August 2018 recap

Bernardo Winery - founded 1889

Dear Bookclub,
An old friend updated, the Bernardo Winery's latest restaurant, The Kitchen, was a welcome retreat for our August meeting. Our hostess could not have been anymore inviting; she recognized 'the power' of our bookclub camaraderie as she shared her enthusiasm for San Diego's One Book program. And speaking of "The Power", what an affecting read. Running the gamut from gushes of loving it to wanting it to be over, we all agreed that it was a unique and important work.


Wanda's suggestions for an upcoming read:

"My Way Home" Michael Gaulden
"Educated: A Memoir" Tara Westover*
"The Electric Woman" Tessa Fontaine


 *chosen

 Curious about One Book, One San Diego? Below are the titles being considered for the next city-selection.  This is more about the process and also has the archives : https://www.kpbs.org/one-book/

Up next: David Grann's "Killers of the Flower Moon", as pictured above, top right. We are so relevant.

Happy reading,
LK

August 2018 Bookclub News

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Dear Bookclub,
Fantasizing about spending 5 days in Aspen, doing nothing but read, actually came to fruition as I felt way less than my 110%, handicapped by altitude sensitivity and a cold.  Truly drained and drugged, 'lounging', i.e., trying to get through the days, I began and finished "The Power" in two dreadful days. I had planned to participate in far more: a bike ride designed for conference spouses, historic tour and fly fishing for the same, shopping in a mecca designed for Lynn Kaufman. Instead, cocooned in a vast suite in Snowmass, I entered Naomi Alderman's fiercely imagined world of power. Devouring the first half or so of Alderman's "The Power", I transitioned to a 'get-this-over-with' mode as discomfort from the pages overpowered, pun intended, any other distress. The parallels to a reversed society are eerie and clever. Looking forward to talking this one inside out and backwards.

'... in my world, nothing happens to a man that is not happening to a woman in the world we live in today. So if we find my world to be a dystopia, then we are already living in a dystopia.'

Naomi Alderman on "The Power"

...from little NPR blurb:
https://www.npr.org/2017/12/26/573507226/in-the-power-women-develop-a-weapon-that-changes-everything

The girls: Margaret Atwood and Naomi Alderman

***(Hiking around Maroon Bells, above, once I had acclimated, was cleansing - it smelled sooooo good!)



Wanda's suggestions for an upcoming read:

"My Way Home" Michael Gaulden
"Educated: A Memoir" Tara Wetover
"The Electric Woman" Tessa Fontaine

See you tomorrow!
LK