Sunday, April 16, 2017

April 14 - Book Show-n-Tell

Ten of us gathered at Lisa's for an Easter-themed round of book show and tell.

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 
Billy Joel / Fred Schruers
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
*War Torn: a Family Story / Felicity Vaughn Swayze
White Fur / Jardaine Libaire 
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


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