November 2026

We will meet early in November because Thanksgiving interrupts the 4th Friday. So we will be meeting on Friday, November 20, 2026, same bat time, same bat place, same bat dinner.  Lisa will bring book selections and Kim will facilitate our discussion.

We will be reading At the Edge of the Orchard, by Tracy Chevalier. Publisher's weekly notes that this author's eighth novel "...is a compelling showcase of 19th-century American pioneering spirit in which a family from Connecticut struggles to establish an apple orchard in the swamplands of Ohio. James Goodenough can trace his family and his beloved Golden Pippin apples back to England, though he seeks his own future away from his family's farm. "

At the time of our choice, there were 7 copies in the Contra Costa Library, as well as audiobooks and ebooks. 

Read on!!

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.