We met at Julie's to review Beartown by Fredrick Backman. As always, Julie outdid herself providing a delicious meal complete with dessert. Annie, Christe, Ellen, Jo, Judy, Julie, Linda, and Nanc attended. It is always so great to share cheerful dialogue and laughter with everyone.
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| Water view from Julie's |
1. A nurse had whispered the prayer in Amat's mother's ear in the hospital when Amat was born. It is said to have been written on the wall above Mother Teresa's bed. And the nurse hoped it would give the solitary woman strength and hope.
If you are honest, people may deceive you. Be honest anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfishness. Be kind anyway.
2. Sune's advice to Amat:All the good you do today will be forgotten by others tomorrow. DO GOOD ANYWAY! ~ Fredrik Backman
Some of you were born with talent, some weren't. Some of you are lucky and got everything for free, some of you got nothing. But remember, when you're out on the ice you're all equals. And there's one thing you need to know: desire always beats luck. ~ Fredrik Backman
3. Written a few times in the book (it was a quote on a poster):
4. How Amat felt when he found out he was going to be playing in the game, with the older boys, the next day:
A great deal is expected of anyone who's been given a lot. ~ Fredrik Backman
4. How Amat felt when he found out he was going to be playing in the game, with the older boys, the next day:
It takes the boy an hour to half crawl, half stagger to the locker room. It's empty. The heating has been switched off. His shoes have been shredded and his clothes are lying soaking wet on the floor of the shower. IT'S THE BEST DAY OF HIS LIFE. ~ Fredrik Backman
~ Judy Lee
Next Book: The Marriage of Opposites by Alice Hoffman
Location: Linda's
Date: Thursday, June 7, 2018
Time: 6:30pm
Date: Thursday, June 7, 2018
Time: 6:30pm
Future meetings:
July 12, 2018 - TBA at Jo's
August 9, 2018 - TBA at TBA
Books mentioned for the future include:
- Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Stroud
- Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
- The Boy Who Knew Too Much by Cathy Byrd
- In the Kingdom of Ice by Hampton Sides
- A Piece of the World by Christina Baker Kline
Books we've read so far:
January 2014 - Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith by Anne Lamott
February 2014 - The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
March 2014 - Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
April 2014 - The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie
May 2014 - The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
June 2014 - Breaking Free by Marilyn Sewell
July 2014 - The Orphan Train by Kristina Baker Kline
August 2014 - The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
September 2014 - Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
October 2014 - The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
November 2014 - The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman
December 2014 - No book. Holiday gathering.
January 2015 - No book. Watched The Book Thief
February 2015 - The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton
March 2015 - Empire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynne
April 2015 - The Orchardist by Amanda Coplin
May 2015 - The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway
June 2015 - The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom
July 2015 - Still Alice by Lisa Genova
August 2015 - The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
September 2015 - Ruby by Cynthia Bond
October 2015 - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
November 2015 - No book. Watched To Kill a Mockingbird
December 2015 - No book. Holiday gathering.
January 2016 - All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
February 2016 - Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
March 2016 - Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín
April 2016 - Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights by Salman Rushdie
May 2016 - Jewelweed by David Rhodes
June 2016 - One Woman's River by Ellen Kolbo McDonah
July 2016 - Gift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh
August 2016 - Deep Water Passage by Ann Linnea
September 2016 - This Road I Ride by Juliana Buhring
October 2016 - The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
November 2016 - No book. Watched The Boys of '36
December 2016 - No book. Holiday gathering.
January 2017 - About Grace by Anthony Doerr
February 2017 - Between the World and Me by Ta-nehisi Coates
March 2017 - Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
April 2017 - No book - meeting canceled
May 2017 - Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger
June 2017 - The Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier also watched The Girl with a Pearl Earring
July 13, 2017 - Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates by Tom Robbins
August 2017 - No book - meeting canceled
September 2017 - A Man Without a Country by Kurt Vonnegut
October 2017 - Wave by Sonali Deraniyagala
November 2017 - The Master Butchers Singing Club by Louise Erdrich
December 2017 - No book. Holiday gathering.
January 2018 - To the Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey
February 2018 - Wonder by RJ Palacio
March 2018 - Before the Fall by Noah Hawley
April 2018 - My Grandmother Told Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman
May 2018 - Beartown by Fredrik Backman
