by T Wilson | Apr 18, 2022 | Senior Book Break
Subject: Banned Books Our meeting started out with a discussion that lasted the whole meeting. This reader did not think books should be banned, perhaps, unless age related. Who banned these books? When did this start? With a little help from Wikipedia the...
by T Wilson | Mar 7, 2022 | Senior Book Break
Subject: American Classics My Antonia by Will Cather This book was published in 1918 and takes place in Nebraska. It speaks of a time when immigrants came from Europe because life was not good there and there was a promise of free land for those who would work it. It...
by T Wilson | Jan 15, 2022 | Senior Book Break
Subject: Discoveries and Inventions Catching Stardust: Comets, Asteroids and the Birth of the Solar System by Natalie Starkey This is a study of what makes up a planet or cosmic system. Where did it all begin? Extraterrestrial Civilizations by Isaac Asimov Is there...
by T Wilson | Dec 5, 2021 | Senior Book Break
November 9, 2021 Subject: Discoveries and Inventions Ancient Inventions by Peter James and Nick Thorpe This is a doozy of a book. You can open anywhere and start reading. There is a table of contents if you want to look up something special from brain surgery on...
by Darlene Kelly | Oct 16, 2021 | Senior Book Break
October 12, 2021 Subject: Ghosts, the Supernatural and the Unexplained Before we started someone asked where we kept our books and the majority answered everywhere, on the shelf, on the floor, on the chair, on the bed. So, if you ever have a home invasion, clobber...
by T Wilson | Oct 12, 2021 | Senior Book Break
Subject: Odd titles that made you read the book The Mad Woman Upstairs by Catherine Lowell This book is about the Bronte sisters. A 20 year old is one of the last living of the Bronte clan. Home schooled by an eccentric father, plus a tutor from Oxford for one hour a...
