BABY BOOMERS BOOK CLUB:
The Ultimate Southern Maryland Book Club for Women About When to Retire, How to Retire.
Baby Boomers Book Club is a new social book club that brings together a group of women with similar interest once a month to share their passion of reading books about aging gracefully, sudden life-changing events and retirement planning. Come laugh, be inspired and enrich your life.
Baby Boomers Book Club will kick-ff its first meeting of 2012 on January 2. Book club meetings will be held the first Monday of every month, starting at 6:30 p.m. at the home office of Christine Parker, CFP®, Parker Financial, LLC, 9300 Endowment Place, La Plata, MD 20646. If you were born between 1946 and 1960, then you’re a baby boomer! Come join us for great wine and cheese and excellent conversation!
Participation at the Baby Boomers Book Club monthly meeting is reserved for clients and invited guests of Parker Financial, LLC. For more information, please contact Christine Parker, CFP® by calling toll-free at 866-681-PLAN (7526) or by email at cparker@pfadvisers.com. If you are unable to attend the book club meeting in person, you can always join the conversation by leaving a comment on the book review monthly posting at 2LIVEWELL, a retirement planning blog for women of Southern Maryland.
Baby Boomers Book Club 2012 Reading List:
Monday, January 2, 2012
Gabby: A Story of Courage and Hope. Authors: Gabrielle Giffords, Mark Kelly and Jeffrey Zaslow. A memoir about the live changing events and recovery of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. Are we prepared for sudden life changing events in our own lives?
Monday, February 6, 2012
The Money Class: Learn to Create Your New American Dream. Author Suze Orman. Orman has written eight consecutive New York Times bestsellers and has written, co-produced, and hosted seven PBS specials based on her books. She is the seven-time Gracie Award–winning host of the Suze Orman Show, which airs on CNBC, and of the forthcoming Money Class on OWN: The Oprah
Winfrey Network. She is also a contributing editor to O: The Oprah
Magazine.
Monday, March 5, 2012
Elder Care Made Easier: Doctor Marion’s 10 Steps to Help You Care for an Aging Loved One. Author Marion Somers, Ph.D. One in four American families are providing care for an aging relative and most likely that care is provided in the home setting. Dr. Somers is a leading geriatrics specialists with over 30 years of experience to help you be better prepared for this journey.
Monday, April 2, 2012
IRAs, 401(k)s, & Other Retirement Plans: Taking Your Money Out. Authors Twila Slesnick, Ph.D. and John Suttle, CPA, JD. “This book belongs on the bookshelf of anyone with a retirement plan. Here’s where you’ll find the answers.” — Kiplinger’s Personal Finance
Monday, May 7, 2012
Water for Elephants. Author Sara Gruen #1 New York Times Best Seller Fiction. At the beginning of the book Jacob Jankowski, a ninety-something-year-old, is living in a nursing home reflecting on his difficult and sometimes cruel circus life, during the Great Depression.
Monday, June 4, 2012
Your Complete Retirement Planning Road Map. Author Ed Slott. As featured on Oprah Radio. Ed Slott was named as “The Best” source for IRA advice by The Wall Street Journal and called “America’s IRA Expert” by Mutual Funds Magazine.
Monday, July 2, 2012
Women’s Worth. Author Eleanor Blayney. “In Women’s Worth, President of Directions and Certified Financial Planner™ Eleanor Blayney breaks through the traditionally male-dominated field of financial advice to offer information you—as a woman— can really use.”
Monday, August 6, 2012
How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free: Retirement Wisdom That You Won’t Get from Your Financial Advisor. Author Ernie J. Zelinski. “The key to achieving an active and satisfying retirement involves a great deal more than having adequate financial resources; it also encompasses all other aspects of life — interesting leisure activities, creative pursuits, physical well-being, mental well-being, and solid social support.”
Monday, September 3, 2012
The New Retirement: The Ultimate Guide to the Rest of Your Life. Authors Jan Cullinane and Cathy Fitzgerald. “From deciding where to live, what to do, when to do it, and more, The New Retirement will help readers plan for and achieve their retirement dreams.”
Monday, October 1, 2012
Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace … One School at a Time. Authors Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. #1 New York Times Best Seller.
Monday, November 5, 2012
Women & Money: A Practical Guide to Estate Planning. Author Patricia M. Annino, JD. “[m]ost American women have not taken steps to put the legal mechanisms in place through estate planning to protect assets, their families and themselves.”
Monday, December 3, 2012
Social Security Strategies: How to Optimize Retirement Benefits. Authors William Reichenstein, Ph.D. and William Meyer. Advice for singles and couples about how to maximize the present value of social security benefits and minimize longevity risks.
