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Do you have a list of books that you keep meaning to read but don't. Here is your chance! Join us in discussing great books and great ideas.
Scholar Moms is a year long discussion group, running from August through June and meets on the second and fourth Thursday of the month at 6:00 pm PST (9:00 EST, 8 CST, 7 MST). Discussions run about 1 to 1 1/2 hours. To find out more please contact us here Register for Scholar Moms here |
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Description
In Scholar Moms we will be reading deeper, growing our scholar skills, looking for patterns and connections, writing about what we learn and discussing our ideas with others.
This discussion group is based on active participation. Moms talking with moms while reading great books and great ideas.
If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
-Abigail Adams
Live Discussion Equipment:
You'll need Internet access and a headset with a microphone.
A webcam is optional but strongly encouraged.
This discussion group is based on active participation. Moms talking with moms while reading great books and great ideas.
If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
-Abigail Adams
Live Discussion Equipment:
You'll need Internet access and a headset with a microphone.
A webcam is optional but strongly encouraged.
2018-2019 Reading List
September 13- Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand
September 27 - How Should One Read a Book*, Woolf
October 11 - 1984, George Orwell
October 25 - What is a Classic?*, Sante-Beuve
November 8 - Out of the Silent Planet, C.S. Lewis
December 6 - Perelandra, C.S. Lewis
January 10 - That Hideous Strength, C.S. Lewis
January 24 - On Education*, Schopenhauer
February 14 - One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, Solzhenitsyn
February 28 -On Self-Reliance*, Emerson
March 14 - The Joy Luck Club, Amy Tan
March 28 - White Nights*, Dostoevsky
April 11 - The Man Who Was Thursday, G.K. Chesterton
April 25- The Diamond as Big as the Ritz*, Fitzgerald
May 9 - Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Jules Verne
May 23 - The Overcoat*, Gogol
*a shorter work (article will be provided). This discussion group is set up to alternate between a more challenging read and an easier or shorter read.
September 27 - How Should One Read a Book*, Woolf
October 11 - 1984, George Orwell
October 25 - What is a Classic?*, Sante-Beuve
November 8 - Out of the Silent Planet, C.S. Lewis
December 6 - Perelandra, C.S. Lewis
January 10 - That Hideous Strength, C.S. Lewis
January 24 - On Education*, Schopenhauer
February 14 - One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, Solzhenitsyn
February 28 -On Self-Reliance*, Emerson
March 14 - The Joy Luck Club, Amy Tan
March 28 - White Nights*, Dostoevsky
April 11 - The Man Who Was Thursday, G.K. Chesterton
April 25- The Diamond as Big as the Ritz*, Fitzgerald
May 9 - Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Jules Verne
May 23 - The Overcoat*, Gogol
*a shorter work (article will be provided). This discussion group is set up to alternate between a more challenging read and an easier or shorter read.