We gathered yesterday at Wanda's with Janice stepping up to do hosting duties - so both get a big thank you for providing such a pleasant afternoon. The orange theme for Halloween was fun and tasty.
We took the opportunity of being together to spend some time planning for future pleasant afternoons.
Our next book will be Gin, Turpentine, Pennyroyal, Rue by Christine Higdon. We will be at Jane's house on Thursday November 16 to discuss it.
We will meet at Susan's on Thursday December 14 to talk about Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout.
Moving into 2024 we will begin on Thursday January 11 at Wanda's home again. The book will be Fresh Water for Flowers by Valérie Perrin.
Lynda will host on Wednesday February 21. Our book that day will be Foster by Claire Keegan.
Books We Noted:
- The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell
- The Company We Keep by Frances Itani
- The Son of the House by Cheluchi Onyemelukwe
- How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water by Angie Cruz
- The Adversary by Michael Crummey
- The Volunteers: How Halifax Women Won the Second World War by Lezlie Lowe
- Putin: His Life and Times by Philip Short
- The Land of Short Sentences by Stine Pilgaard
- Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng
- Old God's Time by Sebastian Barry
- The Wren, The Wren by Anne Enright
- The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
