SOL 18/31: Picking New Books with My Oldest Book Club

 

 

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• Today's post is handwritten (see image above) and typed so I could play with my new Sharpies.
• I belong to several book clubs, but this is my 28th year with this particular book club. 
• After years of voting on books, we returned to an older format that allows the host to choose the book. 
• I picked The Correspondent, but so did someone else, so I moved to This Tender Land, my second choice. 
• Our book club is trying out a completely Zoom format this year because so many of us have moved away. Previously, we used a hybrid in-person/Zoom format.
• True confession: This book club did not choose Isola, but I'm reading it for another book club and loving it so much that I fudged and put it on this list. James IS our April book club pick and I haven't read it yet. So many have loved this book!  
• Share a favorite book that you read recently or long ago in your comment.    

Thank you, Two Writing Teachers, for creating this challenge and providing the space and support for us year after year. And thanks to this magnificent community for sharing stories with me and encouraging my writing life.