Bay-O-Vista Improvement Association
BOVIA,
P.O. Box 461, San Leandro, CA 94577
[email protected]
Last year we started a BOVIA Book Club. Only one member had ever been part of a book club before. We read wonderful books, have great discussions and enjoy our different perspectives. We meet every 4 to 6 weeks depending on the length of the book. So far, all our meetings have been on Zoom, but it has worked out very well. We meet on a Tuesday at 6:00 p.m.
NEXT MEETING:
Tuesday, June 14th @ 6:00 p.m.
BOOK:
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
DESCRIPTION:
This is the story of Count Alexander Rostov, a Russian nobleman who, after the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, is sentenced to lifelong imprisonment in Moscow’s Metropol Hotel. The Count must adjust not only to his new circumstances in a small room in the hotel’s belfry but also to the knowledge that his way of life is disappearing under the Bolshevik regime. As the years pass, the Count witnesses his Country changing outside his window, and he must learn to reconcile these changes with the past he holds dear. However, his time in the hotel teaches him lessons he would not have learned otherwise.
If you would like to join us, please email Kat Wellman at [email protected] .
Last year we started a BOVIA Book Club. Only one member had ever been part of a book club before. We read wonderful books, have great discussions and enjoy our different perspectives. We meet every 4 to 6 weeks depending on the length of the book. So far, all our meetings have been on Zoom, but it has worked out very well. We meet on a Tuesday at 6:00 p.m.
NEXT MEETING:
Tuesday, May 3rd @ 6:00 p.m.
BOOK:
Braiding Sweetgrass - by Robin Wall Kimmerer
DESCRIPTION:
This is a non-fiction book by a Native American botanist. It is a fascinating perspective on nature and our role in sustaining and being part of it as explained through both science and Native American culture.
Although we don’t usually select ahead, we did this time and our next book will be A Gentleman In Moscow by Amor Towles. We finished reading The Lincoln Highway by the same author and liked it so much, we wanted to read this book as well.
If you would like to join us, please email Kat Wellman at [email protected].