We had a little catching up to do with two books to discuss this time - And After the Fire as well as The Ten-year Nap - both of which provided plenty of topics for conversation.
Speaking of catching up, here's the photo blog of my trip to Italy: sistersinitaly.blogspot.com
We made plans for future months. On Wednesday, July 18th we'll be meeting at Janice's house. The book will be Vi by Kim Thuy.
August will be at Jo's. The date is Wednesday, August 29th. No book has been selected for this occasion - please bring a book to share with everyone.
In September we will meet at my house on Thursday, the 27th. The book will be The Tenth of December by George Saunders.
And on Thursday, October 25th book club will be at Wanda's. The book will be Commonwealth by Ann Patchett.
Book mentions:
- You Think It I'll Say It by Curtis Sittenfeld
- The Lightkeeper's Daughter by Jean E. Pendziwol
- Circe by Madeline Miller
- Kudos by Rachel Cusk
- Shrewed by Elizabeth Renzetti
- The Home for Unwanted Girls by Joanna Goodman
- Warlight by Michael Ondaatje
- The Lion in the Room Next Door by Merilyn Simonds
- Gutenberg's Fingerprint by Merilyn Simonds
- Brother by David Chariandy
- American War by Omar El Akkad
- The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Demaline
- Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
- Heave by Christy Ann Conlin
- Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese
- Red Notice by Bill Browder
- The Boat People by Sharon Bala
- Your Mouth is Lovely by Nancy Richler
- Seven Fallen Feathers by Tanya Talaga
- Forgiveness by Mark Sakamoto
- Song of a Captive Bird by Jasmin Darznik
- Undermajordomo Minor by Patrick DeWitt
- The Second Child by Caroline Bond
- Barkskins by Annie Proulx
- We Were Eight Years in Power by Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
- Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot
On video:
Good to know:
- TIFF Reference Library Here's an audio introduction.
- TPL Kanopy: video streaming service
- TPL Lynda.com: tutorials for technology
