June 2023

 

This month, we will be reading The Color of Air, by Gail Tsukiyama. This is a book that seems to be available at the library, as well as used online. Check your local library. 

The Contra Costa Library describes this book as "gorgeous and evocative historical novel about a Japanese-American family set against the backdrop of Hawai'i's sugar plantations," and "Alternating between past and present-from the day of the volcano eruption in 1935 to decades prior..."  

We have read The Samurai's Garden (in 2005) and Women of the Silk (in 2009) by the same author. 

We will be meeting on June 23rd, 2023 at the usual location.  Denise will lead our discussion, and Fran will bring book selections for our July read. 

May 2023

 

This month, we are reading our 275th book, The Golem and the Jinni, by Helene Wecker. 

 The plot summary says "Wecker's first novel is a magical tale of two mythical creatures-a golem from a Polish shtetl and a jinni from the Syrian Desert-struggling to fit in among New York's turn-of-the-19th-century immigrants. " 

Lisa will lead our discussion and Denise will bring our June book selections.