Sisterhood Book Club
Sisterhood Book Club
Come join with fellow Sisterhood members (other CBEers welcome, too!) for great discussion and refreshments at members' homes, as we discuss a variety of books, some with Jewish content, some not.
Please contact Debbie & Denise to join the Sisterhood Book Club and receive regular emails with dates and Zoom links (and eventually meeting locations), or with questions.
May 2024-Jan 2026 Book Club Selections
(see below for past selections)
Meeting Date |
Book/Author Links are to CBE's Amazon Associates account, which earn our congregation a small commission. See below for more info.* |
Topic |
Tuesday, May 7 | Cilka’s Journey by Heather Morris | After Holocaust, Russian, historical fiction |
Tuesday, Jun 4 | The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams | Fiction, shared books create connections, London |
Tuesday, July 9, 2024 |
The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict & Victoria C. Murray |
1920s, Historical Fiction, NY |
Tuesday, August 6, 2024 |
The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters |
Historical Fiction, Native American |
Tuesday, September 8, 2024 |
Straddling Black and White by Kim Salzman |
1980s, Ethiopia, Historical Fiction, Israel |
November 3, 2024 |
The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride |
African Amerian, Contemporary, Historical Fiction, Jewish |
Tuesday, December 3, 2024 |
Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult |
Contemporary, Fiction, LGBT, Romance, Thriller |
Tuesday, January 7, 2025 |
The Forest of Vanishing Stars by Kristin Harmel |
Historical Fiction, Holocaust, Jewish, WW II, coming of age |
Tuesday, February 4, 2025 |
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt |
Contemporary, Fiction |
Tuesday, March 4, 2025 |
This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel |
LGBT, Fiction |
Tuesday, April 1, 2025 |
Kantika by Elizabeth Graver |
Jewish, Spanish, Turkish |
Tuesday, May 6, 2025 |
Maame by Jessica George |
Contemporary, Ghana, Literary Fiction, London, coming of age |
Tuesday, June 3, 2025 |
The Women by Kristin Hannah |
Historical Fiction, Vietnam |
Tuesday, July 1, 2025 |
My Travels With Mrs. Kennedy by Clint Hill |
Nonfiction |
Tuesday, August 5, 2025 |
Tomorrow and Tommorow and Tomorrow by Gabriel Zevin |
Contemporary, Fiction, coming of age |
Tuesday, September 2, 2025 |
The Measure by Nikki Erlick |
Science Fiction |
Tuesday, October 7, 2025 |
The Paris Architect by Charles Belfoure |
Historical Fiction, Holocaust |
Sunday November 2, 2025 |
The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon |
Historical Fiction, Midwife, Mystery |
Tuesday, December 2, 2025 |
Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson ** |
Contemporary, Historical Fiction, Mystery |
Tuesday, January 6, 2026 |
Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth by Noa Tishby |
Nonfiction |
Tuesday, January 13, 2026 |
Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See |
China, Historical Fiction |
2024 January-June Book Club Selections
(see below for past selections)
Date |
Book/Author Links are to |
Topic |
Tuesday, Jan 2, 2024 | The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel | Historical fiction, Holocaust in Paris |
Tuesday, Feb 6 | A Place for Us by Fatima Mirzah | Contemporary India, family fitting in |
Tuesday, Mar 5 | Miss Benson's Beetle by Rachel Joyce | Offbeat British humor, 1950’s |
Tuesday, Apr 2 | There, There by Tommy Orange | Native American contemporary |
Tuesday, May 7 | Cilka’s Journey by Heather Morris | After Holocaust, Russian, historical fiction |
Tuesday, Jun 4 | The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams | Fiction, shared books create connections, London |
*If you use these links at the time you put the item into your Amazon shopping cart and then go on to purchase the book (right away or in the following 3 months), CBE receives a small advertising fee for your purchase. (If you use one of our links, anything you buy-- or put in your shopping cart-- in that session will count.) More information about this program is on the CBE Amazon page.
2023 Selections
Date |
Book/Author Links are to |
Tuesday, Jan 3, 2023 | The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Taylor Jenkins |
Tuesday, Feb 7 | The Secret Life of Violet Grant Beatriz Williams |
Tuesday, Mar 7 |
Natasha Boyd |
Sunday, Apr 2 | The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Michele Richardson |
Tuesday, May 2 | The Book of Lost Friends by Lisa Wingate |
Tuesday, June 6 | Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult |
Tuesday, July 11 | The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See |
Tuesday, August 8 | I am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes |
Tuesday, Sept 5 | Horse by Geraldine Brooks |
Tuesday, Oct 3 | Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus |
Tuesday, Nov 7 | This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger |
Tuesday, Dec 5 | The Matchmaker’s Gift by Lynda Cohen Loigman |
Thu, October 10 2024
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