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| "Spring Reading" |
Dear Bookclub,
Sitting on the patio of The French Market Grill, we decided that our springtime could not be much better. The food was especially tasty and our conversation, dainty in the springtime-patio fashion, enjoyable. Jane Smiley's "Some Luck" was also enjoyed and anticipation about the proposed trilogy triggered speculation about the development of the characters in this current book. Several characters seemed destined to be something more dramatic. The fading possibility of that drama as the book came to an end was replaced with a satisfaction that the marriage was the drama in its ever-widening scope of time and characters; a fulfilled marriage.
Next month, I plan to have us meet in my dining room so we can challenge dainty conversation. Anthony Doerr's "All the Light We Cannot See" will be a great discussion for sure. And the dainty conversation is not about this book but refers to the private atmosphere; Whiskey and wine will be in attendance.
In a stroke of absolute group genius, at our last meeting, we all collectively threw up our arms and pronounced that all the selections Val proposed were very good and that we'd be happy to read any of them. We are so discriminating.
"The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry" by Gabrielle Zevin *
"The Pearl That Broke its Shell" by Nadia Hashimi
"Leaving Before the Rains Come" by Alexandra Fuller
"A Spool of Blue Thread" by Anne Tyler
*chosen (after all, it was the first).
Happy Reading,
LK
