Bookclub With No Name

On July 17th we met in Jo's  sun-dappled "secret garden", to discuss Table for Two by Amor Towles, a book containing six short stories and a novella. We agreed that the author's tales, which were set in New York and Los Angeles in the first half of the 20th century, were intriguing. They feature a wide variety of interesting characters in challenging situations over which they have no control. Hamilton Cain in a New York Times review points out that the these are "morality plays about power, as Towles cunningly weaves in themes of exploitation, an allusion to Shelley's 'Ozymandias', a bust of Julius Caesar glimpsed [by one of the protagonists] on the Ides of March."  https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/30/books/review/amor-towles-table-for-two.html

A couple of other books that were mentioned included The Normal Rules Don't Apply by Kate Atkinson, Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver. Things we are watching include: Dr. Blake Mysteries, Bodkin, Blue Lights, Professor T, and Grace. 

We enjoyed delicious snacks, topped off by a terrific chocolate cake that looked like something from a photo in a Gourmet magazine!

We are meeting on August 28th at Wanda's, when we can bring our choice of book(s) or poem(s) etc. that have caught our interest recently.