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Vistas Lifelong Learning
  • Welcome
  • About Vistas
    • About
    • Board of Directors
    • Curriculum Committee
  • Membership
    • Join Vistas
  • Vistas Calendar
  • Courses and Programs
    • Current Courses
    • Book Clubs
    • Course Videos
    • How to Register
    • Past Courses
    • Become a Presenter
  • Donate
  • FAQ
  • Contact

Vistas Book Clubs

Vistas offers three book clubs available to members only: two nonfiction book clubs and one fiction book club.


Monday Nonfiction Book Club (via Zoom)

Fourth Monday of each month, from October 2024 through August 2025
1:30 –3:30 p.m
Zoom
VISTAS members only: $25 for the year

Our Monday Nonfiction Book Club meets online via Zoom. Membership is limited to 12; in case of over-enrollment, prospective participants will be placed on a wait-list.
Each discussion is led by a different group member, who comes in with suggested questions (which we are all free to supplement).

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Fiction Book Club

Third Thursday of each month, from September through July
10 a.m. – noon
Bethany Congregational Church
556 N. Hope Avenue, Santa Barbara
VISTAS members only: $25 for the year

First Fall 2024 meeting: September 19

The VISTAS Fiction Book Group meets monthly for in-depth, highly satisfying discussions of a variety of types of fiction. Titles are selected and presented by individual members of the group. All group members are responsible for contributing questions and observations to the discussion. The book selected for our September meeting is West with Giraffes, by Lynda Rutledge. Our October selection is The Tortilla Curtain, by T. C. Boyle.
Join us for the pleasure of reading, conversing, and deepening connections with other VISTAS members. There is no limit to the size of the group.

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2024-25 Book List
2023-24 Book List


New! Mystery/Espionage Book Club

Second Friday of each month, September through June, 9:30 a.m. – 12 noon
Bethany Congregational Church 556 N. Hope Avenue, Santa Barbara
VISTAS members only: $25 for the year; enrollment limited to 12

Mysteries! Spies! Detectives! Private Eyes! If you want to add a little intrigue to your reading list, this is the book club for you! VISTAS is pleased to announce the formation of our newest book club, dedicated to the popular genre of mysteries, spy/counterspy novels, and thrillers. Mysteries are the oldest form of literature within this arena, going back to the 19th century with the works of Edgar Allan Poe and Wilkie Collins. Spy novels began growing in popularity starting around the era of World War I, and thrillers as we know them today began to come into their own shortly after the end of World War II with books by Mickey Spillane and others.
Two books will be discussed at each session. Enrollment for this book club is limited; in case of over-enrollment, a wait-list will be created.

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2024-25 Book List

This book club is full. Please email vistas@vistaslifelonglearning.org if you would like to be added to the waitlist.


Thursday Nonfiction Book Club

Second Thursday of each month, September through July
1:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Private residence
VISTAS members only

Our Thursday Nonfiction Book Club meets in person at a private residence. Each discussion is led by a different group member, who comes in with suggested questions (which we are all free to supplement).
*Membership is currently full and not accepting new members at this time.

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