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Historical book club meets at the Austintown library
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Neighbors | Amanda Tonoli.Librarian Kathy Richter and Louise Ward talked about the upcoming anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln's assassination in ...And the Rest is History Book Club at the Austintown library.
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Neighbors | Amanda Tonoli.Pictured from the left are book club members Shirley Bartlett, Theresa Hill, Kathy Richter, Louise Ward and Jean Churchill. They met at the Austintown library for ...And the Rest is History Book Club on April 2.
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Neighbors | Amanda Tonoli.Jean Churchill took a different approach to this nonfiction historical bookclub. She chose a more upbeat, rather than crime nonfiction, story describing travel in historical times.
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Neighbors | Amanda Tonoli.Shirley Bartlett (left) discussed the book she read this past month and previewed those she was planning on bringing to their next meeting. Theresa Hill (right) asked about authors names to indulge in some of the historical reading, herself.
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Neighbors | Amanda Tonoli.Those in attendance to ...And the Rest is History Book Club meeting on April 2 paid close attention to one another as they all discussed different historical nonfiction pieces on literature at the Austintown library.
By amanda tonoli
The And the Rest is History Book Club met at the Austintown library on April 2. Here the group discussed historical nonfiction books with one another, led by librarian Kathy Richter.
“In our group, we don’t all read the same book,” Richter said. “We read whatever we want. So it’s a variety every month.”
This open forum is limited to historical nonfiction, but allows for a diverse selection of books — and other literature as some had brought magazines — to be read throughout the month and discussed during the allotted time at the library.
“It has to [have] do with anything of history,” Richter said. “But it can be anything from history.”
Each member in attendance at the book club meeting read small passages from the books they discussed and read their short write ups of their analysis, offering suggestions to the others about the piece.
Theresa Hill, one of the club members, said she enjoys that they do nonfiction clubs rather than the traditional fiction book clubs. They also took notes throughout the meeting, interacting with one another either by commenting and asking questions or asking for titles and authors for further reading on the subject discussed.
Richter also helped some of the club with questions as to how to get certain books onto their e-readers, so they could get the full experience with literature they had a hard time getting access to.
“Kathy’s really good,” Hill said. “I feel like I’m doing a paper or something...it’s educational.”
And the Rest is History meets once every month and they will meet again on May 7 at the Austintown library.