Nicolette picked up Debra and I, and on the drive up we listened to Louise Penny's The Brutal Telling on audio. I had also just started reading the book the book Still Life, by the same author. What an interesting experience! Reading the first in series, while listening to the fifth, as Chief Inspector Gamache solves the murder while in the Quebecois village of Three Pines. The same characters had grown and changed by the fifth, their lives evolving in the not-so-quiet town.
We arrived at Nicki's and walked over the stone road, past the pond with the singing bullfrogs, around the curve and down the hill to Louise's, where we discussed the first book over brunch with mimosas, quiche, limoncello mousse, and fresh fruit. Nicki, Louise, Linda, Laura, Virginia, Nicolette, Debra, and me.
A quick trip into town and then back to Nicki's. As he has done over the years, while her husband Tim was hosting his radio show he played two different versions of "Fever," teasing us for hot and cold flashes and afternoon naps.
A rainy afternoon, while we picked the books for the coming year. A tasty meal, and then back to the car for the long drive home.
A rainy afternoon, while we picked the books for the coming year. A tasty meal, and then back to the car for the long drive home.
Booklist 2018-2019
Sept 5, 2018- Diane: Horse Walks into a Bar by David Grossman
Oct 3, 2018- Nicolette: Enlightenment Now by Stephen Pinker
Nov 7, 2018- Laura: Sixty, A Diary of my Sixty first year by Ian Brown
Dec 5, 2018- Virginia: Unearthed - Love, Acceptance, and Other lessons from an Abandoned Garden by Alexandra Risen
Jan 9, 2019- Debra: The Psychopath Inside: A Neuroscientist's Personal JourneyInto the Dark Side by James Fallon
Feb 6 2019- Pat: The Music Shop by Rachel Joyce
March 6 2019- Nicki: Before We Were Yours, by Lisa Wingate
April 3 2019 Liz :Republic of Love by Carol Shields
May 1 2019-Miriam: The Nest by Kenneth Oppel
June 22 2019 -AGM Louise: Five Smooth Stones by Ann Fairbairn
Honourable Mentions
My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
Mistakes Were Made but Not by Me by Carol Tavris
The Silent Wife by A.S.A. Harrison
Barkskins by Annie Proulx
Consumption by Kevin Patterson
The World As it Is by Ben Rhodes
The Break by Katherena Vermette
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid
The Japanese Lover by Isabelle Allende
Stranger the Dream by Laini Taylor
Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly
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So gladd you could come even for just the day!
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