We are a social network and our goal is to connect people here in the Quiet Corner. You are welcome to use our website as a connecting site in order to find other interested, like-minded people to socialize with. Book discussion groups are a very meaningful way to do this. Traditionally, book clubs have been a great community builder – and we invite every newcomer and any person who is interested in exploring a new culture or reflecting upon life from a bit of a new perspective to join us or start a book club of their own that might have a different focus.

This book club meets about once a month, usually on a Thursday and discusses books or short stories that deal with being a stranger or living in a different culture. Personal experiences are woven into the group discussions. 



The group featured here has been meeting since the early spring of 2010 and we usually meet at noon in one of the participants’ houses over a potluck lunch. At this point there are about 12 members, all women, yet not every lady is present at every meeting, so the group is often a little smaller.

We are in the process of forming a second book club that will be meeting in the evenings. This group will be ‘co-ed’, and we do invite interested men and women to join.