Book Club
The book club meets every few months, usually on Saturday on Zoom. The criteria for the book are: 1) a good read; 2) fiction; and 3) Zen-themed. We began in January, 2016 and described the book club as an informal gathering, just for fun, during the social after our Zen Center programs and zazen. The club usually meets whenever someone has found a good book for us to read!
Please let Carol know if you have book suggestions for future reading or if you would like to be a facilitator for a book discussion.
Anyone may suggest a book and lead the discussion. All practitioners are invited to attend, even if you have not read or completed the book. All are encouraged to share their impressions and understandings of the book. The leaders will give a brief background of the book, why they recommended it, and introduce a few of the Zen themes.
The selections have been:
Jan., 2016…..In Paradise by Peter Mathiessen
Mar., 2016…..A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
Apr., 2016…..The Stones Cry Out by Hikaru Okuizumi
May, 2016…..The Gate by Natsume Soseki
June, 2016…..Jake Fades by David Guy
Sept., 2016…..Out of Nowhere: A Zen Mystery Set in San Francisco by Susan Dunlap (A Zen Practitioner)
Feb., 2017…..The Understory by Pamela Erens
Apr.,2017 …..Deep River by Shusaku Endo
Sept., 2017…..Monkey: Folk Tale of China
Jan., 2018…..The Other by David Guterson
May, 2018…..The Fortunes by Peter Ho Davies
Nov., 2018…..Oxherding Tales by Charles Johnson
Jan., 2019…..The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac
June, 2019…..The King of Trees by Ah-Cheng
Sept., 2019…..The Overstory by Richard Powers
May, 2020…..The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Nov., 2020…..South of the Border, West of the Sun by Haruki Murakami
Apr., 2021…..The Miracle on Cherry Hill by Sun-mi Huang
Aug., 2021…..Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
Oct., 2021…..Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa
Jan., 2022….Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
Apr., 2023…..Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
June, 2023…..Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
Jan., 2024…..Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa
Mar., 2024…..Everyone’s a aliebn when ur a liebn too by Jomny sun (graphic novel)