Thanks so much to our lovely hostess for this year's book swap, Julie Weissand. What a gorgeous setting, and somehow carolers arrived right on cue. Just a heads up, that does not happen at my house. Lucky us! The food was fabulous, the place was gorgeous as you can see and the audience of readers was quite enthusiastic about all we unwrapped.
We had a small but hardy crew that stepped right up and swapped aplenty. The book that found itself in the most hands was The Dutch House by Anne Patchett so that is our February book.
I did not find out who had brought what book, other than when Anna ended up with the book she brought. Luckily, trades are well within the rules so there was an independent "placement" that worked out just fine. Here is the full list of our evening choices, hard to go wrong with any one of them.
The Choice - Dr. Edith Eva Eger
The Dutch House - Ann Patchett
Suspended Sentences - Patrick Modiani
Eats Shoots and Leaves and The Boy, The Mole, The Horse - Lynn Truss
The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafón
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane - Lisa See
The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood
The Key to the Quarterpole - Robin Williams
Witch Elm - Tana French
Unbound - Dean King
This is a pretty motivating list, and my library hold requests are swollen. Margo is following up with Dean King to see if he can come talk with us sometime, and we can always loop in Robin Williams if people want to talk with her.
Lisa See is the author of our January book which is The Island of the Sea Women. We will be at Mary Millhiser's lovely house on January 21 at 6:30 pm. Bring all your healthy foods to share, no doubt many of us will still be working off the holiday season.
See you then! Happy New Year!
