ALL Waterview Book Club members were present at Annie's to discuss Becoming by Michelle Obama. Annie, Kathy, and Christe provided yummy treats. What a delight to be together. It would seem that we are all impressed by Michelle Obama and that we all enjoyed Becoming.
 |
| Water view from Annie's |
“And then again, there was something painfully familiar in the menace and male jocularity of that tape. I can hurt you and get away with it. ... Every woman I know recognized it. Every person who's ever been made to feel 'other' recognized it. ... Dominance, even the threat of it, is a form of dehumanization. It's the ugliest kind of power.” ~ Michelle Obama
“For me, becoming isn’t about arriving somewhere or achieving a certain aim. I see it instead as forward motion, a means of evolving, a way to reach continuously toward a better self. The journey doesn’t end. I became a mother, but I still have a lot to learn from and give to my children. I became a wife, but I continue to adapt to and be humbled by what it means to truly love and make a life with another person. I have become, by certain measures, a person of power, and yet there are moments still when I feel insecure or unheard.” ~ Michelle Obama
“For every door that’s been opened to me, I’ve tried to open my door to others. And here is what I have to say, finally: Let’s invite one another in. Maybe then we can begin to fear less, to make fewer wrong assumptions, to let go of the biases and stereotypes that unnecessarily divide us. Maybe we can better embrace the ways we are the same. It’s not about being perfect. It’s not about where you get yourself in the end. There’s power in allowing yourself to be known and heard, in owning your unique story, in using your authentic voice. And there’s grace in being willing to know and hear others. This, for me, is how we become.” ~ Michelle Obama
~ Annie Larkin
“Because people often ask, I’ll say it here directly: I have no intention of running for office, ever. I’ve never been a fan of politics, and my experience over the last ten years has done little to change that. I continue to be put off by the nastiness—the tribal segregation of red and blue, this idea that we’re supposed to choose one side and stick to it, unable to listen and compromise, or sometimes even to be civil. I do believe that at its best, politics can be a means for positive change, but this arena is just not for me.” ~ Michelle Obama
~ Nancy French
All You Can Ever Know by Nicole Chung
July 8, 2021 - One of Ours by Willa Cather at Jo's
August 12, 2021 - Spiders & Snakes & Rats - Oh My! by Scott Lee at Julie's
September 9, 2021 - TBA at Nanc's
October 14, 2021 - TBA at Ellen's
November 11, 2021 - TBA at TBA
December 2021 - Christmas party???
January 13, 2022 - TBA at TBA
February 2022 - Attend Library Oscar Nominated Film Series
March 10, 2022 - TBA at Judy's
April 2022 - Community Read at TBA
February 2022 - Attend Library Oscar Nominated Film Series
March 10, 2022 - TBA at Judy's
April 2022 - Community Read at TBA
May 12, 2022 - TBA at Annie's
June 9, 2022 - TBA at Linda's
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
The Magician's Elephant by Kate DiCamillo
The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel
Deacon King Kong by James McBride
Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
May 2019 - The Stranger in the Woods by Michael Finkel
June 2019 - Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
July 2019 - The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
August 2019 - Educated by Tara Westover
September 2019 - Heartland by Sarah Smarsh
October 2019 - Washington Black by Esi Edugyan
November 2019 - America's First Daughter by Stephanie Dray
December 2019 - No book - Holiday gathering
January 2020 - The River by Peter Heller
February 2020 - No book. Attended Library Oscar Nominated Film Series.
March 2020 - The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
April 2020 - Finding Gobi by Dion Leonard
May 2020 - A People's History the United States by Howard Zinn
June 2020 - No meeting - COVID-19 delay
July 2020 - Rising out of Hatred by Eli Saslow
August 2020 - The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates
September 2020 - This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
October 2020 - The Walls Came Tumbling Down by Henriette Roosenburg
November 2020 - March 2021 - No meetings due to COVID-19
April 2021 - The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
May 2021 - Becoming by MIchelle Obama
