Talk About a Good Book: Coffee Chat

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December 12th Coffee Chat

At our November 28 bookgroup, we discussed All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. Several members of our group loved the book, but others thought that moving back and forth in the timeline was distracting. Overall, we felt it was a good pick but a bit too literary for our tastes. We had Peach Dump Cake with ice cream.

The group also finished picking our titles for next year:

2017 (Our 14^th year)

January 30	Lilac Girls	Kelly, Martha Hall
February 27	Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation	Roberts, Cokie
March 27	Suspect	Crais, Robert
April 24	Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear	Gilbert, Elizabeth
May 22	House of Silk	Horowitz, Anthony
June 26	Lock In	Scalzi, John
July 31	Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War	Roach, Mary
August 28	Swans of Fifth Avenue	Benjamin, Melanie
September 25	Book that Matters Most	Hood, Ann
October 30	Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II	Kiernan, Denise
November 27	Nightingale	Hannah, Kristin
December 11^th @ 3pm —Coffee Chat about your favorite books of 2017 & get our new list for 2018

Our next meeting will be our Coffee Chat on Monday, December 12th at 3pm. We'll discuss our favorite books in 2016 and pick up the January title. Feel free to bring an appetizer or dessert (although it is not required!)

December 15--Coffee Chat

We had our Coffee Chat yesterday and many of our regular members attended. Some of our favorites from the 2014 book selections included:

Drop Dead Healthy	Jacobs, A.J.
Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald	Fowler, Therese Anne
Home Front	Hannah, Kristin
Good Dream	VanLiere, Donna
Wild	Strayed, Cheryl
Where We Belong	Giffin, Emily

Some of the books we didn't read for book group but were recommended by members included:

The Book Thief	Zusak, Markus
Century Trilogy	Follett, Ken
Fever Tree	McVeigh, Jennifer
Lei Crime series (on order @ LME Library)	Neal, Toby
The Martian	Weir, Andy

Our next book group meeting will be January 26, 2015 at 3pm in the Turner Room. All are welcome! We will be discussing The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin.

Summary: When his most prized possession, a rare collection of Poe poems, is stolen, bookstore owner A. J. Fikry begins isolating himself from his friends, family and associates before receiving a mysterious package that compels him to remake his life. Books are available at the LME Library desk. Discussion sheets can be picked up from the library or are avialable online.

Coffee Chat on December 16

If you'd like to bring something to share (books and/or food), please do! Otherwise there will be coffee and treats provided by the library.