Senior Book Break
Senior Book Break is not your typical book club. Instead of requiring everyone to read the same book, we gather for good conversation about different books, authors, and genres.
Each month we read books on a theme, and discussions take us all over the literary map. If you enjoy reading, this is the book club for you. We discuss books in a casual setting over coffee and refreshments, and most of us leave with a new book or two on our “to-read” list.
If you enjoy good conversations about books in a fun atmosphere, this is the group for you!
Join us for Senior Book Break the second Tuesday of every month at 10:30 am. Coffee and refreshments provided. Grover Beach Community Library, 240 N. Ninth St. Grover Beach
Senior Book Break – October 2021
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...
Senior Book Break September 2021
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...
Senior Book Break August 2021
Subject: Free For All, Your Pick The Historians by Cecilia Ekback This book is one of few books about Scandinavia in WW2. The Germans had conquered Denmark and Norway, Sweden was neutral and Finland waffled back and forth with the only certainty that they wanted...
Senior Book Break June 2021
Subject: Exploration & Discovery Chronicle of the Narváez Expedition by Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca This book is the chronicle of a Spanish nobleman in 1528 to 1536 from Florida through Louisiana and Texas to California in search of treasure. This exploration...
Senior Book Break – May 2021
Subject: Women The Mystery of Mrs. Christie by Marie Benedict Who knew that Agatha Christie, famous British mystery writer known for the infamous Mrs. Marple Mysteries, mysteriously disappeared for 11 days? This caused a small sensation and headlines but was never...
Senior Book Break: July 2020
Our discussions this month concerned how fictionalized histories, often based on facts, help us to understand what life was like during often turbulent times. What was life like for the person living then, who perhaps was not a major player in the circumstances, but...
Book Break Returns with Social Distancing!
Book Break is meeting outdoors for the time being to comply with safe practices for gatherings. For our June meeting, we opted to sit under the tree on the south side of the library. It was shady and there was only a slight breeze. Perfect. There were 4 of us, and...
Senior Book Break: March 2020
The topic of March's Senior Book Break was First Books. The books discussed were: Spider Woman’s Daughter by Anne Hillerman The daughter of Tony Hillerman picks up the mantle after her father's death in the saga of Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee. Anne brings her own stamp...