Thirteen Ways of Looking at Construction

The street was barely recognizable as construction equipment and safety pylons were everywhere.  Inside though it was serene and elegant with Diana Krall serenading us all evening.  Thank you to Lynda who welcomed us so warmly.

All of us had strong reactions to Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl, finding it grimly realistic, unlike Trixie the dress shop sales clerk:

"To Trixie, even the apocalypse is cute.  Scorched earth. Galloping black horses foaming at the mouth.  The shadow of the scythe wielding deal of Fate bearing down on her.  All super cute."

We did a little planning for future book club evenings.  Remember that next month we will be at Wanda's to talk about A Gentleman in Moscow.  Since it's late in the month - the 29th, and since people are travelling here and there, we're skipping July.  Our next book club will be at Jane's on August 3rd. We'll be reading Prison Book Club by Ann Walmsley. Maureen's trip to Kingston for the Kingston Pen Tour was the inspiration for choosing this book.

I can't think of any other books that we talked about last night, but some movies were mentioned:

• A Sense of an Ending
• Personal Shopper
• I, Daniel Blake
• Going in Style
• Maudie

And some great TV offerings were also recommended:

• The Handmaid's Tale
• Where to Invade Next
• The Thirteenth
• Occupied
• Black Mirror

James Garden Summer 2016