Thursday, January 11, 2024
January Lunch Meeting
For the first meeting of 2024, Jan, Lynda, Saara and I had lunch at La Veranda Osteria in Etobicoke. Although it is a large restaurant and usually fairly crowded, on that day it was literally empty except for us! The food was delicious and the atmosphere very relaxed--all extremely enjoyable. Afterwards we came back to my house for orange chiffon cake and tea. Because there were only four of us, and only two had finished the book (Fresh Water for Flowers) we decided that we should wait until February to discuss it.
In the meantime we talked about the Canada Reads choices for this year, and had a very profound discussion on windows and mirrors, with Saara's comments being especially insightful!!! She will be happy to share them at our next meeting, which will be at Lynda's on February 21st, when we'll be discussing Foster by Claire Keegan (as well as Fresh Water for Flowers)
Canada Reads Books:
Bad Cree by Jessica Johns
Denison Avenue by Christina Wong and Daniel Innes
Meet Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune
Shut up You're Pretty by Tea Mutonji
The Future by Catherine Leroux, translated by Susan Ouriou
Watching:
The Night Agent (Netflix)
Karen Pirie (BritBox)
All of Us Strangers (film)
