June 2025

This month we will be meeting on June 27th, 2025 at 5:30pm. Note that we will meet at Sheila's house.

Mae will lead the discussion, and Sheila will bring book selections for July.

We will be reading The Backyard Bird Chronicles, by Amy Tan. "Amy Tan brings together selections from nine personal journals filled with sketches and handwritten notes of naive observations about birds spotted in her northern California. This is the second Amy Tan book we have read.

There are 3 copies currently available in the Contra Costa Library, and a number more will be due in the next week. Place your holds now!!

May 2025

Next month we meet on the 5th Friday, May 30th
We are reading Bright Lights Big Christmas by Mary Kay Andrews
Review off Amazon:

When fall rolls around, it’s time for Kerry Tolliver to leave her family’s Christmas tree farm in the mountains of North Carolina for the wilds of New York City to help her gruff older brother & his dog, Queenie, sell the trees at the family stand on a corner in Greenwich Village. Sharing a tiny vintage camper and experiencing Manhattan for the first time, Kerry’s ready to try to carve out a new corner for herself.

Fran leads, Mae brings books

See you all next month!

April 2025

This meeting is our 25th anniversary book group meeting. Denise will be our facilitator, and Fran will bring book selections for May.  We will meet in Friday, April 25 at 5:30PM.  

We will be reading There, There, by Tommy Orange.  Here is a very very brief summary from Publisher's Weekly:  "Orange's commanding debut chronicles contemporary Native Americans in Oakland, as their lives collide in the days leading up to the city's inaugural Big Oakland Powwow." 

March 2025

 

Our next meeting is Friday, March 28th.  Denise will bring the book selections and Lisa will lead our discuwssion. 

We are reading Rules for Visiting, by Jessica Francis Kane  A quick description by the Contra Costa Library said

 "Reclusive gardener May Attaway is inspired by her love of classic literature to embark on an odyssey to reconnect with four once-close friends through simple activities and digital encounters that unexpectedly catapult her into viral fame."  

 

February 2025

This month we will be reading Sandwich, by Catherine Newman. This is one of those stories that takes place at the beach house. The protagonist is "sandwiched" between her half-grown kids and her aging parents.  There are over 50 copies in the Contra Costa County Library system, and 18 of them are available right now!!  

We will be meeting on February 28th. Kim will be our facilitatress, and Lisa will bring our book selections. 

Take note that April will be our 25th anniversary.