Here's our slate and calendar for 2023-2024!
November 27: And the Mountains Echoed, Khalid Hosseini
January 8: Pachinko, Min Jin Lee
January 29: Men Without Women, Haruki Murakami
February 26: Emma, Jane Austen
March 25: Lucy by the Sea, Elizabeth Strout
April 22: The Marriage of Opposites, Alice Hoffman
June 3: Cloud Cuckoo Land, Anthony Doerr
June 24 - The Moon is Down, John Steinbeck
July 22: - The Night Watchman, Louise Erdrich
August 26: The Art of the Wasted Day, Patricia Hampl
September 23: The Cherry Orchard, Anton Chekhov
October 28: BOOK PICKING NIGHT
Pitches and votes were as follows:
Classics
Short Stories, Mark Twain (Kerry) - 4
Emma, Jane Austen (Steph) - 28
The House of Spirits, Isabelle Allende - Connie - 11
Frannie and Zooey, J.D. Salinger (Kerry) - 22
The Moon is Down, John Steinbeck (Steph) - 25
Also discussed: Our Town, Thorton Wilder (Katherine) and The Cherry Orchard, Chekhov (Katherine). Our Town would pair well with Tom Lake by Ann Patchett which isn't readily available this year.
Regular
The Marriage of Opposites, Alice Hoffman (Ruth) - 18/19
The Art of the Wasted Day, Patricia Hempl (Suzanne) - 23
The Cherry Orchard, Anton Chekhov (Katherine) - 18/19
The Night Watchman, Louise Erdrich (Kathy) - 24
Pachinko, Min Jin Lee (Steph) - 36
Men Without Women, Haruki Murakami (Julie) - 25
And the Mountains Echoed, Khaled Hosseini (Connie)- 24
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Woo, Junot Diaz (Kerry) - 19/17
The Netanyahus, Joshua Cohen (Suzanne) - 12
March, Geraldine Brooks (Kathy) - 19/17
Exit West, Mohsin Hamid (Julie) - 13
Cloud Cuckoo Land, Anthony Doerr (Julie) - 36
Lucy by the Sea, Elizabeth Strout (Julie) - 26
House of Spirits, Isabelle Allende (Connie) - 6
In the Woods, Tana French (Suzanne) - 16
The Moon is Down, John Steinbeck (Steph) - 28
Franny and Zooey, J.D. Salinger (Kerry) - 18/18
