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.

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.