November 2024 Bookclub News

 

Friendsgiving

 

Dear Bookclub,

Our November bookclub has a whole new twist - Friendsgiving is here to stay!  Our evening, pleasantly set in Sue's home, had all the ingredients of an evening beautifully shared with pleasing potluck, a great book for discussion and merry members. Monica Wood's "How to Read a Book" teemed with topics to debate and recall, as we dug deep into our reading experience. Violet, Harriet and Frank wove an endearing tale, (well it was really Monica) and we were entertained and enlightened: poetry! talking birds! Portland - (Maine, that is)!

 

 

 

 

London, politely participating

Diane's share of her realization that the signed copy of "How to Read a Book" gifted from a friend whose home-bookstore is the one and only depicted in the novel was, as Diane would describe, 'a hoot'!

 

Print: A Bookstore, Portland, ME

The birds and the inmates were both enriched by language and the interaction with others. Reading progams in prisons abound; searching on the web yields many results.

 

Book Clubs for Inmates is a program based in Toronto with an interesting list of recent reads:

http://www.bookclubsforinmates.com/what-we-are-reading

Also, please check out this DC based program, "Free Minds" which includes writing:

https://freemindsbookclub.org/about-us/who-we-are/

Dr. Irene Pepperberg

Finally, please watch this short, amazing and beautiful video about avian cognition, featuring Dr. Irene Pepperberg, whose work Monica Wood based the animal intelligence studies in her novel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEWRlOAn6Po

 

Sue's suggestions for an upcoming read:

"Know My Name" Chanel Miller

"Eva of the Nation" Katherine Kirby Smith

"James" Percival Everett * chosen

 

 Up next:

 Happy reading,

LK