Thursday, November 24, 2022

Meeting: November 10, 2022

We met at Christe's to discuss If You Lived Here, I'd Know Your Name by Heather Lende.  Due to inclement weather, it was our first indoor meeting in a long time.  Everyone wore masks to protect one another.  Annie, Christie, Judy, Linda, LIz, and Nanc attended the meeting.  


Water view from Christe's


Next Meeting: Oscar Nominated Film Series
Location: Library
Date:   Wednesday, February 1 - Till
            Wednesday, Febuary 8 - Elvis
            Wednesday, February 15 - The Fablemans
Time: 6:30pm


Future meetings:

March 9, 2023 - TBA at Judy's
April 13, 2023 - TBA at TBA
May 11, 2023 - TBA at Annie's
June 8, 2023 - TBA at Linda's
July 13, 2023 - TBA at Jo's
August 10, 2023 - TBA at Julie's
September 14, 2023 - TBA at Nanc's
October 12, 2023 - TBA at Ellen's
November 9, 2023 - TBA at Christe's
December 2023 - TBA Christmas gathering?
January 11, 2024 - TBA at TBA

Other books we are considering:

The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel
The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis
Fire Season by Philip Connors


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
June 2018 - The Marriage of Opposites by Fredrik Backman
July 2018 - The Elephant Whisperer by Lawrence Anthony
August 2018 - No book - meeting canceled
September 2018 - In the Kingdom of Ice by Hampton Sides
October 2018 - My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
November 2018 - A Piece of the World by Christina Baker Kline
December 2018 - No book - Holiday gathering
January 2019 - The Boy Who Knew Too Much by Cathy Byrd
February 2019 - Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
March 2019 - And Every Morning the Way Home gets Longer and Longer by Fredrik Backman
April 2019 - No book. Meeting canceled due to a snow/ice.
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
June 2021 - All You Can Ever Know by Nicole Chung
July 2021 - One of Ours by Willa Cather
August 2021 - Spiders & Snakes & Rats - Oh My! by Scott Lee
September 2021 - The Exiles by Christina Bake Kline
October 2021 - The Big Finish by Brooke Fossey
November 2021 - The Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
December 2021 - No gathering with spouses - COVID-19
January 2022 - No meeting - COVID-19
February 2022 - No meeting - COVID-19
March 2022 - Soft Rain by Cornelia Cornelissen
April 2022 - The Good Lord Bird by James McBride
May 2022 - Untamed was pushed forward to June.
June 2022 - Untamed by Will Harlan
July 2022 - Mink River by Brian Doyle
August 2022 - Valentine by Elizabeth Wetmore
September 2022 - The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee
October 2022 - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
November 2022 - If You Lived Here, I'd Know Your Name by Heather Lende
December 2022 - No book
January 2022 - No book
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Wednesday, October 26, 2022

Meeting: October 13, 2022

Ellen hosted October's meeting where we discussed The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, and munched on Ellen's treats. It was an overcast, chilly afternoon and about the time we were wrapping up the meeting, it started to "rain" ice pellets. So, everyone stacked up the chairs and headed home. Annie, Christie, Ellen, Linda, Jo, Judy, and Nanc attended the meeting.  

Water view from Ellen's

It's sad to think that folks in that era thought that black people didn't have the same feelings about their families as white folks, but it was good to see Huck realizing this on his own.
"He was thinking about his wife and his children, away up yonder, and he was low and homesick; because he hadn't ever been away from home before in his life; and I do believe he cared just as much for his people as white folks does for their'n.  It don't seem natural, but I reckon it's so." ~ Mark Twain

 ~ Nanc 


Next Meeting: If You Lived Here, I'd Know Your Name by Heather Lende
Location: Christe's
Date: Thursday, November 10, 2022
Time: 6:30



Future meetings:

December 2022 - Gathering with spouses?? TBA
January 12, 2023 - TBA
February 2023 - Attend Library Oscar Nominated Film Series???
March 9, 2023 - TBA at Judy's
April 13, 2023 - TBA at TBA
May 11, 2023 - TBA at Annie's
June 8, 2023 - TBA at Linda's
July 13, 2023 - TBA at Jo's
August 10, 2023 - TBA at Julie's
September 14, 2023 - TBA at Nanc's
October 12, 2023 - TBA at Ellen's


Other books we are considering:

The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel
The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis
Fire Season by Philip Connors


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
June 2018 - The Marriage of Opposites by Fredrik Backman
July 2018 - The Elephant Whisperer by Lawrence Anthony
August 2018 - No book - meeting canceled
September 2018 - In the Kingdom of Ice by Hampton Sides
October 2018 - My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
November 2018 - A Piece of the World by Christina Baker Kline
December 2018 - No book - Holiday gathering
January 2019 - The Boy Who Knew Too Much by Cathy Byrd
February 2019 - Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
March 2019 - And Every Morning the Way Home gets Longer and Longer by Fredrik Backman
April 2019 - No book. Meeting canceled due to a snow/ice.
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
June 2021 - All You Can Ever Know by Nicole Chung
July 2021 - One of Ours by Willa Cather
August 2021 - Spiders & Snakes & Rats - Oh My! by Scott Lee
September 2021 - The Exiles by Christina Bake Kline
October 2021 - The Big Finish by Brooke Fossey
November 2021 - The Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
December 2021 - No gathering with spouses - COVID-19
January 2022 - No meeting - COVID-19
February 2022 - No meeting - COVID-19
March 2022 - Soft Rain by Cornelia Cornelissen
April 2022 - The Good Lord Bird by James McBride
May 2022 - Untamed was pushed forward to June.
June 2022 - Untamed by Will Harlan
July 2022 - Mink River by Brian Doyle
August 2022 - Valentine by Elizabeth Wetmore
September 2022 - The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee
October 2022 - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
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Sunday, September 11, 2022

Meeting: September 8, 2022

We met at Nanc's to discuss The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee. It had been a warm day, but the breeze made for a comfortable meeting. It cooled down significantly when the sun set. Annie, Ellen, Linda, Jo, Judy, Julie, and Nanc were in attendance. 

Sunset water view from Nanc's


They don't want to be men, only to be allowed to have a say. God wouldn't have given us feet if He didn't want us to walk. By the same token, why give us a brain if He didn't want us to have thoughts? ― Stacey Lee

The two words that will change your life are "thank you". Like a candle that can light a thousand more without shortening its own life, appreciation is a gift that, when given, can set the whole world aglow. ― Stacey Lee
~ Nanc

Solitude is a frequent visitor here, often dragging along her companion loneliness. Tonight the latter plants herself right in my lap. ― Stacey Lee

Life is a chessboard, and if you've played it right, your best pieces will be standing in the right squares when you need them most. ― Stacey Lee

What is the job of a parent but to teach a child that she has worth so that one day she can transform herself into whatever she wants. ― Stacey Lee
~ Annie


Next Meeting: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Location: Ellen's
Date: Thursday, October 13, 2022
Time: 6:30




Future meetings:

November 10, 2022 - TBA at Christe's
December 2022 - Gathering with spouses?? TBA
January 12, 2023 - TBA
February 2023 - Attend Library Oscar Nominated Film Series???
March 9, 2023 - TBA at Judy's
April 13, 2023 - TBA at TBA
May 11, 2023 - TBA at Annie's
June 8, 2023 - TBA at Linda's
July 13, 2023 - TBA at Jo's
August 10, 2023 - TBA at Julie's
September 14, 2023 - TBA at Nanc's


Other books we are considering:

The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel
The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis
Fire Season by Philip Connors


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
June 2018 - The Marriage of Opposites by Fredrik Backman
July 2018 - The Elephant Whisperer by Lawrence Anthony
August 2018 - No book - meeting canceled
September 2018 - In the Kingdom of Ice by Hampton Sides
October 2018 - My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
November 2018 - A Piece of the World by Christina Baker Kline
December 2018 - No book - Holiday gathering
January 2019 - The Boy Who Knew Too Much by Cathy Byrd
February 2019 - Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
March 2019 - And Every Morning the Way Home gets Longer and Longer by Fredrik Backman
April 2019 - No book. Meeting canceled due to a snow/ice.
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
June 2021 - All You Can Ever Know by Nicole Chung
July 2021 - One of Ours by Willa Cather
August 2021 - Spiders & Snakes & Rats - Oh My! by Scott Lee
September 2021 - The Exiles by Christina Bake Kline
October 2021 - The Big Finish by Brooke Fossey
November 2021 - The Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
December 2021 - No gathering with spouses - COVID-19
January 2022 - No meeting - COVID-19
February 2022 - No meeting - COVID-19
March 2022 - Soft Rain by Cornelia Cornelissen
April 2022 - The Good Lord Bird by James McBride
May 2022 - Untamed was pushed forward to June.
June 2022 - Untamed by Will Harlan
July 2022 - Mink River by Brian Doyle
August 2022 - Valentine by Elizabeth Wetmore
September 2022 - The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee
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Tuesday, August 30, 2022

Meeting: August 11, 2022

Julie hosted our August meeting and, as usual, we were warmly greeted and provided with snacks and beverages. Our August book was Valentine by Elizabeth Wetmore. It was a delightful evening to visit and discuss the book. Christe, Jo, Judy (very briefly), Julie, Liz, and Nanc attended the meeting.


Water view from Julie's


Next Meeting: The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee
Location: Nanc's
Date: Thursday, September 8, 2022
Time: 6:30


Future meetings:

October 13, 2022 - TBA at Ellen's
November 10, 2022 - TBA at Christe's
December 2022 - Gathering with spouses?? TBA
January 12, 2023 - TBA
February 2023 - Attend Library Oscar Nominated Film Series???
March 9, 2023 - TBA at Judy's
April 13, 2023 - TBA at TBA
May 11, 2023 - TBA at Annie's
June 8, 2023 - TBA at Linda's
July 13, 2023 - TBA at Jo's
August 10, 2023 - TBA at Julie's


Other books we are considering:

The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel
The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis
Fire Season by Philip Connors


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
June 2018 - The Marriage of Opposites by Fredrik Backman
July 2018 - The Elephant Whisperer by Lawrence Anthony
August 2018 - No book - meeting canceled
September 2018 - In the Kingdom of Ice by Hampton Sides
October 2018 - My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
November 2018 - A Piece of the World by Christina Baker Kline
December 2018 - No book - Holiday gathering
January 2019 - The Boy Who Knew Too Much by Cathy Byrd
February 2019 - Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
March 2019 - And Every Morning the Way Home gets Longer and Longer by Fredrik Backman
April 2019 - No book. Meeting canceled due to a snow/ice.
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
June 2021 - All You Can Ever Know by Nicole Chung
July 2021 - One of Ours by Willa Cather
August 2021 - Spiders & Snakes & Rats - Oh My! by Scott Lee
September 2021 - The Exiles by Christina Bake Kline
October 2021 - The Big Finish by Brooke Fossey
November 2021 - The Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
December 2021 - No gathering with spouses - COVID-19
January 2022 - No meeting - COVID-19
February 2022 - No meeting - COVID-19
March 2022 - Soft Rain by Cornelia Cornelissen
April 2022 - The Good Lord Bird by James McBride
May 2022 - Untamed was pushed forward to June.
June 2022 - Untamed by Will Harlan
July 2022 - Mink River by Brian Doyle
August 2022 - Valentine by Elizabeth Wetmore
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Thursday, July 28, 2022

Meeting: July 14, 2022

Nanc hosted our July meeting where we discussed Mink River by Brian Doyle. It was a warm day, but the intermittent cloud cover and breeze made for a comfortable outdoor meeting, Ellen, Jo, Judy, Julie, Linda, Liz, and Nanc attended the meeting.


Water view from Nanc's



Tried 3 times to read the book, couldn't get past the run-on sentences without losing my cool. Love the characters and setting though.

~ Christe Gillepsie

Others in our group didn't notice the writing style as being aggravating, but I agreed with Christe that the run on sentences were distracting from a story with rich characters. Here's an example of ONE sentence:

"At four in the morning, on All Souls Day, the Day of the Dead, the second of November, the priest winning the betting pool, seven drops of water fell from the sky, headlong, pell-mell, sliding from the brooding mist, and then seventy, and then the gentle deluge, a whisper of wet, a thorough and persistence pittering on leaf mold and newt knuckle, web and wood, tent and vent, house and mouse, the rain splittering the sea, soaking boats, rinsing streets, fluffing owls and wetting towels, sliding along power lines and dripping from eaves, rivuleting and braiding and weaving tiny lines in the thirsty earth, darkening the trunks of trees, jeweling the strands of spiders, sliding along clotheslines, moistening the infinitesimal dust in rain gauges." ~ Brian Doyle

In addition, there were endless lists, some seemingly pointless to the story. Other times the lists were more relevant.

~ Nancy French



Next Meeting: Valentine by Elizabeth Wetmore
Location: Julie's
Date: Thursday, August 11, 2022
Time: 6:30






Future meetings:

September 8, 2022 - TBA at Nanc's
October 13, 2022 - TBA at Ellen's
November 10, 2022 - TBA at Christe's
December 2022 - Gathering with spouses TBA
January 12, 2023 - TBA
February 2023 - Attend Library Oscar Nominated Film Series???
March 9, 2023 - TBA at Judy's
April 13, 2023 - TBA at TBA
May 11, 2023 - TBA at Annie's
June 8, 2023 - TBA at Linda's
July 13, 2023 - TBA at Jo's


Other books we are considering:

The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel
The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis
The Color of Water by James McBride
Fire Season by Philip Connors


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
June 2018 - The Marriage of Opposites by Fredrik Backman
July 2018 - The Elephant Whisperer by Lawrence Anthony
August 2018 - No book - meeting canceled
September 2018 - In the Kingdom of Ice by Hampton Sides
October 2018 - My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
November 2018 - A Piece of the World by Christina Baker Kline
December 2018 - No book - Holiday gathering
January 2019 - The Boy Who Knew Too Much by Cathy Byrd
February 2019 - Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
March 2019 - And Every Morning the Way Home gets Longer and Longer by Fredrik Backman
April 2019 - No book. Meeting canceled due to a snow/ice.
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
June 2021 - All You Can Ever Know by Nicole Chung
July 2021 - One of Ours by Willa Cather
August 2021 - Spiders & Snakes & Rats - Oh My! by Scott Lee
September 2021 - The Exiles by Christina Bake Kline
October 2021 - The Big Finish by Brooke Fossey
November 2021 - The Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
December 2021 - No gathering with spouses - COVID-19
January 2022 - No meeting - COVID-19
February 2022 - No meeting - COVID-19
March 2022 - Soft Rain by Cornelia Cornelissen
April 2022 - The Good Lord Bird by James McBride
May 2022 - Untamed was pushed forward to June.
June 2022 - Untamed by Will Harlan
July 2022 - Mink River by Brian Doyle
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Saturday, June 11, 2022

Meeting: June 9, 2022

Annie hosted our June meeting where we discussed Untamed: The Wildest Woman in America and the Fight for Cumberland Island by Will Harlan. The weather was perfect for our outdoor meeing, although some were pestered by gnats and some mosquitoes.  Annie, Ellen, Jo, Linda, Liz, and Nanc were in attendance.

Water view from Annie's


I loved the book. Carol is an amazing woman. Her enduring devotion to conservation on her island is noble and commendable. How interesting to learn of the various impacts made by politicians and wealthy families. The battles will continue, thank goodness for people like Carol.

I absolutely love the touching story about the armadillo who was killed on the road and the  burial by its mate. There is so much we aren't aware of within the lives of our fellow creatures.  

And the part about cities being zoos for humans. Yup.
~ Christe Gillepsie



Next Meeting: Mink River by Brian Doyle
Location: Jo's (possibly Nanc's) 
Date:  Thursday, July 14, 2022
Time: 6:30




Future meetings:

August 11, 2022 - TBA at Julie's
September 8, 2022 - TBA at Nanc's
October 13, 2022 - TBA at Ellen's
November 10, 2022 - TBA at Christe's
December 2022 - Gathering with spouses TBA
January 12, 2023 - TBA
February 2023 - Attend Library Oscar Nominated Film Series???
March 9, 2023 - TBA at Judy's
April 13, 2023 - TBA at TBA
May 11, 2023 - TBA at Annie's
June 8, 2023 - TBA at Linda's

Other books we are considering:

The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel
The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis 
The Color of Water by James McBride
Fire Season by Philip Connors


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
June 2018 - The Marriage of Opposites by Fredrik Backman
July 2018 - The Elephant Whisperer by Lawrence Anthony
August 2018 - No book - meeting canceled
September 2018 - In the Kingdom of Ice by Hampton Sides
October 2018 - My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
November 2018 - A Piece of the World by Christina Baker Kline
December 2018 - No book - Holiday gathering
January 2019 - The Boy Who Knew Too Much by Cathy Byrd
February 2019 - Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
March 2019 - And Every Morning the Way Home gets Longer and Longer by Fredrik Backman
April 2019 - No book.  Meeting canceled due to a snow/ice.
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
June 2021 - All You Can Ever Know by Nicole Chung
July 2021 - One of Ours by Willa Cather
August 2021 - Spiders & Snakes & Rats - Oh My! by Scott Lee
September 2021 - The Exiles by Christina Bake Kline
October 2021 - The Big Finish by Brooke Fossey
November 2021 - The Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
December 2021 - No gathering with spouses - COVID-19
January 2022 - No meeting - COVID-19
February 2022 - No meeting - COVID-19
March 2022 - Soft Rain by Cornelia Cornelissen
April 2022 - The Good Lord Bird by James McBride
May 2022 - Untamed was pushed forward to June.
June 2022 - Untamed by Will Harlan

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