September 2021: Tommy Orange's "There There"

Join us as Peter L hosts this great book by native american author Tommy Orange. This book was: ONE OF THE 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR—THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW, WINNER OF THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE and One of the Best Books of the Year: The Washington Post, NPR, Time, O, The Oprah Magazine, San Francisco Chronicle, Entertainment Weekly, The Boston Globe, GQ, The Dallas Morning News, Buzzfeed, BookPage, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews

June 2021: Life's Edge by Carl Zimmer

How do you define "life"? Think it is easy? After reading these stories and research, you will think again.

May 2021: New Yorker Short stories Fiction

What great selection! We will "listen to" 12 short stories that Paul has selecdted for us and discuss them. Each one nearly perfect. Updike, Cheever, Kevin Barry, Lorrie Moore, Margeret Atwood, Joshua Ferris,Tobias Wolff, Wells Tower, Joyce Carol Oates, Alice Munro, Miranda July, TC Boyle

April 2021: The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John LeCarre

The classic LeCarre: 1950s Berlin Germany. Cold War. The spy is doing his thing. What he think is his thing...until...

March 2021: In Love with the World by Rinpoche

How much can you learn from a monk who becomes an ascetic? Well that is the question for us mere mortal NMBG folks. Join us to find more meaning in life.

Feb 2021: Apierogon by Collum McCann

We return to our 3rd book by collum NCann - this time for his tour de force about Israeli- Palestinian conflict throught the lens of two men - one israeli and one pal;estinian both who syuffered great losses - who founded Combatants for Peace.

Jan 2021: Anxious People by Bachman

We are all anxious...we all have histories....lets discuss this funny and poignant book

Dec 2020: The Water Dancer by Ta Nahesi Coates

Coates wtites an enteratining and illuminating novel ...with mystery and superstition... Join us this month!

Nov 2020: "caste" by Wilkerson

We continue to understand the African American experience this month with CASTE...important and illuminatating ...see you on zoom

Oct 2020: "Washington Black" by Esi Edugyan

We continue with a great story about freedom, independence and friendships. See you on line on zoom

Sept 2020: Larson's In The Garden of Beasts

WE return to a fascinating perspective of Nazi germany in WW2. Stay safe and pandeminc free....

July 2020: Ian McEwan: Machines like me

We go back to the near future for this McEwan novel about robots and lives touched by them... we are still in our virtual pandemic pods...

June 2020: Lunch with Buddha

As the pandeminc continues we will stay virtual and try to obtain some zen learnings from the local valley master

May 2020: O Vuong: On Earth We are Briefly Gorgeous

Join us as we continue our "virtual " book group via Zoom...for Ocean Vuong's beautiful novel and memoir..

Apr 2020: True Grit

The Epic story. Join us to revisit the west, heroism and the complicated character of True Grit.