Slate for 2019-2020 (and pitches)

Here is our slate for 2019-2020!

(Number of votes in parenthesis)

November 25, 2019:  Rules of Civility, Amor Towles - Katherine (18)
January 6, 2020:  The Name of the Rose, Umberto Eco - Steph (23)
January 27, 2020:  Ethan Fromme, Edith Wharton - Katherine (Classic - 26)
February 24, 2020:  Fun Home, Alison Bechdel - Steph (16)
March 23, 2020:  The Hate U Give, Angie Thomas - Katherine (17)
April 27, 2020: Behind the Beautiful Forevers, Katherine Boo - Kerry (29)
June 1, 2020: The Overstory, Richard Powers - Katherine (28)
June 29, 2020: Where the Crawdads Sing, Delia Owens - Connie (27)
July 27, 2020:  White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism, Robin Diangelo - Julie (19)
August 24, 2020:  Song of Solomon, Toni Morrison - Susan (28)
September 28, 2020: Disoriental, Negar Djavadi - Suzanne (29)
October 26, 2020:  BOOK PICKING NIGHT!!!!

And here were the pitches that didn't make the cut:

Classics
Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare - Suzanne (17/5)
The Stranger, Camus - Steph (15/1)
1984, George Orwell - Connie (12/-)

General
What It Means When a Man Falls From the Sky, Lesley NNeka Arimah - Connie (7)
Wintering, Peter Geye- Kathy (4)
The Resistance Women,  Jennifer Chiaverini- Julie (14)
Celine, Peter Heller - Suzanne (4)
Little Fires Everywhere,  Celeste NG - Susan (10)
Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague, Geraldine Brooks - Kathy (16)
The Shadow King,  Maaza Mengiste- Julie (4)
My Sister, the Serial Killer,  Oyinkan Braithwaite - Steph (14)
The Vegetarian, Han Kang - Steph (7)