Celebrating Women 2025: At our fall meeting we’ll celebrate women who the US Postal Service is currently commemorating with postal stamps.

Novel Approach Booklist 2025-2026

October 13 Dust Child by Nguyen Phan Que Mai 
November 17 The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb 
December 15 Her Hidden Genius by Marie Benedict 
January 19 Lovely One: A Memoir by Ketanji Brown Jackson
February 16 Pearl by Sherri L. Smith 
March 16 The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon 
April 20 The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters 
May 18 The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club by Helen Sue
Simonson 

Celebrating Women—Feb 24 at 1pm Movie Time! “Shirley” and “The Six Triple Eight” on Netflix; join via zoom

Perfect for Black History Month, let’s discuss the two movies listed above about strong, amazing women. Shirley Chisholm made history as the first African American woman to run for president.  According to Ann Hornaday in the Daily Herald, Regina King gives a lively, convincing portrayal of pioneering U.S. Congresswomen Chisholm whose campaign slogan was “Unbought and Unbossed.”

The second movie, a period drama by Tyler Perry tells the true story of the only Black female WWII battalion sent to Europe where their job was to unplug a three-year bottleneck of mail from GIs to folks back home and vice versa. Of course, they weren’t wanted there by Army brass who didn’t make their job any easier.

Springtime (month and date TBD) brings two nonfiction books to discuss regarding book banning and the influence of Christian Nationalism on public education. That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America by Amanda Jones, and They Came for the Schools by Mike Hixenbaugh.