January - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

For 2022, every book will represent a theme of the month. January is about new beginnings and no one in literature may have had more new beginnings than Addie LaRue. This is a long book but most of us were able to finish it. It was all love and roses for everyone (although some did love it) but it certainly gave us plenty to talk about. For this book, we divided into teams and each team took turns having players pick A or B questions. A questions were worth more but harder to answer and almost everyone picked them. In the end, it came down to a tie, which meant is was just like the show Whose Line Is It Anyway, where the points don't matter. 

This one had us talking about religion, leaving a mark on the world, morality, and what we would give up for love. It was a rare fantasy book for our club which is proof that it's good to break out of routine now and again. 

Sadly, we're back to Zoom meetings, with CoVid numbers up again, which works ok for book discussions but makes chatting with each other harder. Thanks to Linda for getting the meeting set up again. 

December 2021

December was party time - no pressure to read something with everything else going on this month. As we did last year, we exchanged blind date books and everyone of us came out of it with a new-to-us book that we were eager to read given by someone who enjoyed the books themselves. Some of us are so creative with their book descriptions! We awarded prizes to the three members who had earned the most points during 2021 - attending meetings, reading the books, hosting, bringing treats or wine. Mostly we talked...and talked...and talked. And maybe had a glass or two of wine. It was fun and relaxing and we all enjoyed the goodies everyone had brought to share.