Audio Book Club

 Ditch the page-turning and dive into captivating stories! Our Audio Book Club lets you enjoy literary adventures with your ears, followed by lively discussions. Hard cover and e-readers always welcome.

 

1st Wednesday Every Month at 10:30am in the Board Room, right before our monthly GirlFriends Luncheon.

 

For more information reach out to Libby Salamone (727) 560-6676 or libbysoldit@me.com or Kay Gendreau (727) 867-2081 or kgend73533@gmail.com.

 

 

2024-2025

 

October – Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson

November– Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson

 

2023-2024

 

October – The Tease by Lauren Blakey

Discussion Leader, Linda Foster

November – Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

Discussion Leader, Laura Lake

December – The Ruin by Dervia McTiernen

Discussion Leader, Patsy Maclean

January – Dreamland by Nicholas Sparks

Discussion Leader, Jan Glock

February – Cuban Exile by Sandy Mason aka Jay Lake, our own Laura’s husband. This will be a joint meeting with the other GF book club. 

Discussion leader Laura Clark

March – Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult, Jennifer Finney

Discussion Leader, Libby Salamone

April – The New Couple in Cabin 5 by Lisa Unger

Discussion Leader, Chris Greenwalt

 May –The #1 Lawyer by James Patterson, Nancy Allen

June – September Summer break

 

2022- 2023 

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June – Born a Crime – by Trevor Noah

July – Any book by Fiona Davis

August – Magnolia Wednesdays by Wendy Wax

September – Anxious People by Fredrik Backman

October – Verity by Colleen Hoover

November – The Little Ole Lady WhoBroke All the Rules by Catharina Ingleman-Sundberg

December – The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict & Victoria Christopher Murray

January – The EX by Alifair Burke

February – Vanderbilt by Anderson Cooper

March – Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

April – Killing Reagan by Bill O’Reilly

 May – Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

June – Lady Chatterly’s Lover by D. H. Laurence

July –  Confess by Coleen Hoover

August  – We Were Never Here by Andrea Bartz

September – Free Read. Members’ Choices included

 

5 Star Weekend, Hotel Nantucket, Secret Life of Sunflowers, Go as a river, The Maid, None of this is True,

Covenant of Water, The Horse, Demon Copperhead, Two More Days, and A Bad Day for Sunshine.

 

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Previous Listens

The Kommandant’s Girl

Pam Jenoff

A Ladies Guide to Etiquette & Murder

Dianne Freeman

Ten Beach Road

Wendy Wax

The Rose Code

Kate Quinn

Scatt

Carl Hiaasen

The Lincoln Highway

Fiona Davis

A Woman of No Importance

Fiona Davis

A Woman of No Importance

Sonia Purnell

Run Away

Harlan Coben

The Rent Collector

Camron Wright

The Old Man and The Sea

Ernest Hemingway

A Woman is No Man

Etaf Rum

Educated

Tara Westover

Nine Parts of Desire

Geraldine Brooks

Jane Eyre

Charlotte Bronte

Where The Crawdads Sing

Delia Owens

The Japanese Lover

Isabel Allendale

Match Up

Lee Child

The Tour

Jean Granger

One Thousand White Women

Jim Fergus

The Secret Keeper

Kate Morton

Camino Island

John Grishman

Book Woman of Troublesome Cr

Kim M. Robertson

White Houses

Amy Bloom

The Matriarch

Susan Page

The Nightingale

Kristin Hannah

Woman in Cabin 10

Ruth Ware

 

Places to download Audiobooks

 

AUDIBLEAudible may be the easiest way to get and download audiobooks.  The first month is free, then $14.95 /mo.  Every month you get one “credit” which entitles you to one book regardless of the price of the book. You can purchase as many additional books as you wish.  An advantage to Audible is you can download a book whenever you want the book, and keep your books forever.  With the free app, you can listen to your books wherever you are – at home, in the car, at the gym, waiting for a plane.  You can listen on your smartphone, i-Pad, computer, etc. and never lose your place…. even when you switch devices.  If you don’t like a book, you can swap it.  You may be able to put the app on 6 different devices.If you would like to try Audible, go to Audible.com.

 

HOOPLA, OVERDRIVE, and LIBBY

 

All are free through the Pinellas Public Library System. All you need is an e-mail address, a password, and a library card. There are many tutorials online or go to any library.  The librarian will be happy to assist you.  

 

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