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Downers Grove Branch of AAUW Lunch and Lit I Book Group
Our club has been meeting for almost 50 years, and we still have one founding member attending our meetings.
We meet nine times a year. Before our meeting in May, members submit book suggestions for the following year. The suggestions are compiled into a... -
Book Group of the North Shore
Our book club began in 2001 with five original members. We have grown to 14. Most of us have been educators at some point in our lives, teaching everything from preschool to college.
Laura Caldwell, author of "Long Way Home: A Young Man Lost in the...Tags: Literature, Water for Elephants (movie), Crime, Law and Justice, Crimes, Public Enemies (movie)
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Family Conference Call Book Club
About once a month, members of the Michalski family discuss by phone our monthly book. Three generations of the family take part. Members call in from California to Texas to Chicago.
Biggest obstacle: Coordinating time zones to make sure that the...Tags: Water for Elephants (movie), Public Enemies (movie), Clubs and Associations, Lifestyle and Leisure, To Kill a Mockingbird (movie)
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Bonza! Bookclub
Our book club began in 1988. We meet monthly for dinner and discussion. We alternate meetings between Chicago and Oak Park.
The name of our club has changed a couple of times. Now we've settled on The Bonza! Bookclub (from "A Town Like Alice" by Nevil...Tags: Literature, Arts and Culture, Philip Roth, Michael Chabon, Clubs and Associations
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Lincoln Park Presbyterian Church Women's Book Group
Our book club was founded by women from Lincoln Park Presbyterian Church more than 20 years ago. Today, about half of our 20 participants are from outside the congregation.
We make a point to host Chicago authors when we can. We enjoyed talking with Jian...Tags: Literature, Brooklyn (Windham, Connecticut), Arts and Culture, Clubs and Associations, China
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Moveable Feast Book Club
The Moveable Feast Book Club has brought together city and suburban women with common interests in reading and eating for 21 years. Our members take turns hosting the meetings.
We usually meet on the last Thursday of the month. The first hour is...Tags: Clubs and Associations
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A July Fourth reading list
In celebration of July Fourth, Printers Row set out to create a reading list of patriotic books. But, how to define "patriotic"? We decided to have each contributing Tribune writer and editor pick a title that corresponds to his or her own definition....Tags: Elizabeth Taylor, Columbia University, Real Estate, Paul Revere, Studs Terkel
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