We had fun and yummy stuff to eat and drink: Chips, dips, cucumber sandwiches (by Karen S.), green salad, asparagus, broccoli tots (by Michelle), Chickpea soup and focaccia (Lisa), classic Scottish shortbread (also by Karen S.), and a fruit-n-peeps bouquet by Darla and Rebecca.
Not only can our book group cook, we can read a lot of books! Here are the books we presented, alphabetically by title (sorry, ladies, I got mixed up about whose book was whose):
The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion / Fannie Flagg
All Our Wrong Todays / Elan Mastai
All the Light We Cannot See / Anthony Doerr
Billy Joel / Fred Schruers
Church of the Old Mermaids / Kim Antieau
Dear Mr. Bigelow: a Transatlantic Friendship / Frances Woodsward
Dept. of Speculation / Jennny Offill
The End of the Point / Elizabeth Graver
The Girl Before / J.P. Delaney
The Golden Compass / Philip Pullman
Hillbilly Elegy / J.D. Vance
The Humans / Matt Haig
I am Providence / Nick Mamatas
Idiot America / Charles P. Pierce
In Such Good Company / Carol Burnett
Learning to Swim / Sara J. Henry
The Lockpicker / Leonard Chang
A Lost Lady / Willa Cather
News of the World / Paulette Jiles
Night Soldiers / Alan Furst
Painted Drum / Louise Erdrich
Rin Tin Tin / Susan Orlean
Shanghai Girls / Lisa See
Sphere / Michael Creighton
Swamplandia! / Karen Russell
To Fetch a Thief / Spencer Quinn
The Year of Pleasures / Elizabeth Berg
We chatted about many things, including hearing about Leann's 40+-year hobby of writing to pen pals. It was a fun night. Thanks, Lisa!
NEXT MEETING
Where: Karen S.'s
When: Late May or early June, exact date TBD
What: *War Torn: a Family Story / Felicity Vaughn Swayze
We chatted about many things, including hearing about Leann's 40+-year hobby of writing to pen pals. It was a fun night. Thanks, Lisa!
NEXT MEETING
Where: Karen S.'s
When: Late May or early June, exact date TBD
What: *War Torn: a Family Story / Felicity Vaughn Swayze
