The June 2026 Meeting of Wine & Words Book Club was held at Kay’s – We enjoyed touring her garden, which was at it’s peak of spring abundance! All members were present.

Books discussed:

The Calamity Club, the author of the Help recommended by Christine Koplowitz.

The Corespondent , our book for June, was enjoyed by all who read it.

Karen – I See You Called in Dead, about obituaries

Sandie – The Guernsey Literary an Potato Peel Pie Society

Cindy – told us about family who crashes funerals …Cindy, was it one of these?

The Funeral Crashers by Joanna Nell – A heartwarming contemporary novel about two lonely older adults who meet at a church service and intentionally start crashing strangers’ funerals for connection and community.
The Funeral Crasher by Noemi Moretti – A contemporary romance about a protagonist who secretly crashes strangers’ funerals as a ritual to cope with grief.
The Joy of Funerals by Alix Strauss – A collection of interconnected stories focusing on various women dealing with loneliness, one of whom regularly attends strangers’ furerals.

Sandie – Republic of Memory , Sci-fi/Fantasy about the clash of cultures on a spaceship traveling to a new planet. Sandie said it was a long complicated plot, was hard to keep track of the many characters and the ending felt rushed.

Cindy- Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883

Kay – Christian’s Against Christianity

Linda – The Gray Wolf, by Louise Penny – The 19th mystery in the #1 New York Times-bestselling Armand Gamache series.

Jodi- An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s

Karen – The Things we Never Say

Sandie – Project Hail Mary movie

We will discuss books we read over the summer at the September meeting.