way things were that you didn’t do more to raise your own consciousness
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