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.

November and December

Last night we established dates, locations and books for the next couple of months.

In November we decided to read The Origin of Species by Nino Ricci. And we're planning to meet at Linda's place on November 17th.


The book for December is Be Near Me by Andrew O'Hagan. Susan will be hosting that on December 15th.

For Jo: The author of The Withdrawal Method is Pasha Malla. And Austen Clarke's new book is called More. Sorry I couldn't recall that last night.

Tuesday evening - my place

A reminder that book club is at my place on Tuesday October 6th - the address is 2010 Islington Avenue #402.

Here's a map:


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For October

Thanks Jane, for hosting last night. I particularly enjoyed your vine-covered patio - so Mediterranean!

Our next meeting will be on October 6th at my place.
The book is Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro.

Map - Ellis Gardens

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