August 2015 Recap

Dear Bookclub,
After yet another midlife calendar crisis, we rallied and met two weeks post our normal schedule. It was a nice gathering at Cork and Craft although we missed Wanda's presence. She was happily occupied. Now, between Hazel Poe and Chase Paul ..... two new grandchildren in our fold!! With literary sounding names too.

"The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry" was just what our summer reading lists ordered as we all agreed it was an enjoyable fling with our virtual pages.

Up next - (spoiler alert):

Erik Larsen's  "Dead Wake" is our September read. TG put the following program on our radar. I am chasing the channels and hope to see it ASAP. I believe it will be shown next on August 31st.

http://www.smithsonianchannel.com/shows/sinking-the-lusitania-an-american-tragedy/0/3420538

We discussed moving our September date given the first Wednesday would be two short weeks after our delayed August meeting. I believe we agreed on 9/9 but I could be wrong.... anybody? Location is TF's choice.

Books considered for our next selection included:

"The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace" by Jeff Hobbs *chosen
"Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932" by Francine Prose
"1 Dead in Attic after Katrina" by Chris Rose
"The Miniaturist" by Jessie Burton

Keep on reading!
LK

August Bookclub News

Dear Bookclub,
August 12 will be our next rendezvous, to discuss "The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry" by Gabrielle Zevin.

'A love letter to the joys of reading', as described in a March 2014 NPR interview, the novel delves into describing characters based on what they are reading. Fikry's bookstore is an avenue to our passion with the book along with love, loss and friendship. Zevin describes Fikry as an extremely isolated character who reads in order to avoid engaging yet she says, "the best thing about reading is that it kind of can help us engage with other people."  Bookclub!! Please enjoy the entire NPR interview: http://www.npr.org/2014/03/28/294393870/in-storied-life-characters-come-with-a-reading-list


Let's lunch at "Brooklyn Girl" at 12:30 on August 12 for our discussion.

http://brooklyngirleatery.com/


Happy reading,
LK