Looking for way to discover and discuss interesting topics, authors, and books? The Page Turners’ Book Club is an informal group that meets monthly, alternating between fiction and non-fiction books.
We hope you will join us. We meet at University Lutheran Church in the Campus Center on the first Thursday of the month from noon to 1 pm. You can bring your lunch if you want. You don’t need to read the book to participate. All are welcome!
Upcoming Discussions
Dec. 4, 2025: “The Sentence: A Novel” by Louise Erdrich (2021) [Fiction] (Led by Lori)
In this stunning and timely novel, Louise Erdrich creates a wickedly funny ghost story, a tale of passion, of a complex marriage, and of a woman’s relentless errors.
A small independent bookstore in Minneapolis is haunted from November 2019 to November 2020 by the store’s most annoying customer. Flora dies on All Souls’ Day, but she simply won’t leave the store. Tookie, who has landed a job selling books after years of incarceration that she survived by reading “with murderous attention,” must solve the mystery of this haunting while at the same time trying to understand all that occurs in Minneapolis during a year of grief, astonishment, isolation, and furious reckoning. Louise Erdrich’s latest novel asks what we owe to the living, the dead, to the reader and to the book. (From Amazon description)
Jan. 15, 2026: “Kika & Me: How One Extraordinary Guide Dog Changed My World” by Amit Patel (2020) [Non-fiction] (Presented by Jean)
Amit Patel is working as a trauma doctor when a rare condition causes him to lose his sight within 36 hours. Totally dependent on others and terrified of stepping outside, he refuses to leave home on his own for three months. Then his guide dog Kika comes along. Can Amit trust a dog with his safety on the streets of London? From the challenges of travelling when blind to becoming a parent for the first time, “Kika & Me” is the inspirational story of Amit’s sight-loss journey and how one guide dog changes his world. (From book jacket)
Feb. 5, 2026: “The Book Spy” by Alan Hlad (2023) [Historical fiction]
(Led by Dena)
1942: With the war’s outcome hanging in the balance, President Roosevelt sends an unlikely new taskforce on a unique mission. They are librarians and microfilm specialists trained in espionage, working with a special branch of the Office of Strategic Services. By acquiring and scouring Axis newspapers, books, technical manuals, and periodicals, the librarians can gather information about troop location, weaponry, and military plans. Inspired by true stories of the heroic librarian spies of WWII, this new book transports readers from the New York Public Library to Portugal’s city of espionage in a thrilling, riveting tale. (From Amazon description)