We met at Julie's to discuss The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles. Julie provided delicious dessert as we welcomed new member, Janet. Christe, Ellen, Janet, Judy, Julie, Linda, and Liz attended.
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Water view from Julie's |
Next Meeting: No specific book... discuss a book you've enjoyed
Location: Ellen's
Date: September 12, 2024
Time: 6:30pm
Future meetings:
October 10, 2024 - The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese at Linda's
November 14, 2024 - TBA Christe's
December 2024 - TBA Christmas gathering?
January 9, 2025 - TBA at TBA
February 2025 - Oscar Nominated Film Series
March 13, 2025 - TBA at Judy's
April 10, 2025 - TBA at TBA
May 8, 2025 - TBA at Annie's
June 12, 2025 - TBA at Linda's
July 10, 2025 - TBA at Jo's
August 14, 2025 - TBA at Julie's
Potential books we are considering:
The Women by Kristin Hannah
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 Christmas gathering
January 2023 - No book / no meeting
February 2023 - No book / no meeting
March 2023 - The Beach House by Jane Green - Meeting canceled
April 2023 - No book / no meeting
May 2023 - No book / meeting to regroup
June 2023 - Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
July 2023 - Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
August 2023 - No meeting - too many conflicts
September 2023 - The Book Woman's Daughter by Kim Michele Richardson
October 2023 - A Backpack, a Bear, and Eight Crates of Vodka by Lev Golinkin
November 2023 - A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
December 2023 - No Christmas gathering
January 2024 - No meeting
February 2024 - No book / Library Oscar nominated film series
March 2024 - The River We Remember by William Kent Kruger
April 2024 - No meeting
May 2024 - Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
June 2024 - Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult
July 2024 - No meeting
August 2024 - The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles