Happy New Year!
“The very least you can do in your life is figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof.” — Barbara Kingsolver
“Plant seeds of happiness, hope, success, and love; it will all come back to you in abundance. This is the law of nature.”— Steve Maraboli
Our January Book Group Discussion
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, 162 pages.
Extravagant rumors abound of a man named Jay Gatsby who has newly arrived to the coastline of a section of Long Island known colloquially as West Egg. The greatest story to encapsulate the roaring twenties, The Great Gatsby follows the eventful lives of the denizens from East and West Egg in this timeless classic of American literature.
Date: January 12, 2026, 7 pm Discussion Leader: Jeanette Knapp. On Zoom
Looking Ahead to February
The Book Group invites all the membership to join us in reading and discussing our February book in celebration of Black History Month.
James by Percival Everett, 320 pages.
PULITZER PRIZE WINNER 2023, #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. When Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he runs away. Meanwhile, Huck has faked his own death to escape his violent father.This brilliant, humorous and tender novel radically illuminates Jim’s agency, intelligence, and compassion as never before.
You might also read or re-read Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
Date: February 16, 2026, 7 pm Discussion Leader: Margaret Nichols. On Zoom
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Branch members at the Women’s March in Ithaca, Jan. 21, 2017
