The following activities are held regularly at the Wren Community Hall: 35515 Kings Valley Highway, Philomath, OR.
Wren Community Club Board Meetings
Second Wednesday of the Month
7:00 PM
Contact: Vickie Nunnemaker at 541-929-3898
Book Club
Fourth Tuesday of the month -- Meeting at Wren Community Hall
5:45 - 7:45 PM
Contact: Elizabeth Dodd at 541-609-8472
Book Club List for 2025:
January - The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
February – James: A Novel by Percival Everett
March – The Life Impossible by Matt Haig
April – Mink River: A Novel by Brian Doyle
May – Caste: The Origins of Our Discontent by Isabel Wilkerson
June – Midnight’s Children by Salmon Rushdie
July – The Four Winds by Kristen Hannah
August – Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton
September – House of Broken Angels by Luis Alberto Urrea
October – The Night Watchman: a Novel by Louise Erdrich
November – North Woods by Daniel Mason
Book Club List for 2024:
* January - Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead
* February - Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier
* March - As I Walked out one Midsummer Morning: A Memoir by Laurie Lee
* April - Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
* May - Soul Boom: Why we need a spiritual revolution by Rainn Wilson
* June - The Sellout by Paul Beatty
* July -Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
* August - A Woman is No Man by Etaf Rum
* September - Code of the Woosters by P G Wodehouse
* October - Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
* November - Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
Book Club List for 2023:
January – Small Things like These by Claire Keegan (Elizabeth)
February – My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout (Evanne)
March – A Woman’s Story by Annie Ernaux (Paula)
April – The Humans by Matt Haig (Eneida)
May – Scoop by Evelyn Waugh (Kathy)
June – The Bird Artist by Howard Norman (Amy)
July – Fresh Water for Flowers by Valerie Perrin (Nancy)
August – Five Days at Memorial by Sheri Fink (Jeri)
September – Trust by Hernan Diaz (Elizabeth)
October – Debatable Land by Graham Robb (Jeri)
November – Frederick Sisters are Living the Dream by Jeannie Zusy (Sandy)
Book Club List for 2022:
January – Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris (Sandy)
February – Travels with Charlie: In Search of America by John Steinbeck (Kathy)
March – The Round House by Louise Erdrich (Paula)
April – Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell (Elizabeth)
May – Love In The Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Sandy)
June – The Sea Road by Margaret Elphinstone (Eneida)
July – The Dutch House by Ann Patchett (Nancy)
August – The Book of Delights: Essays by Ross Gary (Evanne)
September – Old Filth by Jane Gardam (Amy)
October – Deacon King Kong by James McBride (Evanne)
November – The White Ship: Conquest, Anarchy, and the Wrecking of Henry I’s Dream by Charles Spencer (Jeri)
Book Club List for 2021:
January – The Good Lord Bird by James McBride
February – Ninety-two in the Shade by Thomas McGuane
March – Over the Edge of the World: Magellan’s Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe by Laurence Bergreen
April – Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover
May – Mennonite in a Little Black Dress: A Memoir of Going Home by Rhoda Janzen
June – Lab Girl by Hope Jahren
July – Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
August – Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown
September – I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
October – It Can’t Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis
November – The Stationery Shop of Tehran by Marjan Kamali