Group photo

Here is a group photo, minus Debbie, taken at yesterday's meeting:



And by the way, food is just as important to us as what we're reading:

Catching up

...since our last post, almost 10 months ago.

As a follow-up to Lisa’s, um, intriguing book selection – it is now time to read “one of the most suggestively original love stories in our current fiction,” according to the New York Times Book Review. As most of you saw today, our next book club title is Evidence of Things Unseen by Marianne Wiggins.

For the record, since our last posting, we have read the following:

Sex Chronicles by "Zane" (selected by none other than Lisa and discussed today in her San Jose backyard, next to a pile of dirt, in the midst of her kitchen renovations)

Sister of my Heart by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (Karol's inaugural selection - discussed over a lovely lunch in her chic Palo Alto condo - which just might have prompted Lisa's urge for a new kitchen)

Runaway, a collection of short stories by Alice Monroe (chosen by Karen who invited us to meet over brunch, served by a crazy waitress at Il Fornaio in downtown Palo Alto)

Prior to those traditional publications, Amy selected a series of short stories commissioned by, posted to, and available only at Amazon.com. We discussed the following works over homemade Turkish food (mmmmmm) at Amy's house:

"The Second Coming of Charles Darwin" by James Morrow
"Triceratops Summery" by Michal Swanwick
"Air Conditioners" by Sarah Willis
"In the Dark" by Phillip Thomas Duck
"The Inheritance" by Robin Hobb
"What We Talk About When We Talk About Love" by Raymond Carver