April 6, 2023
The Marcellus Township Wood Memorial Library Book Club
Meeting Minutes
April 6, 2023
The Marcellus Township Wood Memorial Library Book Club met at the library on April 6, 2023, from 12 Noon to 1:00 PM. We were treated to a wonderful home baked pound cake in front of the fireplace and enjoyed discussing the books that are described below.
Unnatural History: An Alex Delaware Novel by Jonathan Kellerman
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In Library: Book and Libby e-book
MelCat: Book and Audiobook
Description: “Los Angeles is a city of stark contrast, the palaces of the affluent coexisting uneasily with the hellholes of the mad and the needy. That shadow world and the violence it breeds draw brilliant psychologist Dr. Alex Delaware and Detective Milo Sturgis into an unsettling case of altruism gone wrong. On a superficially lovely morning, a woman shows up for work with her usual enthusiasm. She’s the newly hired personal assistant to a handsome, wealthy photographer and is ready to greet her boss with coffee and good cheer. Instead, she finds him slumped in bed, shot to death. The victim had recently received rave media attention for his latest project: images of homeless people in their personal “dream” situations, elaborately costumed and enacting unfulfilled fantasies. There are some, however, who view the whole thing as nothing more than crass exploitation, citing token payments and the victim’s avoidance of any long-term relationships with his subjects. Has disgruntlement blossomed into homicidal rage? Or do the roots of violence reach down to the victim’s family—a clan, sired by an elusive billionaire, that is bizarre in its own right? Then new murders arise, and Alex and Milo begin peeling back layer after layer of intrigue and complexity, culminating in one of the deadliest threats they’ve ever faced.” (https://www.amazon.com/Unnatural-History-Alex-Delaware-Novel/dp/0525618619)
Comments: The patron sharing her perspectives about this book, told the group that that author, Jonathan Kellerman is a child psychologist and his experience in this field shows in the characters he crafts in his books. In this book, a 30ish wealthy Los Angeles photographer takes pictures of the homeless and while doing this asks his subjects about their desires and wishes. The photographer is found murdered and solving the mystery of who murdered him is the central theme of the book. This author had written a number of books in a series, but the patron indicated that they do not have to be read in order. She recommended this book to the other members.
The Golden Spoon by Tessa Maxwell
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In Library: Book
In MelCat: Book, Large Print Book, Audiobook
Description: “Every summer for the past ten years, six awe-struck bakers have descended on the grounds of Grafton, the leafy and imposing Vermont estate that is not only the filming site for “Bake Week” but also the childhood home of the show’s famous host, celebrated baker Betsy Martin. The author of numerous bestselling cookbooks and hailed as “America’s Grandmother,” Betsy Martin isn’t as warm off-screen as on, though no one needs to know that but her. She has always demanded perfection, and gotten it with a smile, but this year something is off. As the baking competition commences, things begin to go awry. At first, it’s merely sabotage—sugar replaced with salt, a burner turned to high—but when a body is discovered, everyone is a suspect. A sharp and suspenseful thriller for mystery buffs and avid bakers alike, The Golden Spoon is a brilliant puzzle filled with shocking twists and turns that will keep you reading late into the night until you turn the very last page of this incredible debut.” (https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Golden-Spoon/Jessa-Maxwell/9781668008003)
Comments: The patron reviewing this book provided a synopsis of the story to the group. She indicated that the book is rich in characters and motives. She felt that the middle of the book slowed but the ending was “wonderful.” She recommended this mystery to others.
Union Street Bakery by Mary Ellen Taylor
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In Library: Book
MelCat: Book and Audiobook
Description: “Life can turn on a dime. It’s a common cliché, and I’d heard it often enough. People die or move away. Investments go south. Affairs end. Loved ones betray us...Stuff happens. Daisy McCrae’s life is in tatters. She’s lost her job, broken up with her boyfriend, and has been reduced to living in the attic above her family’s store, The Union Street Bakery, while learning the business. Unfortunately, the bakery is in serious hardship. Making things worse is the constant feeling of not being a “real” McCrae since she was adopted as a child and has a less-than-perfect relationship with her two sisters. Then a long-standing elderly customer passes away, and for some reason bequeaths Daisy a journal dating back to the 1850s, written by a slave girl named Susie. As she reads, Daisy learns more about her family—and her own heritage—than she ever dreamed. Haunted by dreams of the young Susie, who beckons Daisy to “find her,” she is compelled to look further into the past of the town and her family. What she finds are the answers she has longed for her entire life, and a chance to begin again with the courage and desire she thought she lost for good.” (https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/15808324)
Comments: The patron reviewing this book provided a story synopsis to the others. Given that the main character’s genealogy is an important theme in the book, having a family tree in the inside cover or at the back of the book would have been a nice addition. The patron recommended the book to others and said that reading the book compelled her to visit a bakery!
About My Mother: True Stories of a Horse-Crazy Daughter and her Baseball-Obsessed Mother: A Memoir by Peggy Rowe
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In Library: Not Available
MelCat: Book
Description: “A love letter to mothers everywhere, About My Mother will make you laugh and cry—and see yourself in its reflection. Peggy Rowe’s story of growing up as the daughter of Thelma Knobel is filled with warmth and humor. But Thelma could be your mother—there’s a Thelma in everyone’s life. She’s the person taking charge—the one who knows instinctively how things should be. Today, Thelma would be described as an alpha personality, but while growing up, her daughter Peggy saw her as a dictator—albeit a benevolent, loving one. They clashed from the beginning—Peggy, the horse-crazy tomboy, and Thelma, the genteel-yet-still-controlling mother, committed to raising two refined, ladylike daughters. Good luck. When major league baseball came to town in the early 1950s and turned sophisticated Thelma into a crazed Baltimore Orioles groupie, nobody was more surprised and embarrassed than Peggy. Life became a series of compromises—Thelma tolerating a daughter who pitched manure and galloped the countryside, while Peggy learned to tolerate the whacky Orioles fan who threw her underwear at the television, shouted insults at umpires, and lived by the orange-and-black schedule taped to the refrigerator door.” (https://www.simonandschuster.net/books/About-My-Mother/Peggy-Rowe/9781948677165)
Comment: The patron reviewing this book had also read Peggy Rowe’s book Vacuuming in the Nude and preferred that book to About My Mother. She shared that the book was interesting but that if selecting one of Ms. Rowe’s books to go with Vacuuming in the Nude.
Miss Eliza’s English Kitchen: A Novel of Victorian Cooking and Friendship by Annabel Abbs
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In Library: Not Available
MelCat: Book, Large Print Book, and Audiobook
Description: “Annabel Abbs, the award-winning author of The Joyce Girl, returns with the brilliant real-life story of Eliza Acton and her assistant as they revolutionized British cooking and cookbooks around the world. Before Mrs. Beeton and well before Julia Child, there was Eliza Acton, who changed the course of cookery writing forever. England, 1835. London is awash with thrilling new ingredients, from rare spices to exotic fruits. But no one knows how to use them. When Eliza Acton is told by her publisher to write a cookery book instead of the poetry she loves, she refuses—until her bankrupt father is forced to flee the country. As a woman, Eliza has few options. Although she’s never set foot in a kitchen, she begins collecting recipes and teaching herself to cook. Much to her surprise she discovers a talent – and a passion – for the culinary arts. Eliza hires young, destitute Ann Kirby to assist her. As they cook together, Ann learns about poetry, love and ambition. The two develop a radical friendship, breaking the boundaries of class while creating new ways of writing recipes. But when Ann discovers a secret in Eliza’s past, and finds a voice of her own, their friendship starts to fray. Based on the true story of the first modern cookery writer, Miss Eliza’s English Kitchen is a spellbinding novel about female friendship, the struggle for independence, and the transcendent pleasures and solace of food.” (https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/miss-elizas-english-kitchen-annabel-abbs/1139029758)
Comments: The patron reviewing this book had just started. The main character attempts to spice up an old cookbook’s recipes with new, innovative ingredients. The patron commented that the old recipes in the book included nonstandard measurements that had to be standardized. This is often true of recipes handed down through the generations—a pinch of this, a handful of that, a dash of something else.
Spare by Prince Harry
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In Library: Book, Libby e-book, and Libby Audiobook
MelCat: Book, Large Print Book
Description: “It was one of the most searing images of the twentieth century: two young boys, two princes, walking behind their mother’s coffin as the world watched in sorrow—and horror. As Princess Diana was laid to rest, billions wondered what Prince William and Prince Harry must be thinking and feeling—and how their lives would play out from that point on. For Harry, this is that story at last. Before losing his mother, twelve-year-old Prince Harry was known as the carefree one, the happy-go-lucky Spare to the more serious Heir. Grief changed everything. He struggled at school, struggled with anger, with loneliness—and, because he blamed the press for his mother’s death, he struggled to accept life in the spotlight. At twenty-one, he joined the British Army. The discipline gave him structure, and two combat tours made him a hero at home. But he soon felt more lost than ever, suffering from post-traumatic stress and prone to crippling panic attacks. Above all, he couldn’t find true love. Then he met Meghan. The world was swept away by the couple’s cinematic romance and rejoiced in their fairy-tale wedding. But from the beginning, Harry and Meghan were preyed upon by the press, subjected to waves of abuse, racism, and lies. Watching his wife suffer, their safety and mental health at risk, Harry saw no other way to prevent the tragedy of history repeating itself but to flee his mother country. Over the centuries, leaving the Royal Family was an act few had dared. The last to try, in fact, had been his mother. . . .For the first time, Prince Harry tells his own story, chronicling his journey with raw, unflinching honesty. A landmark publication, Spare is full of insight, revelation, self-examination, and hard-won wisdom about the eternal power of love over grief.” (https://www.amazon.com/Spare-Prince-Harry-Duke-Sussex/dp/0593593804)
Comments: The patron reviewing this book indicated that she alternately felt that Prince Harry complained too much about his experiences in the Royal family and then felt sorry for him and the challenges that he faced.
The House in the Pines by Anna Reyes
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In Library: Book, Libby e-book, Libby Audiobook
MelCat: Book and Audiobook
Description: “Maya was a high school senior when her best friend, Aubrey, mysteriously dropped dead in front of the enigmatic man named Frank whom they’d been spending time with all summer. Seven years later, Maya lives in Boston with a loving boyfriend and is kicking the secret addition that has allowed her to cope with what happened years ago, the gaps in her memories, and the lost time that she can’t account for. But her past comes rushing back when she comes across a recent YouTube video in which a young woman suddenly keels over and dies in a diner while sitting across from note other than Frank. Plunged into the trauma that has defined her life, Maya head to her Berkshires hometown to relive that fateful summer—the influence Frank once had on her and the obsessive jealously that nearly destroyed her friendship with Aubrey. At her mother’s house, she excavates fragments of her past and notices hidden messages in her deceased Guatemalan father’s book that didn’t stand out to her earlier. To save herself, she must understand a story written before she was born, but time keeps running out, and soon all roads are leading back to Frank’s cabin… Utterly unique and captivating. The House in the Pines keeps you guessing about whether we can ever fully confront the past and return home.” https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/696556/the-house-in-the-pines-by-ana-reyes/)
Comments: The patron reviewing this book said she enjoyed this intriguing mystery, the first for this author. The patron figured out the conclusion before finishing the book but still found it an enjoyable read.
Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan
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In Library: Book, Libby e-book, Libby Audiobook
MelCat: Book, Large Print Book, Audiobook
Description: “Olivia McAfee knows what it feels like to start over. Her picture-perfect life—living in Boston, married to a brilliant cardiothoracic surgeon, raising a beautiful son, Asher—was upended when her husband revealed a darker side. She never imagined she would end up back in her sleepy New Hampshire hometown, living in the house she grew up in, and taking over her father's beekeeping business. Lily Campanello is familiar with do-overs, too. When she and her mom relocate to Adams, New Hampshire, for her final year of high school, they both hope it will be a fresh start. And for just a short while, these new beginnings are exactly what Olivia and Lily need. Their paths cross when Asher falls for the new girl in school, and Lily can’t help but fall for him, too. With Ash, she feels happy for the first time. Yet at times, she wonders if she can trust him completely . . .Then one day, Olivia receives a phone call: Lily is dead, and Asher is being questioned by the police. Olivia is adamant that her son is innocent. But she would be lying if she didn’t acknowledge the flashes of his father’s temper in him, and as the case against him unfolds, she realizes he’s hidden more than he’s shared with her. Mad Honey is a riveting novel of suspense, an unforgettable love story, and a moving and powerful exploration of the secrets we keep and the risks we take in order to become ourselves.” (https://www.jodipicoult.com/mad-honey.html)
Comments: The patron sharing her thoughts about this book described it as interesting and commended the author for her courage to tackle controversial topics such as transgenderism here. The book made the reader think about prejudice and allowing people to become who they are meant to be. She felt that the author deals with uncomfortable topics eloquently. The group discussed the value of readers also having the courage to read books written about unfamiliar, controversial, or difficult topics.
All Over the Place: Adventures in Travel, True Love, and Petty Theft by Geraldine DeRuiter
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In Library: Not Available
MelCat: Book
Description: “Most travel memoirs involve a button-nosed protagonist nursing a broken heart who, rather than tearfully watching The Princess Bride while eating an entire 5-gallon vat of ice cream directly out of a container (like a normal person), instead decides to travel the world, inevitably falling for some chiseled stranger with bulging pectoral muscles and a disdain for wearing clothing above the waist. This is not that kind of book. Geraldine met the love of her life long before this story began, on a bus in Seattle surrounded by drunk college kids. She gets lost constantly, wherever she goes. And her nose would never, ever be considered ‘button-like.’ Hilarious, irreverent, and heartfelt, All Over the Place chronicles the five-year period that kicked off when Geraldine got laid off from a job she loved and took off to travel the world. Those years taught her a great number of things, though the ability to read a map was not one of them. She has only a vague idea of where Russia is, but she understands her Russian father now better than ever before. She learned that at least half of what she thought was her mother’s functional insanity was actually an equally incurable condition called ‘being Italian.’ She learned about unemployment and brain tumors and lost luggage and lost opportunities and just getting lost, in countless terminal and cabs and hotels lobbies across the globe. And she learned what it’s like to travel the world with someone you already know and love. How that person can help you make sense of things, and can, by some sort of alchemy, make foreign cities and far-off places feel like home. In All Over the Place, Geraldine imparts the insight she gained while being far from home-wry, surprising, but always sincere, advice about marriage, family, health, and happiness that come from getting lost and finding the unexpected.” (https://www.everywhereist.com/all-over-the-place/)
Comments: This book was described as “a fun read.” The author is humble and self-deprecating. She doesn’t travel well, makes mistakes when she does travel, and shares her experiences—good and not so good—with the reader. The patron reviewing this book recommended it to the club members.
If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal by Justin Gregg
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In Library: Not available
MelCat: Book
Description: “If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal overturns everything we thought we knew about human intelligence, and asks the question: would humans be better off as narwhals? Or some other, less brainy species? There’s a good argument to be made that humans might be a less successful animal species precisely because of our amazing, complex intelligence. All our unique gifts like language, math, and science do not make us happier or more “successful” (evolutionarily speaking) than other species. Our intelligence allowed us to split the atom, but we’ve harnessed that knowledge to make machines of war. We are uniquely susceptible to bullshit (though, cuttlefish may be the best liars in the animal kingdom); our bizarre obsession with lawns has contributed to the growing threat of climate change; we are sexually diverse like many species yet stand apart as homophobic; and discriminate among our own as if its natural, which it certainly is not. Is our intelligence more of a curse than a gift? As scientist Justin Gregg persuasively argues, there’s an evolutionary reason why human intelligence isn’t more prevalent in the animal kingdom. Simply put, non-human animals don’t need it to be successful. And, miraculously, their success arrives without the added baggage of destroying themselves and the planet in the process.
In seven mind-bending and hilarious chapters, Gregg highlights one feature seemingly unique to humans—our use of language, our rationality, our moral systems, our so-called sophisticated consciousness—and compares it to our animal brethren. Along the way, remarkable tales of animal smarts emerge, as you’ll discover:
The house cat who’s better at picking winning stocks than actual fund managers
Elephants who love to drink
Pigeons who are better than radiologists at spotting cancerous tissue
Bumblebees who are geniuses at teaching each other soccer
What emerges is both demystifying and remarkable, and will change how you look at animals, humans, and the meaning of life itself.” (https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/justin-gregg/if-nietzsche-were-a-narwhal/9780316388061/?lens=little-brown)
Comments: This book looks at how we define intelligence and compares animal and human intelligence. The author found this to be a very interesting read and would like to add this to her personal library so that she can read it again in the future.
God’s Hotel: A Doctor, a Hospital, and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine by Victoria Sweet
Availability:
In Library: Not currently but soon will be.
MelCat: Book and Audiobook as well as audio record of lecture author gave at Calvin University
Description: “San Francisco’s Laguna Honda Hospital was the last almshouse in the country, a descendant of the Hôtel-Dieu (God’s Hotel) that cared for the sick in the Middle Ages. Ballet dancers and rock musicians, professors and thieves — “anyone who had fallen, or, often, leapt, onto hard times” and needed extended medical care — ended up there. Dr. Sweet ended up there herself, as a physician. And though she came for only a two-month stay, she remained for twenty years. At Laguna Honda, lower-tech but human-paced, Dr. Sweet had the chance to practice a kind of “slow medicine” that has almost vanished. Gradually, the place and its patients transformed the way she understood the body. Alongside the modern view of the body as a machine to be fixed, her patients evoked an older notion, of the body as a garden to be tended. God’s Hotel tells their stories, and the story of the hospital, which — as efficiency experts, politicians, and architects descended, determined to turn it into a modern “health care facility” — revealed its truths about the cost and value of caring for body and soul. In God’s Hotel: A Doctor, a Hospital, and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine Dr. Sweet lays out her evidence—in stories of her patients and her hospital—for some new ideas about medicine and healthcare in this country. In trying to get control of healthcare costs by emphasizing “efficiency,” we’ve headed down a wrong path. Medicine works best—that is, arrives at the right diagnosis and the right treatment for the least cost—when the doctor has enough time to do a good job, and pays attention not only to the patient but to what’s around the patient. Dr. Sweet calls this approach Slow Medicine, and she believes that, put into wider practice, it would be not only more satisfying for patient and doctor, but also less expensive. The New York Times calls her ideas “hard-core subversion”; Vanity Fair judges the book to be a “radical and compassionate alternative to modern healthcare,” and Health Affairs describes Dr. Sweet as a “visionary.” (https://www.victoriasweet.com/books/gods-hotel/)
Comments: At the time the patron first read this book, she was serving as an inpatient hospice and palliative care Primary Provider. Dr. Sweet’s book outlines how taking the time to develop a positive interpersonal relationship based on respect, trust, and shared decision making with one’s patients can yield good outcomes. The book also shows how sole reliance on technology and efficiency to improve care quality may erode the Provider and patient relationship.
War Brides by Helen Bryan
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In Library: Not available
MelCat: Book and Audiobook
Description: “War Brides is the story of five young women who come together in a small Sussex village in 1939. From divergent backgrounds they will face pain, hardship, passion and danger, forming a friendship that will last through their lives. Helen Bryan has created bold and witty characters with strong personalities who narrate, through their individual lives, the story of the Second World War as seen from the home front in England. It begins with the evacuation, continues with the frequent bombing raids as Germany musters on the French coast to launch the anticipated invasion, and follows with the Battle for Britain and the horror and indiscriminate death of civilians, men, women and children. Her description of the aftermath of the devastating Luftwaffe bombing of London is impressive, the atmosphere all too tangible and very harrowing at times. There is really only one traditional wedding, the preparations for which show the initiative and companionship of sacrifice. Coupons from everyone’s ration books are pooled to ensure enough sugar and butter can be obtained to make the cake and provide all the trimmings. Even the wedding dress is borrowed and the bouquets of bride and maids are of wild flowers, free and bountiful and, more importantly, not rationed. The honeymoon comprises three days on the south coast behind a barbed wire beach. Absorbing and moving by turns, War Brides is a novel well balanced and skilfully told. (https://historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/war-brides/)
Comments: The patron sharing her thoughts about this book, listened to the audiobook version. The book’s narrator made the experience very enjoyable. She was able to capture dialects for numerous characters from different areas of Europe and dialects from those living in various areas of England and America. The characters come from diverse backgrounds but find common camaraderie and common goals. During the war, there was a German sympathizer (either an English citizen supporting Hitler or a German spy) positioned somewhere along the east coast of England feeding the Germans weather reports so that the Germans knew to bomb England only on clear nights. Despite their best efforts, the English were never able to identify who this individual was. The author’s relative searched for this individual during the war and always regretted his lack of success–until his death. Although writing a historical novel, the author opted to honor his efforts by ensuring that the women in this novel identify the German sympathizer and bring the individual to justice.
The Confessions of Young Nero: A Novel by Margaret George
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In Library: Not available
MelCat: Book and Audiobook
The Splendor Before the Dark: A Novel of the Emperor Nero by Margaret George
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In Library: Not available
MelCat: Book and Audiobook
Comments: One of our patrons could not attend our meeting but submitted additional comments about books that she had shared with us last month. She stated: “This month I finished reading the second (historically the first of the books about Julius Caesar by Margaret George–Confessions of a Young Nero. I talked about the second of this series, The Splendor Before the Dark, last month. It would have been good to read the Confessions first, but was nevertheless interesting to read about the older Caesar before reading about his youth. They both filled me with sadness about the fact that the world rarely, if ever (except in little pockets here and there), experienced leadership which is not greedy and violent. The main thing that was different about Caesar was that he really wanted to be an actor and musician, rather than a despotic ruler of a powerful, militarized , decadent society. Margaret George is a good writer, so these stories are fascinating if not edifying. Ha!”
A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny
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In Library: Book, Libby e-book, Libby Audiobook
MelCat: Book, Large Print Book, Audiobook
Description: “Chief Inspector Armand Gamache returns in the eighteenth book in #1 New York Times bestseller Louise Penny's beloved series. It’s spring and Three Pines is reemerging after the harsh winter. But not everything buried should come alive again. Not everything lying dormant should reemerge. But something has. As the villagers prepare for a special celebration, Armand Gamache and Jean-Guy Beauvoir find themselves increasingly worried. A young man and woman have reappeared in the Sûreté du Québec investigators’ lives after many years. The two were young children when their troubled mother was murdered, leaving them damaged, shattered. Now they’ve arrived in the village of Three Pines. But to what end? Gamache and Beauvoir’s memories of that tragic case, the one that first brought them together, come rushing back. Did their mother’s murder hurt them beyond repair? Have those terrible wounds, buried for decades, festered and are now about to erupt? As Chief Inspector Gamache works to uncover answers, his alarm grows when a letter written by a long dead stone mason is discovered. In it the man describes his terror when bricking up an attic room somewhere in the village. Every word of the 160-year-old letter is filled with dread. When the room is found, the villagers decide to open it up. As the bricks are removed, Gamache, Beauvoir and the villagers discover a world of curiosities. But the head of homicide soon realizes there’s more in that room than meets the eye. There are puzzles within puzzles, and hidden messages warning of mayhem and revenge. In unsealing that room, an old enemy is released into their world. Into their lives. And into the very heart of Armand Gamache’s home.” (https://www.amazon.com/World-Curiosities-Novel-Inspector-Gamache-ebook/dp/B09Z3D5B34/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3PTVQZ3J8K4TD&keywords=a+world+of+curiosities+louise+penny&qid=1682008263&s=books&sprefix=A+World+of+%2Cstripbooks%2C98&sr=1-1)
Comments: The patron who was not able to attend the book club meeting in person shared her perspectives with the group in writing saying: “I also read A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny (her 18th book in the Chief Inspector Gamache series.) Another great Gamache adventure, with a wealth of new images and a focus on art and madness. I love her writing, but had a slight sense that she is repeating her techniques and plots and relationships a bit much lately. Also, if one has not read earlier novels in the series, there would be far too many relationships and characters interacting to keep track of or to figure out. But, as always, a great read.”
One group member brought a small basket she had made out of sweet grass for all to admire. The club members had reviewed a book about sweet grass last month. The patron also shared a copy of the book Row Upon Row: Sea Grass Baskets of the South Carolina Low Country by Dale Rosengarten. This book is available through MelCat.
One group member asked the others to recommend a book similar to The Secret Life of Bees because she felt this book was interesting, heartfelt, and about unconditional love. Others recommended the book From Scratch as having similar themes.
The group was notified that in the New Fiction and NonFiction section of the library, new books have long been identified with a pink dot. Recently, the library staff has started placing the number corresponding with the month of the year (e.g., 4 for April, 5 for May) in the pink dot so that patrons will know at a glance which books are the newest to the library.
The next meeting of the Marcellus Township Wood Memorial Library will be held on May 4, 2023, at 12 Noon. Please come and share your thoughts about the books you’ve read recently! We look forward to seeing you.
