April and May Meetings

 So sorry for the gap in blog posts.  

 

APRIL MEETING

 

April Meeting was at Jean's house.

Everyone really liked the book The Midnight Library and we had lots of deep discussion on things we would go back and change in our lives if we ended up in the midnight library! 

The book for Next months book club May 24 book is My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout and Bonnie will host.

A couple of photos -

MAY MEETING:

Thanks Bonnie for hosting!

 

We welcome a new member, Linda Lewis, who is a retired high school librarian originally from Southwestern Virginia.  She now lives in the new Chatham Park. 

 

 

 

Some of us enjoyed "My Name is Lucy Barton."  We decided the story was mostly regarding relationships, especially the mother/daughter one.

The next book is "All the Ways We Said Goodbye" by Beatriz Williams.  Lindy will be hosting the next meeting on June 28.

 

Be sure to check out the list of other books we're reading on the right for ideas for your next book.

 

 

March Meeting

 We met at Dolly's home and opted to meet out on her deck.  She has a new puppy who is quite friskey.   Four of us read "The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell."  It was a good read concerning how to handle a bully and being treated by your schoolmates as too strange because you have red eyes (a form albinism).

Dolly's son took this nice photo!

 

Dolly chose "The Midnight Library" by Matt Haig.  The April 26 meeting will be hosted by Jean.

February Meeting

 Bonnie hosted as Jean wasn't feeling up to it after her hip surgery.  Best wishes to Jean and hope to see her soon!

There were 4 of us in attendance.  We discussed "What Rose Forgot" by Nevada Barr which was a departure from Barr's "who dunnits" with Anna Pigeon in National Parks. 

 

 

 

Next meeting will be March 22nd - location to be determined so volunteer if you feel like it and hope Covid will be on it's way out by then!

 

October Meeting

 

We had a great meeting - really fun discussions lasting until after 10PM!   Most everyone enjoyed last month's read - Bitter Blood and we had a good discussion about the real-life murder intrigue with local roots.  

 

We missed several of the ladies who weren't able to attend last minute.  (And we didn't snap a photo while Jean was here!)  

 

 

Jean is leaving first thing in the morning to travel with her husband to Galapagos!!  We look forward to some photos!

 

 

Our next read is a "Victorian Classic" - Middlemarch by George Eliot  -  a book set in a fictional British town in the late 1820's. (The book is actually written by a woman - Mary Ann Evans - who used the pen-name George Eliot because women at the time were excluded from intellectual circles).

It's a big book!   But since we typically skip the November meeting due to Thanksgiving, we have almost 2 months before the next meeting.  

It's widely available - so you can get it for free to read on your Kindle or E-reader from the Gutenberg -  https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/145

 

The December meeting will be at Sharon's on Thursday Dec 16th and will be a "dirty Santa" affair.  So bring a fun wrapped but untagged gift to share - $10-$20 limit.

September Meeting

We did a bit of catching up personally and enjoyed Sharon's yummy lemon cake.  We had a great discussion of this month's book. We even did a quick "toast to Anna Fox" with our wineglasses.   

The author of Woman in the Window is published under the pseudonym AJ Finn but his real name is Daniel Mallory.   Upon a little internet digging, it was brought up that Daniel Mallory has a less than savory history, including lying and plagiarism.  Regardless of that, the book was unanimously liked by the group.  

We did pause the book discussion for a few minutes while Jenny corrected a Facebook hacking scare.  Glad that worked!

This is the only photo that was taken, unfortunately after Jenny and Betsy had left.  

Next month's book will be Bitter Blood - a North Carolina themed true-life murder tale.  Written by Jerry Bledsoe - MJ worked at the same newspaper as Jerry in Greensboro as a college intern!

Location of the next meeting is Karen's house.

Check out the link for other interesting books we're reading.

August Meeting

We had a great discussion regarding this month's book - When No One Is Watching by Alyssa Cole.  

Some of us learned about the black thought process regarding some situations.  

Most of us have been busy reading other books as well.

Welcome to a few new members!!!

 

Thanks to Jenny for being a wonderful hostess!

 Next month's read is  The Woman In The Window by A. J. Flinn.  

Be sure to check out the list of other books members have been reading.  You can see the sidebar on a laptop - not sure you can see the sidebar on mobile devices!

Sharon will host the September 28 meeting.

 

July Meeting

 We had a great time visiting with each other and didn’t spend much time on the book as we collectively didn’t enjoy it that much. (The Cactus)  

 

 

 

Per usual, Dolly had a nice selection of wines and goodies set out.  MMMMM

 

  

The book for August is “When No One is Watching” by Alyssa Cole  It is a thriller and the 125th book we've read as a club!  As usual, check out the link at the right for books our members are reading for ideas.  (This link is only visible on a computer, not a mobile version of the blog).

The August meeting will be at Jenny's home off of Hwy 902.