June/July Book Club Calendar

Here's what I know so far about the June/July Calendar. As soon as the facilitators send me the details of their meetings, I will post them here.

Enjoy your reading, and the glorious summer weather.
Cynthia K


Rebel Readers
Next book is The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
June 11 at 6:30 at a Member's House
This group is complete

Tuesday Evening Book Nuts
Next book is The Center will Not Hold by Ellen Saks
June 11 at 6:30 at Members House
Next book is A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore
July 23 at 6:30 at a Member's House
This group is complete

Can't Fail Group
Next book is A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle
May 20 at 7pm at Central Perk
June book is The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
This group is complete

Discovery Group 1
Next book is Freshwater by Denise Nicholas
June 19 meeting at 6:30 at a Members House
This group is complete

Discovery Group 2
Next book is The Alchemist by Paul Coelho
June 11 meeting at 6:30 at a Member's House
This group is looking for 1 or 2 more members (contact me at BookSavvy@aol.com if you would like to join)

Book Goddesses
Next Book is American Eve by Paula Uruburu
July 6 meeting at 4 pm at a member's house
August book is The Skin Beneath by Nairne Holtz
This group is looking for one or two new members (contact me at BookSavvy@aol.com if you would like to join)

Not Your Mother's Book Club
April book is In The Company Of The Courtesan by Sarah Dunat
April meeting is at 6:30 at a Members house
Contact me at BookSavvy@aol.com if you would like to be in this new group.

Huge Thanks to Misha Cohen....Wonderful Reading!

A huge thanks to Misha Cohen for her terrific reading from her new book on Chinese Medicine. And thanks to the members of the Betty's List Book Club for the great turnout. Rachel Herbert and her wonderful Duboce Park Cafe staff take such superb care of us!


Speaker Misha Cohen of Chicken Soup Chinese Medicine


Betty's Book List readers.


Nancy, Leigh and Renee weigh Dr. Cohen's words.


Misha reads to the Betty's List Book Club


Our handsome Duboce Park Cafe barista.


Lauren, Michelle and Chris listen intently.


Author/Speaker Misha Cohen and Cynthia Lee Katona, author of Book Savvy, and Co-chair of the Betty's List Book Club.

May/June Calendar

Here's what I know so far about the May Calendar. As soon as the facilitators send me the details of their meetings, I will post them here.

Enjoy your reading. Cynthia K


Rebel Readers
Next book is Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
May 14 at 6:30 at a Member's House
June book is The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
This group is complete

Tuesday Evening Book Nuts
Next book is The Center will Not Hold by Ellen Saks
June 11 at 6:30 at Members House
Next book is A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore
July 23 at 6:30 at a Member's House
This group is complete

Can't Fail Group
Next book is A new Earth by Eckhart Tolle
May 20 at 7pm at Central Perk
June book is The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
This group is complete

Discovery Group 1
Next book is The Volcano Lover by Susan Sontag
May 27 meeting at 6:30 at a Members House
This group is complete

Discovery Group 2
Next book is The Alchemist by Paul Coelho
June 11 meeting at 6:30 at a Member's House
This group is looking for 1 or 2 more members (contact me at BookSavvy@aol.com if you would like to join)

Book Goddesses
Next Book is The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
June 1 meeting at 4 pm at a member's house
This group is complete

Not Your Mother's Book Club
April book is In The Company Of The Courtesan by Sarah Dunat
April meeting is at 6:30 at a Members house
Contact me at BookSavvy@aol.com if you would like to be in this new group.

Misha Cohen May 21, 2008 Speaker!

Please join us for our exciting speaker, Misha Cohen, on May 21, 2008 at the Duboce Park Cafe at 6:30pm.

Huge Thanks to Sylvia Brownrigg....Wonderful Reading!

A huge thanks to Sylvia Brownrigg for her terrific reading from her new book Morality Tale. And thanks to the members of the Betty's List Book Club for the great turnout. Rachel Herbert and her wonderful staff take such superb care of us!


Leigh McClellan introduces her friend Sylvia Brownrigg.


Our Speaker: Sylvia Brownrigg


Seajay and friends are amused by Ms. Brownrigg's Reading.


Nancy and Betty's Book Club members watch Sylvia Brownrigg reading from Moralilty Tale.


Sylvia Brownrigg reads from her book Pages for You.


The audience asks Ms. Brownrigg intriguing questions.


Sylvia Brownrigg, author of Morality Tale, and Cynthia Lee Katona, author of Book Savvy and Co-chair of the Betty's List Book Club.

April Calendar

Here's what I know so far about the April Calendar. As soon as the facilitators send me the details of their meetings, I will post them here.

Enjoy your reading. Cynthia K


Rebel Readers
Next book is March by Geraldine Brooks
March 16 at 6:30 at a Member's House
This group is complete

Tuesday Evening Book Nuts
Next book is The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell
May 7 at 6:30 at Duboce Park Cafe
This group welcomes new members...just read the book and turn up!

Can't Fail Group
Next book is Lolita in Tehran
April 20 at noon at a member's house
May book is A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle
This group is complete

Discovery Group
Next book is Senator's Wife by Sue Miller
April 17 meeting at 7:00 at a Members House
This group is complete

Discovery Group 2
Next book is The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
April 9 meeting at 6:30 at a Member's House
May book is Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet
This group is looking for 1 or 2 more members (contact me at BookSavvy@aol.com if you would like to join)

Book Goddesses
Next Book is The Bean Trees
April 27 meeting at 4 pm at a member's house
This group is complete

Not Your Mother's Book Club
April book is In The Company Of The Courtesan by Sarah Dunat
April meeting is at 6:30 at a Members house
Contact me at BookSavvy@aol.com if you would like to be in this new group.

Welcome April 16, 2008 Speaker Sylvia Brownrigg!

Sylvia Brownrigg is the author of five acclaimed works of fiction. Her newest novel, Morality Tale, will be published in May 2008 by Counterpoint Press in the US and by Picador in the UK.

Sylvia’s recent novel, The Delivery Room, received widespread praise in the British press. The London Observer called The Delivery Room “one of the most outstanding and properly adult novels of recent years… For once, the word ‘unforgettable’ is justified.” Counterpoint will publish The Delivery Room in the US in Winter 2009.

Learn more about Sylvia’s other novels, including Pages for You and The Metaphysical Touch, and her book of stories, Ten Women Who Shook the World. You can also read some of her reviews and essays, and learn more about a writer the critic James Wood has called “obviously one of the most exciting new writers of her generation” at http://www.sylviabrownrigg.com/