Since one of WTB’s goals is to educate ourselves, getting involved in the WTB Book Club is a great way to do that. Many of the books focus on social issues or the impact of faith in our world today. You’ll learn a lot from the perspectives of women of many faiths and traditions. Plus, it’s just a great way to get to know others involved in WTB.
You don’t have to come to the Book Club every month, but come when you can. Call Jennifer Roberts Crittenden at 315-633-2817 and let her know you’re interested. Jennifer will give you the location of the current meeting. The Book Club generally meets on the evening of the 4th Monday of the month, but sometimes the days/times vary during winter. You’ll read the book beforehand and then discuss it at an informal evening gathering at one woman’s home.
Looking for a good book to read? For a variety of excellent choices, check our list of books discussed in past years by our Book Club here.
2017 Book List
Jan. 23: Say You’re One of Them by Uwem Akpan (5 stories that take place in Northern Africa narrated from the perspective of children)
Feb. 27: Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man’s Fight for Justice by Bill Browder
Mar. 27: Tenth Parallel: Dispatches from the Fault Line between Christianity and Islam by Eliza Griswold
Apr. 24: Sweetgrass Basket by Marlene Carvell (YA)
May 22: Genghis Khan by Jack Weatherford
Jun. 26: Strength in What Remains by Tracy Kidder
Jul. 24: The Immigrant Advantage: What We Can Learn from Newcomers to America about Health, Happiness and Hope by Claudia Kolker
Aug. 28: Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China by Jung Chang
Sept. 25: The Book of Mormon Girl: A Memoir of an American Faith by Joanna Brooks
Oct. 23: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
Dec. 4: Dark Money by Jane Mayer
2018 Book List
Jan. 22: Braiding Sweet Grass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Feb. 26: Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Mar. 26: Hillbilly Elegy by J. D. Vance
Apr. 23: When God Was a Woman by Merlin Stone
May 21: A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power by Jimmy Carter