Future of Book Club

In talking with Tasha, the Club has plans to open in June. Whether it be early or mid-June it does not impact our Book Club.

We will begin our list with Michelle Obama's book, Becoming. From there, our list will continue as follows:

The Hidden Life of Trees
Daughter of Molokai
A Little Paris Bookshop
Calypso
American Spy
The Library Book
Art of Happiness

With social distancing in place we will not be in the Sefton of Wine rooms, but the Board Room which will accommodate about 8, I believe.  We will then use Zoom or some other form of video conferencing to enable a larger group to attend. This will also provide those who are less willing to personally attend to still participate. When making reservations, I encourage you to designate your choice.

There will be no buffets or passed food. We will, however, be able to order food from the bar or dining menu.

Reading while sheltering in Place

Since we never have time to read and discuss those lengthy books - over 450 pages I put together a list of longer books that I would recommend. Googling for such lists is interesting, but I know nothing about who put them together. So I made my own list which is here.

Mary’s Recommended Readings

Outlander Series

Harry Potter Series

Lord of the Rings Series

Don Winslow’s Border Trilogy

The Stand – King

100 Years of Solitude or Love in the Time of Cholera – Marquez

Count of Monte Christo

War and Peace

Anna Karenina

The Gulag Archipeligo

The Tin Drum

Shogun

A Suitable Boy

The Goldfinch

Rutherfod city series

Michener

Gone with the Wind

Woman in White

NONFICTION

Blowout – Maddow (oil industry)

Bottle of Lies – Eban (generic drug industry)

Catch & Kill – Farrow (Weinstein)

Educated – Westover 

The Only Woman in the Room – Benedict (Heddi LaMarr)

Front Row at the Trump Show – Karl

The Splendid and the Vile – Larsson (Churchill’s 1^st yr as PM)

Russians Among Us – Corera (the source for the series The Americans)

Know My Name - Miller

She  Said - Kantor & Twohey

Will the Cat Eat my Eyeballs

The Kiss of the Sweet Scottish Rain - McWilliams

Shout - Anderson

I have read several. others that are political in nature such as: 

Threat - McCabe

Apprentice - Miller

Seige - Wolf

Factfullness - Rosline

Short but worth reading!

Things Fall Apart - Achebe

Woman at Point Zero - El Saadawi

Recent Reads and Recommendations

Some books I have read recently and recommend:

Blowout by Rachel Madow.  about the oil industry + fracking
The Bottle of Lies - Eban - the generic drug industry
Catch and Kill - Farrow. - about H Weinstein et al
She Said - Canor and Twohey - another "me too"
The Silent Meow - Gallico.  for cat lovers

If you like thrillers, I have discovered, at the recommendation of my daughter in law the series by Estelle Ryan. What I love about these books is that the protagonist has high functioning autism, a Ph.D. in nonverbal communication (my area of interest) and works for a high-end art insurance company.  There are several other characters, each with their own unique skills and issues. The author portrays autism with such sensitivity.

Book List for 2020

January
Where the Crawdads Sing

February
The Only Woman in the Room

March
Siddhartha

April
Becoming


May
The Hidden Life of Trees

June
Daughter of Molokai

July
A Little Paris Bookshop

August
Calypso

September
American Spy

October
The Library Book

November
Art of Happiness