Looking ahead

Last night we made a plan for the next few months as follows:

On April 1st we're meeting at Maureen's place to talk about Half A Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

On May 25th the book will be The Golden Mean by Annabel Lyon and we'll be at Jane's.

As usual the June meeting will be at Jan's for dinner. The date we chose is June 24th and the book is The Mistress of Nothing by Kate Pullinger.

Also mentioned last night were:



Heroic Measures by Jill Ciment

Still Alice by Lisa Genova

Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

More about Elizabeth Strout

Here are a couple of interviews that Elizabeth Strout has given about Olive Kitterage.

On Point with Tom Ashbrook has this audio file (click on LISTEN TO THIS SHOW button near the top).

Another audio file is here, at a blog called Pen on Fire by Barbara DeMarco-Barrett.

Elizabeth Strout talks with Robert Birnbaum here (text interspersed with chunks of audio).

The Disappeared by Kim Echlin was mentioned last night as an interesting read.

Here's a review at the National Post, and another at Quill and Quire.

See you all at Jan's on Wednesday March 3rd for The Bishop's Man.

Infidel, Murder in Amsterdam and Submission

Well that was certainly a spirited conversation! Thank you Wanda for hosting.

Our next book will be Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout.

Jane has offered to host for Olive Kitteridge on Monday, the 25th of January when Saara will be visiting and able to join us.

Following that we decided to read The Bishop's Man by Linden Macintyre. We'll meet at Jan's place on Wednesday, March 3rd.




Among the books mentioned last night were
When Will There Be Good News? by Kate Atkinson,
and People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks.

Video

Last evening

It was a good time. Great conversation and the food... yum! Thank you Susan.

Our next book club will be at Wanda's place on January 7th? (I must have forgotten to save the entry - did we finally settle on the 7th?) and we're reading two books:

Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali



and Murder in Amsterdam:The Death of Theo Van Gogh and the Limits of Tolerance by Ian Buruma


Other books mentioned and recommended last night were:

Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore
Too Much Happiness by Alice Munro
Last Night in Twisted River by John Irving
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

Re Muscle Activation Techniques: http://www.muscleactivation.com/ and here's a site I found with explanatory videos: http://www.fitness-werks.com/mat_video.htm

Ho ho ho!

Kathleen's first visit to Santa.

Change of day

A reminder that next month we'll be at Susan's on Monday the 14th.

And would anyone be able to post the titles of books we talked about?

I remember Susan mentioning Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali.
And I forgot to mention Alice Munro's Too Much Happiness the other night. It's wonderful.