A Change? A Clarification?

Maureen has a conflict on April 1st so we're going to meet at Jo's instead. 
Are we all in agreement with that?

And about May, my notes indicated that Jane would host, but they didn't specify which Jane.  Was it supposed to be Jane M?  I guess we can confirm that for sure when we're together in April. 

Also mentioned

Having heard nothing I'm going to go with Children of Dust by Ali Eteraz because it does sound like one we might like to read.

And now I remember we talked about The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery too.

Children of Dust?

Please help me out.  I'm not even sure who suggested this book. 
Was it Children of Dust by Ali Eteraz?  Or Children of the Dust as I wrote in my notes? 

I'm Impressed

This blog is amazing....photos of the book covers!!!!! Well done Marion.

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.