February 2024

This month, we will once again meet on the 4th Friday - February 23rd. Same time, same place. 

We are reading Remarkably Bright Creatures, by Shelby Van Pelt

Library summary of the plot:  "For fans of A Man Called Ove, a luminous debut novel about a widow's unlikely friendship with a giant Pacific octopus reluctantly residing at the local aquarium-and the truths she finally uncovers about her son's disappearance 30 years ago"

Take note - copies are difficult to get from the Contra Costa Library. Check other libraries you might have access to, or purchase from your favorite bookseller.  Start finding your copy TODAY!!! 

Denise will lead our discussion and Mae will bring book selections for March. 

See you there!!

January 2024

 

Our next meeting will be Friday, January 26th, 2024.  We will be reading The Book of Lost Friends, by Lisa Wingate, published in 2020. The Library Journal says: 

After the Civil War, the Southern Christian Advocate, a newspaper for the African American community distributed throughout the South, included a column called "Lost Friends" that allowed individuals to advertise for information about missing loved ones, generally sold off or stolen before or during the war. That column is the inspiration for this enthralling and ultimately heartening new novel from Wingate (Before We Were Yours).

There are many copies in the Contra Costa library  388 pages. 

Fran will facilitate our discussion, and Denise will bring the next book selections. 

December 2023

This month, we will be reading Nation, by Terry Pratchett

Contra Contra Costa Library briefly describes this novel: 

After a devastating tsunami destroys all that they have ever known, Mau, an island boy, and Daphne, an aristocratic English girl, together with a small band of refugees, set about rebuilding their community and all the things that are important in their lives.

In his lifetime, the author Terry Pratchett wrote over 70 books. This Young Adult novel was published in 2008.

Our meeting will be on Friday, December 29th (between Christmas and New Year's!). Lisa will lead the discussion and Denise will bring our book selections for January.