Wine and Words Book Club Summary from 10/24/23 The October meeting was held at Karen’s and she provided a fruit, cheese and salmon platter from Whole Foods, which were awesome. She served them on three wooden platters with handles that Karen found on the Food 52 website. They no longer carry the platters, but it…

The meeting of Wine and Words Book Club was held at Jodi’s and we enjoyed hors ‘d oeuvres and peach Aperol spritzer cocktails. They were delicious! The book for the month was Remarkably Bright Creatures, by Shelby Van Pelt, which is a wonderful story about a woman who befriends an octopus. Anne is reading: The…

Note taking for the past few meetings was sparse, so this is a summary of March and April, 2023, of the Wine and Word Book Club meetings. In March the meeting was held at Linda’s and we discussed Lessons in Chemestry, by Bonnie Garmus. We discussed the Best Picture winner, Everything, Everywhere, All at Once,…

The February meeting of Wine and Words Book Club was held at Anne’s and everyone attended except Linda, who was traveling. Anne treated us to an amazing appetizer selection of assorted cheeses, crackers, fruit, spanakopita, deviled eggs and cookies. Jodi emailed the members a review on Lessons in Chemistry. It will be our book for…

The January meeting of Wine and Words Book Club was held at Jan’s and was attended by Anne, Jodi, Kay, Linda, Jan and Sandie. Books members shared at the meeting: Cloud Cuckooland, by Anthony Doerr, the author of a previous book club selection, All the Light we Cannot See. The Secrets of Underground Medicine, by…

The annual Holiday Gathering of the Wine and Words Book Club was held on 12/7/22 at The Black Cat, where Happy Hour drinks and food were enjoyed by all. Thank you, Cindy, for making the reservation. Kay brought the young adults’ book, Meltdown: Discover Earth’s Irreplaceable Glaciers and Learn What You Can Do to Save…

The October meeting of Wine and Words Book Club was held at Sandie’s home and all members were present for the first time since the start of the COVID outbreak in early 2020. The book for October was A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World, by C. A. Fletcher. Most members…

Here are the brief notes from Tuesday’s Wine and Words Book Club meeting. Linda, Sandie, Cindy, Jan, and Anne, attended the meeting at Kay’s home. Books brought to the meeting: The Egg and I: https://a.co/eoEUDpN The Murder of Mr. Wickham: https://a.co/8DRAwvG The Man Who Died Twice: https://a.co/diBkBF9 The Spanish Daughter: https://a.co/1bd626q England, England: https://a.co/6EfhS3J Summer…

(No February meetings, since several members were traveling) Discussed  Linclon Highway – Most members enjoyed the book but weren’t satisfied with the ending. Kay and Linda read Dan Brown’s Origin – recommended for summer reading. Sandie read The Maid and recommended The Power of Now, by Ekhart Tolle for personal reading. Karen brought these books to…

Really fun to “see” everyone (except we missed Kay) last night for ZOOM book club January 2022! The book for this month was The Choice, by Edith Eger. I think we all enjoyed this book. This woman is awesome and has some insights that others do not have. It is good that she shares her…