October 2026

Our next meeting will be Friday, October  23, 2026.  We are reading Isola, by Allegra Goodman. It is amazing that there are 17 copies available on the shelf in the Contra Costa Library right now. Place your copy on hold!!  

Publisher's Weekly summarizes this book: "Goodman delivers an engrossing if overlong account of French noblewoman Marguerite de la Rocque de Roberval (1515--1542), who lived to tell the tale of her solitary exile on an island off the coast of New France."

We will meet at the same place, same time, and a light meal will be served.  

Kim will be bringing book selections for November and Mae will lead our discussion. 

September 2026

We will be meeting on Friday, September 25th. Mae will be bringing book selections, and Fran will facilitate our discussion.

We will be reading The Great Divide, by Cristina Herníquez.  This novel tells the stories of migrant laborers, locals, and others affected by the Panama Canal construction in 1907.  

There are currently four copies available from Contra Costa County Library, and the ebook is available through Hoopla.

August 2026

 This month, we are reading Death Comes for the Archbishop, by Willa Cather.  This book was written in 1927, about a priest who comes to New Mexico in `1851, when this area was new to the United States. The online description says "American by law, but Mexican and Indian in custom."

We meet on Friday, August 21st, the usual place, the usual time (5:30pm).  Fran will be bringing books to read in September.