August meeting

 Thanks to Jean for another swim/book club hosting!  

 We had a few early arrivals to swim - water was "just right"!

Fun evening - everyone enjoyed the book and were disturbed by all the facts laid out about how few rights women had 150 years ago in America.  

 

 

 

The September meeting will be at Karen's house -Tuesday Sept 23rd.  Next month's read is Master Slave Husband Wife by Ilyon Woo.

Other books we've been reading:

Secret History by Donna Tartt

Boys in the Trees by Carly Simons

The Beauty of Dusk:On Vision Lost and Found by Frank Bruni

Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout

What Happened by Hillary Clinton

Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia

Jonathon Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke

Top Secret 21 by Janet Evanovich

The Affair by Lee Child

A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny

West With Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge

Last Anniversary by Liane Moriarty

 
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (2020) 

The Girl in the Spider's Web by David Lagercrantz (2015)

 

 

 

 

 

July Meeting

 Thanks to Linda for hosting!

We all really liked this month's book - The Book of Longings. We found it interesting and informative about the life and timeline of events concerning Jesus’ time on earth. We were curious if there was an actual Tabitha in the Bible so we looked it up and indeed there was. There was much discussion about the oppression of women and their nonexistent rights. 

The August read is "The Woman They Could Not Silence" by Kate Moore. 

The next meeting is at Jeans and she gave us an invitation to come early and swim.  
 

 

 

June Meeting

 A very warm pool/book club meeting at Jean's house!  Most of us arrived early for a refreshing dip in Jean's inviting pool on one of the warmest days of the year.

This month's book, The Book of Lost Friends, had a 50-50 like/dislike rate.  Some of the biggest complaints were the skipping back/forth in the storyline and that the speech in the book seemed contrived.  

Much discussion about member's recent travels and future plans, of course.  

Next month's book is "The Book of Longings" by Sue Monk Kidd.  The meeting will be at Linda's house on July 22nd at 7PM.

Check out a few interesting books others are reading too. 

May meeting

 Thanks to Bonnie for hosting and for the delicious strawberry cream cake.

 

We all enjoyed the book and discussed Vincent Van Gogh & brother at length as well as Joanna Bongor, Theo’s wife.  It was felt that  author did a good job on her historical fiction. 

The June meeting will be at Jean's house at 7pm on June 24th. Next month's book is The Book of Lost Friends by Lisa Wingate. 

If you need a copy of the book, it's one of the book club sets from the Chatham Library. Just contact Bonnie if you one. 

April Meeting

Thanks to Sharon for hosting.....and the fabulous cherry dessert!  If you are interested, here is the Julia Child recipe Cherry Clafoutis

 

We had a short discussion about the book, Still Life.  Everyone agreed it as a good quick read with some interesting issues included.

We enjoyed the fresh cool spring air on Sharon's back porch!  And enjoyable evening!

  

Nex month's book choice is The Secret Life of Sunflowers by Marta Molnar.

The May meeting will be at Bonnie's house on May 27th at 7PM.

 

 

March Meeting

Lindy hosted the March meeting.  This month's book was "Here One Moment" by Liane Moriarty.   Many didn't like it at first but enjoyed it more as the story continued.

 

Next month's book is "Still Life" by Louise Penny.

The meeting will be hosted by  Sharon on April 25th at 7PM.

February Meeting

Lot's of folks were not able to attend the February meeting....but the small group that attended had a lively discussion.

The month's book, Want by Lynn Sterger Strong was not well liked....most of the discussion was about the main character and how she was not well-liked, self absorbed and entitled.  

Then discussion topics segued naturally as they tend to do at our meetings!!

The book for the March meeting is hopefully a lighter read - Here One Moment by Liame Moriarty.

Lindy will host the March meeting on the 25th.

Check out the "other books" link - some interesting ones this month.