Book Four

June 18, 2010 @ Stacey's

One Thousand White Women, by Jim Fergus

The Literary Spirits gather at Stacey's - bring on the M & M's!

Do I see a hammock in Cory's future?

What was the name of that wine, Stacey?  It had a wonderful peppery flavor!

SO happy the rain has stopped and summer is here!

Lounging.  I think we could get used to this!

Juli:  "I LOVE candid shots!"

How the group rated One Thousand White Women (out of 5):

The bottle has not yet been consumed and will be carefully transported to the group's next meeting:

Thursday, July 22, 2010
6:00 p.m.
Jackie's House

 The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley

Also keep in mind the selection for August 20, 2010:

The Brief, Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz

Book Three

May 14, 2010 @ Cora Lee's

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, by Betty Smith

The bottle has not yet been consumed and will be carefully transported to the group's next meeting:

Friday, June 18, 2010

6:00 p.m.

Stacey's House

The three choices:

Alias Grace, by Margaret Atwood

1000 White Women, by Jim Fergus

Scenic Route, by Binnie Kirshenbaum

                The final choice has been made!

Review

Just came across this review of ATGiB:  http://www.hackwriters.com/brooklyn.htm

Here's a snippet:

The novel is a total masterpiece. At almost 500 hundred pages there is not a thing I’d cut- not a chapter, paragraph, sentence, nor word. It is a work of fiction the equal of Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick, Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn, and some other great works like John Steinbeck’s The Grapes Of Wrath, Richard Matheson’s I Am Legend, Charles Johnson’s Oxherding Tale, and the best of Kurt Vonnegut and William Kennedy. In fact, it might be the best of the bunch.

Book Two

April 16, 2010 @ Carol's

Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven, by Susan Jane Gilman

  Juli expresses herself in the kitchen. I believe this is her "I'll always remember the little people" pose.

  Carol and Cora Lee, ready to share their remarkable insights (and wondering how they, too, can use chopsticks as hair ornaments).

Cory, still a little high from the heavenly scent of Jack's cinnamon rolls.

Stacey settles in for a lively conversation or is that just the wine talking?

                        

The group, with Snape about to provide much needed levity.

Oh, that Snape is such a card!

The bottle has not yet been consumed and will be carefully transported to the group's next meeting: 

Friday, May 14, 2010

6:00 p.m.

Cora Lee's House

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

Book One

March 5, 2010 @ Jackie's

Remarkable Creatures, by Tracy Chevalier

Stacey sent this bottle of wine to the group, even though she couldn't attend the first meeting.  In honor of that magnanimus gesture, the bottle will be forwarded to the next meeting.