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Jane and Friends Book Group

Thursday, August 19th at 6:30 pm

Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict by Laura Rigler

After nursing a broken engagement with Jane Austen novels and Absolut, Courtney Stone wakes up and finds herself not in her Los Angeles bedroom or even in her own body, but inside the bedchamber of a woman in Regency England. Who but an Austen addict like herself could concoct such a fantasy?

 

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Connecting Point Inspirational Book Club

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Thursday, August 12th at 1:00

    HIDDEN PLACES

      by Lynn Austin

Eliza Rose Wyatt is desperate to hold on to the only real home she has ever known, but she believes it will take a guardian angel to help her succeed. When the handsome hobo, Gabriel Harper, comes into her life, Eliza at first holds him at arm's length, wondering whether the aptly named mysterious stranger could be the guardian angel she's been waiting for.

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Thursday, July 15 at 6:30 pm

Pride and Prejudice

   "Oh! Mr. Bennet, you are wanted immediately; we are all in an uproar. You must come and make Lizzy marry Mr. Collins, for she vows she will not have him, and if you do not make haste he will change his mind and not have her."

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Connecting Point Inspirational Book Club

Thursday, July 8th at 1:00pm

      Safely Home

       by Randy Alcorn

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Jane and Friends Book Group

Join us Thursday, June 17, 2010 at 6:30 pm as we discuss Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte.

After a wretched childhood, orphaned Jane Eyre longs for new experiences. She finds them at Thornfield Hall with the mysterious Mr. Rochester.

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The Book FANatics Book Club

Handle With Care by Jodi Picoult

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Spine Crackers!

Life on the Refrigerator Door by Alice Kuipers

We seem to be on a Mother/Daughter kick lately after "Along for the Ride" and the interesting relationship between Auden and her emotionally distant mother.  Let's see how this one plays out between a Mother and Daughter who seldom see each other!

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Connecting Point Inspirational Book Club

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    Thursday, June 10, 2010 at 1:00pm

         Back Home Again

        by Melody Carlson

The sleepy town of Acorn Hill is in for a surprise when the three Howard sisters reunite after the death of their father. Each has inherited a share of his worn-down Victorian house, and they dream of turning the family home into a bed-and-breakfast. But these three women are as different as siblings can be-can they survive living together, let alone going into business together? It looks like their dream may be headed for disaster!

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Connecting Point Inspirational Book Club

                Thursday, May 13, 2010 at 1:00 pm

                         Whirlwind

                            By Cathy Marie Hake

  In the latest historical novel from Hake, Millicent Fairweather heads to America for a brighter future. During the voyage, she quickly becomes nanny to widower Daniel Clark's young son. A disaster forces Daniel and Millicent into an arranged, whirlwind wedding, but Daniel wants more than a loveless marriage with his new wife.

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Jane and Friends Book Group

Thursday, May 20, 2010 at 6:30 pm

The Third Sister

Join us  for a continuation of Sense and Sensibility where we find out just what happens with Elinor and Marianne's younger sister Margaret

 

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