ARARAT Book Club Anniversary
This year, 2023, marks a major milestone for Ararat Book Club in celebrating its existence and being a continuously active and successful Armenian book club for the past 20 years since 2003. Ararat Book Club is proud to be contributing to the Armenian community by promoting and encouraging reading to expand one’s view, knowledge and ultimately self-improve.
The driving factors behind the success of the Book Club is characterized by the leadership of Zarik Grigorian and Lily Savadian who initially established the framework and protocols of the club, which is still being followed to date. In addition to their leadership, is the passion and commitment of the members who actively and genuinely participate in the club meetings and trigger thought-provoking discussions, gratifying to the mind and the soul.
The 20th anniversary celebration was held in the month of October, at one of the finest, most beautiful, and historical Japanese hilltop restaurants with superb views overlooking Los Angeles – known as “Yamashiro” – built in 1914 and which translates as “Mountain Palace” in Japanese.
About
Ararat Book Club meets regularly monthly on the first Thursday of the month to discuss the selected book for that month. A member of the club will select and announce a book to read for the upcoming month. Book discussions are moderated by the member who has selected the book. The spirit of the discussions is to have open and friendly, thought-provoking conversations amongst the members. All members are encouraged to participate and share their opinion, feelings, thoughts about the many aspects of the book ranging from the author to the characters in the book, the storyline and the learnings from the book. The meetings last between 2-2.5 hours and always begin and end with 15-30 minutes of member socializing / connection time.
During the month of August, the book club will be recessed to allow members attend trips/vacations during the summer.
During the month of December, the book club holds a combined Christmas Party and book discussion meeting.
Membership to Ararat Book Club
Below are the pre-requisites to joining Ararat Book Club:
- Membership to Ararat Homenetmen organization.
- Openings at the book club to take new members.
We believe in having the right number of members to have an effective and interesting discussion. At this time, Ararat Book Club is at capacity with its existing members. We are still interested in taking information from anyone interested in joining and contacting them when there is an opening at the club.
If you are interested in joining, please contact Lily Savadian at Lilysavadian@gmail.com.
Book For January
Title: Mountains Beyond Mountains
Author: Tracy Kidder
Past Books
History
Zarik Gorgorian founded the Ararat Book Club with 5 ladies in 2003, based on a vision that she had for like-minded women who had a deep desire to read and share their common interest with other readers. Alongside Zarik, Lily Savadian was instrumental in working closely with Zarik from the very first day on all administrative duties.
Over the course of the past 19 years, the club has had close to 200 transient avid readers who joined the club, attended the sessions and maintained their status based on their availability.
To date, over 170 books across all genres have been read and discussed. The Ararat Book Club invites everyone to refer to the list and find the book of interest to you.
