Zoom Meeting on April 26, 2020

Mary Jo was able to join us from Florida via Zoom.  MJ took notes of our meeting.

Riverrun Book Club April 2020 Meeting Review- ZOOM MEETING

The book discussed was “The Library of Lost & Found” by Phaedra Patrick

After spending some time getting everyone on the zoom call so we could all see one another and hear each other, along with checking in with everyone to see how we’re all doing, Ann F. led the discussion of “The Library of Lost & Found”.  There was a lot of discussion saying that the book was predictable but continued with lots of good points coming out of it.  Despite Martha not having a backbone and saying YES to everyone, with the help of Suki, her friend & coworker & Zelda, her grandmother, who she finally found after many years, she finally found her voice.  Thanks to both Suki & Zelda for helping Martha find herself.  Plus finding out that she wasn’t the biological daughter of Thomas, from her sister, Lillian, who she didn’t have a great relationship with before. In the end, it all worked out for the entire family.  They had Christmas in March, not knowing if Zelda would be around in December and it really helped bring the entire family together.

Business:

 

As of now, the May meeting will be another Zoom meeting (special thanks to Lori for setting it up) and the book to be discussed is “Pompeii” By Robert Harris & will be held on May 31st at 1:00 PM

  

 Everything is on hold, as of now, for the June 28th meeting at Mountain Fare Inn, arranged by Kathy.  Only time will tell

Book chosen for June is “The Engineer’s Wife” By Tracey Enerson Wood

Celia's Book Suggestions for our June, 2020 Meeting

1. THE LONG FLIGHT HOME:  by Alan Hlad

A heart breaking and moving story of love and sacrifice, set against

the backdrop of the Blitz.  Inspired by true events, and perfect for by readers of The tattooist of Auschwitz,  The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society and  Dear  Mrs  Bird.  Is love strong enough to

survive a war?   September 1940

 

2.   TRAVELLING CAT CHRONICLES by Hiro Arikawa

To get on board with this reading experience, you need to be OK

with a feline raconteur. The cat in this case is a former stray, adopted

by a single man named Satoru, who names him Nana {Japanese word for “seven” – a luck number}.  Nana narrates much, but not all of this novel, which is both his story and Satoru’s.

 

3.   THE WALK  by Richard Paul Evans

       According to legend, once the sand of Key West is in your shoes, you      

       cannot go back from whence you came.  It is true for me, I’m alone on

       the beach watching the blood red sun baptized in the gulf of Mexico

        and there is no returning to what I left behind!

 

4.   KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON  by David Grann

A non-fiction book about the Osage Indian murders and the birth of the FBI.  Not sure if Book Club readers have read this one but with perseverance it is one of my favorites!

 

5. THE ENGINEERS WIFE  by  Tracey Emerson Wood

        Based on the true story of the building of the Brooklyn Bridge.

        Emily is transformed by this project that lands in her lap, after her

        Husband, the chief engineer is injured on the job.  The project takes us

        Into the bowels of the East River, suffragette riots, the halls of

         Manhattan’s elite, and the temptations of PT Barnum.  It’s the story

        Of a husband and wife determine to build something that lasts – even

         at the risk of loosing each other.