Here in February

Wanda hosted our February gathering yesterday afternoon. It was perfect. Together we found glimmers of hope and personal reasons to celebrate in a troubled world. Our book was Here the Dark by David Bergen. It was thought provoking; we might have spent more time talking about it.
It seems there is never enough time. 

One thing we did accomplish was a tentative plan for the spring months. We have chosen a few dates, and are starting again to host in alphabetical order. That means that Jane will be hosting the next meeting. It will be on April 4th at 1 pm and the book will be Lessons In Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus.

We chose April 25th for Jan to host, but are prepared to make a change because Jan did not actually have a say in this choice, being away yesterday. I believe that we chose May 30th to meet at Jo's place. I was answering a phone call when this was decided so I may have it wrong. There should be plenty of lead time to make a correction if needed. We did not make any further book selections. 

Some webinar lectures were recommended. Possibly lecture series like  Learning Unlimited Etobicoke, Lifelong Learning Mississauga and Thornhill Lifelong Learning are only improving since they have moved to an online format. 

Books we Mentioned

• China Unbound: a new world disorder by Joanna Chiu
• Run Towards the Danger by Sarah Polley
• Snow Falling on Cedars by David Gutterson
  
• Lungfish by Meghan Gilliss
• Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
  
• Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
• Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
• The Relatives by Camilla Gibb
• This is Happy by Camilla Gibb
• Lessons In Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

What we are Watching

• Away from Her
• Tar
• Everything Everywhere All at Once
• The Banshees of Inisherin
• The Fabelmans
• Anne with an E
• The Detectorists
• The Undeclared War
• Truth and Lies
• All Creatures Great and Small
• Son of a Critch