August 2022

 

August 9

Miss Benson's Beetle

Barbara's House

Ann - dessert

Sarah -- review

July 2022

 Tuesday, July 12 at 5pm

 1930s Cocktail Party at Paula's newly remodeled home

Judy will review The Personal Librarian by Benedict & Murray

Get your '30s vibe on and dress the part!

The party was fabulous with amazing food and drink, delightful costumes, and a lively discussion about the book.  Thanks to Paula and family for a great speakeasy experience!  For you enjoyment, Paula has shared images of the menus:

Cocktail Menu

Bill of Fare

Our Newest Book List!

Women of Literatae,  

Voting is finished and we have a new slate of books!  Lots of folks voted and it was a tight race.  As always, I'll add the Long List to the link at the top right of the website, so you can check out nominated titles that didn't make the short list. 

Since we're meeting on Tuesday, let's decide the order for reading the books together.  If you want to sign up to host or provide dessert ahead of time, here's the grid.  I'll print it out Tuesday afternoon and we can finish filling it in at our meeting.  Hope to see you then!

The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz

The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray.

White River Red by Becky Marietta

This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger

West With Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge

Miss Benson’s Beetle by Rachel Joyce. 

Everything You Need to Vote

Women of Literatae,

Thank you so much for getting your title recommendations in! We wound up with 14 titles this cycle.  A nice number to choose from.

You're getting a few extra days to vote.  I have all of this ready a few days early, as I have Covid (again) and have been confined to my house with lots of time to work on the slideshow and other documents.  Hope you all stay well!

Here's what I've put together for you. Votes are due by online ballot by midnight on June 11. Fill in the Volunteer Grid as you see fit. If you have any problems with any of the links, please let me know so I can adjust settings.

The slide show of Spring 2022 Nominees is now available. See all the titles, book jackets, publisher summaries, comments from nominators, and Fayetteville Public Library, Washington County Library System, and Amazon availability. They are divided into a Fiction and a Biography, Memoir, & Nonfiction section. In an attempt to present them objectively, I arranged them by author.
You may need to click the present button in the upper right corner to view the presentation. Then use the enter key or click your mouse to step through the slides. If you want to return to an earlier slide, use the left arrow key to go back. The escape key will get you out of the presentation at any time.

Scratch Paper Ballot: If you're like me, you need to decide on paper before voting on an electronic ballot. Print this ballot for a list of titles in the same order as the slideshow. To fill out the online ballot, you will need to rank your six choices 1-6, with 1 being your top pick and 6 your bottom pick.

Online Ballot: Once you have decided on your six choices and ranked them 1-6, use this online ballot to vote. Remember that you will not rank titles other than the six you have selected. I've included ranking of the titles so that in the event of a tie, we will not have to have a run-off.

Volunteer Grid: Sign up for house, reviewer, and dessert. Of course, all of this is subject to the course of Covid19.

Happy voting!

Sarah

June 2022

Tuesday, June 14 at 4pm at Leigh's house.

Trudy will review The Midnight Library by Matt Haig.

Paula will provide dessert.

Spring 2022 Book Selection

 Timeline for Book Selection

Rough Running List of Titles Nominated

May 2022

Tuesday, May 10 at 4pm

at Connie's house.

Rita will review Harry's Trees by Jon Cohen.

Dessert by Connie

April 2022

Tuesday, April 12 at 4pm

on Talya's patio.

De Ann will review Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro.

Talya will prepare dessert

January - March 2022

 

We hunkered down in our individual homes and did not meet in January, February, or March.  

December 2021

Potluck Cancelled.  We will either push all selected books forward or leapfrog this one to March, depending on the responses from the group.  It's also been suggested that we do a spring book exchange in March.  --skr

Tuesday, December 14 at 4pm.

Potluck Christmas Party at Barbara's.

    Soup: Barbara

    Cheesecake: Connie

    Rum Cake:  Carolyn

    Dessert of her Choice:  Paula

    Bread:  Nancy & Judy

    Wine: everybody else

    Bring a wrapped book for gift exchange.  New or used, but heed Kathy Lemons' rule:  "No shitty books."

Book:  The Midnight Library by Matt Haig.

Reviewer:  Trudy

November 2021

We met on Kathy's back porch, where Connie reviewed Deacon King Kong.  We had a long discussion about how to proceed, as the colder months were approaching and the winter months would prohibit outdoor meetings.  Zoom meetings weren't popular.  It was decided that the ultimate call was with the hostess, and that individuals would have to do what they felt best.  Carolyn was suffering from allergies.  We all left feeling good about our plan, and then Carolyn tested positive for Covid....

October 2021

We met on Sarah's back porch -- a last minute change -- and had Klondike bars as dessert.  Our reading assignment was a Reader's Choice of any Agatha Christie mystery.  Tonia gave a great review on Christie and how not all of her novels have stood the test of time.