Book Club
Our women's book club began meeting in April 2015 and continues to welcome new members each month!
We are happy to have grown to nearly 20 active members and encourage everyone to give our book club a try!
Questions about book club can be addressed to Simone McGuinness via email or 518-928-6954.a
Upcoming Reads and Meeting Dates
​(Book club meetings begin at 7pm in the Parish Center Library, unless noted otherwise)
2026 Reads
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January 7 New Year Reflection
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February 4 The All Girl Filling Station’s Last Reunion by Flannie Flagg
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March 4 Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
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April 8 The Love Haters by Katherine Center (2nd Wed of the month)
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May 6 How Starbucks Saved My Life by Michale Gates Gill
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June 3 Persuasion by Jane Austen
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July 1 No read - Social Activity
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August 5 The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
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September 2 Burned by Suzanne Winslow
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October 7 The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali
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November 4 Queen Esther by John Irving
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December 2 One Bright Christmas by Katherine Spencer
The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge,
for the ears of the wise seek it out.
Proverbs 18:15
December Service Project Recipients
2024 Birthright of Schenectady
2023 Safe Inc. of Schenectady (Hair Care Products)
2022 Family Life Center of Schenectady City Mission (Bra Drive)
2021 Family Life Center of Schenectady City Mission (Kitchen Products)
2020 Family Life Center of Schenectady City Mission (Bra Drive)
2019 Joan Nicole Prince Home
2018 Family Promise of the Capital Region
2017 Eyes Wide Open
2016 Family through City Mission of Schenectady
Books we have read:
1-3 New Years Reflection and Discussion
2-7 The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell
3-6 Hello Stranger by Katherine Center
4-3 This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
5-1 The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Dare
6-5 Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
7-10 Summer social meeting
8-7 Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
9-4 The Little Liar by Mitch Albom
10-2 Whistling Past the Graveyard by Susan Crandall
11-6 The Orphan Collector by Ellen Marie Wiseman
12-4 Us Against You by Fredrick Backman
How to Age Disgracefully by Clare Pooley
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann and Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Nice Work, Nora November by Julia London
Lifestyles of Gods and Monsters by Emily Roberson
The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post by Allison Pataki
West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge
The Lioness of Boston by Emily Franklin (We may need to purchase this book as there are not enough copies in the library)
Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See
Brave the Wild River by Melissa Sevigny