Vancouver Walking Club, PO Box 2121, Vancouver WA 98668-2121
2023 Walkers Book Club
Upcoming books:
Note from Romana:
If you are reading any of the suggested books, please email, text, or call me. I will continue with the book suggestions if I am given feedback that members are reading some of the listed books.
If you want this Walkers Book Club to continue, please contact Romana Paynter 360-521-8288 or romapaynter@gmail.com
June 2023 - The Paris Architect by Charles Belfoure:
- Is set in 1942 Paris, a gifted architect Lucien Bernard accepts a commission that will bring him a great deal of money----and maybe get him killed. All he has to do is design a secret hiding place for a wealthy Jewish man, a space so invisible that even the most determined German officer won’t find it.
- The Paris Architect asks us to consider what we owe each other, and just how far we’ll go to make things right.
May 2023 - The Last Thing He Told Me By Laura Dave
- The book is a mystery-thriller novel A husband disappears leaving a note to his wife “protect her” referring to his daughter, and the wife’s step-daughter.
April 2023 - The Sun is a Compass: A 4,000-Mile Journey Into the Alaskan Wilds by Caroline Van Hemert.
- This is a gripping story of a biologist’s human-powered journey from the Pacific Northwest to the Arctic to rediscover her love of birds, nature, and adventure. Thank you, Esther Young, for the book suggestion.
March 2023 - Nostradamus Equation by Christopher Cartwright
- If you liked “The Da Vinci Code'' you will enjoy this novel that focuses on a race to uncover ancient critical knowledge in time to save humanity from some great catastrophe. Thank you, Eileen Anderson, for the book suggestion.
February 2023 – The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kid.
- This is a story about 2 women, Hetty “Handful” and Sarah Grimke as they live through the different restrictions placed on slaves and women during the early 1800’s. Thank you, Burt, for the book suggestion.
Books we have read:
- January 2023 – Where Lilacs Still Bloom by Jane Kirkpatrick
- This is a historical novel, about Hulda Klager, a farm wife, and her struggle and determination to create something beautiful. We are fortunate today to have the Hulda Klager Lilac Garden, in Woodland WA. Thank you, Heidi, for the book suggestion.
- December 2022 – A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
- October 2022 – A Pilgrimage to Eternity by Timothy Egan
- September 2022 – The Penguin Lessons by Tom Michell
- August 2022 – My Own Country by Abraham Verghese
- July 2022 – The Kindness Diaries by Leon Logothetis
- June 2022 – Christy by Catherine Marshall
- May 2022 – A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
- April 2022 – The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware
- March 2022 – Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen by Sarah Bird
- February 2022 – The Architect’s Apprentice by Elif Shafak
- January 2022 – Dune by Frank Herbert
- December 2021 – People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
- November 2021 – The Guernsey Literary Potato Peel Pie Society by Annie Barrows
- October 2021 – Women of the Sea by Lisa See
- September 2021 – The Last Great Walk By Wayne Curtis
- August 2021 – News of the World by Paulette Jiles
- July 2021 – My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
- June 2021 – The Girl with the Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
- May 2021 – The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
- April 2021 – The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
- March 2021 – American Pastoral by Philip Roth
- February 2021 – Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
- December 1, 2020 - Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
- November 3, 2020 - The Air You Breathe by Frances De Pontes Peebles
- October 6, 2020 - The Honey Bus: A Memoir of Loss, Courage and a Girl Saved by Bees by Meredith May
- September 2020 - The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes
- August 2020 - Light Between the Oceans by M.L. Stedman
- July 2020 - A Pilgrimage to Eternity by Timothy Egan
- June 2020 - The Eyes of Darkness by Dean Koontz
- May 2020 – Astoria by Peter Stark
- April 7, 2020 – Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell
- March 3, 2020 – the Woman Who Smashed Codes by Jason Fagone
- February 4, 2020 - Klee Wyck by Emily Carr (not available in library, but worth buying on Amazon for 11.45
- January 7, 2020 - Orlando by Virginia Woolf
- December 3, 2019 - The Good Good Pig by Sy Montgomery
- November 5, 2019 - The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto by Mitch Albom
- October 1, 2019 - Firefly Summer by Maeve Binchy
- September 3, 2019 - The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
- August 6, 2019 - Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
- July 9, 2019 (2nd Tuesday of the month) - Left Hand of Darkness, by Ursula K Le Guinn
- June 4, 2019 - Killers of the Flower Moon, by David Grann
- May 7, 2019 - Becoming, by Michelle Obama
- April 2, 2019 - The Library Book, by Susan Orlean
- March 5, 2019 - Where the Crawdads Sing, by Delia Owens
- February 5, 2019 - Educated, by Tara Westover
- January 8, 2019 - The Murder of JoAnn Dewey in Vancouver, WA; by Pat Jollota
- December 4, 2018 - Before We Were Yours, by Lisa Wingate
- November 6, 2018 - The God of Small Things, by Arhundhati Roy
- October 2, 2018 - Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike, by Phil Knight
- September 4, 2018 - Boys in the Boat, by Daniel James Brown
- August 7, 2018 - Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, by Gail Honeyman
- July 3, 2018 - Grandma Gatewood's Walk by Ben Montgomery
- June 5, 2018 - A Casual Vacancy by J K Rowling
- May 1, 2018 - Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
- April 3, 2018 - The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
- March 6, 2018 - A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley
VUSAV Book club continues to read the selected books for the upcoming months. We are not meeting at this time.
For questions or book recommendation for future months
Contact Romana Paynter at 360-521-8288 or romapaynter@gmail.com