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.
Check out a few interesting books others are reading too.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Thanks to Jean for being a wonderful hostess as usual!!
After the normal catch-up chatting, there was a nice discussion of this month's book "Is Paris Burning". There was a bit of discussion about France and their situation in WWII.
Everyone enjoyed sharing books they've read so check the link out for ideas. Lot's of reading apparently this chilly winter!
The February book choice is Want by Lynn Steger Strong and the meeting will be at Karen's house on February 25th at 7PM.
Special thanks to Sharon for hosting our December/Christmas Party!!
After the usual catching-up chat(s) and yummy snacks we did discuss last month's book, The Waiting Room. Most of us were in the dark about the "secret" until well towards the end.
It was very well liked by all except MJ.....I guess that's why we read lots of different books!
We eventually moved to the "Dirty Santa" part of the evening.....just a lot of fun.
Thoughtful fun presents all around.
There was just a bit of "stealing".....
Jean looks a bit sneaky, doesn't she??
Really good fun.
Jean will host the January meeting.....the book for the month will be Is Paris Burning by Larry Collins and Dominque Lapierre.
