Read & Wine
Join us the 2nd Thursday of the month (August -May) from 6-7pm. Enjoy great discussions on literature, introductions to inspirations through books, and of course don't forget your wine glass for read and wine. We will provide your wine for the evening we just ask that you bring your own glass.
Below is the book selections for the next couple of months, please read the book prior to attending unless it is your first night we ask that you have at least read 3/4 of the books so you can be a part of our discussions.
Read & Wine takes place at The D.L. in the Garfield Galleria: 316 W. McDowell suite 101, parking is in the back of the building, and bike racks available for those 2-wheelers among us. Reading group is from 6-7pm.
2012:
February 10th 6pm: Moved to the March date of 7th at 6pm, book club will not be meeting for Feb.
March: 7th 6pm: This month book club is on Weds. The Zookeepers wife by Diane Ackerman: When Germany invaded Poland, Stuka bombers devastated Warsaw—and the city's zoo along with it. With most of their animals dead, zookeepers Jan and Antonina Zabinski began smuggling Jews into empty cages. Another dozen "guests" hid inside the Zabinskis' villa, emerging after dark for dinner, socializing, and, during rare moments of calm, piano concerts.
April: 12th 6pm: Room by Emma Donoghue: To five-year-old Jack, Room is the entire world. It is where he was born and grew up; it's where he lives with his Ma as they learn and read and eat and sleep and play. At night, his Ma shuts him safely in the wardrobe, where he is meant to be asleep when Old Nick visits. Through determination, ingenuity, and fierce motherly love, Ma has created a life for Jack. But she knows it's not enough...not for her or for him. She devises a bold escape plan, one that relies on her young son's bravery and a lot of luck.
May: TBA
Summer reading Recommendations: The Red Tent by Anita Diamant: Her name is Dinah. Told in Dinah's voice, this novel reveals the traditions and turmoils of ancient womanhood--the world of the red tent. It begins with the story of her mothers--Leah, Rachel, Zilpah, and Bilhah--the four wives of Jacob. They love Dinah and give her gifts that sustain her through a hard-working youth, a calling to midwifery, and a new home in a foreign land. Dinah's story reaches out from a remarkable period of early history and creates an intimate connection with the past. Deeply affecting, The Red Tent combines rich storytelling with a valuable achievement in modern fiction: a new view of biblical women's society.
June - July summer reading recommendations:
2011 Past selections from Read and Wine:
August: 11th 6-7pm: Tales of the Female Nomad - Rita Golden Gelman, non-fiction account of the adventures seen and experienced by the modern day nomad. She is a woman filled with passion for people and who is from the world, and one with the experience of change. A great read, always one that I recommend.
Sept: (We are meeting the first Thursday this month - Sept 1st) Half A Life, Darren Strauss, spare memoir starts with confessiont: "Half my life ago, I killed a girl." "Although the accident was what insurers call a "no fault fatality," the moment Strauss' car struck and killed his classmate, his life was understandably changed forever.
October 20th: The Last Time They Met, Anita Shreve, From the last time Linda and Thomas meet, at a charmless hotel in a distant city, to the moment, thirty-five years earlier, when a chance encounter on a rocky beach binds them fatefully together, this hypnotically compelling novel unfolds a tale of intense passion, drama, and suspense.
November - December: meet on Dec. 8th: The Abarat - Absolute Midnight, Clive Barker, The third in a series, we recommend reading the first two, amazing literary imagination and the illustrious paintings that fill the books will captive you further in this fantasy world. (this book is over 500 pages and has 2 previous to read we are not having club in Nov. to allow more time to complete the series for Dec.'s meeting)
January: 12th at 6pm: The Year We Left Home by Jean Thompson: a sweeping and emotionally powerful story of a single American family during the tumultuous final decades of the twentieth century.
Below is the book selections for the next couple of months, please read the book prior to attending unless it is your first night we ask that you have at least read 3/4 of the books so you can be a part of our discussions.
Read & Wine takes place at The D.L. in the Garfield Galleria: 316 W. McDowell suite 101, parking is in the back of the building, and bike racks available for those 2-wheelers among us. Reading group is from 6-7pm.
2012:
February 10th 6pm: Moved to the March date of 7th at 6pm, book club will not be meeting for Feb.
March: 7th 6pm: This month book club is on Weds. The Zookeepers wife by Diane Ackerman: When Germany invaded Poland, Stuka bombers devastated Warsaw—and the city's zoo along with it. With most of their animals dead, zookeepers Jan and Antonina Zabinski began smuggling Jews into empty cages. Another dozen "guests" hid inside the Zabinskis' villa, emerging after dark for dinner, socializing, and, during rare moments of calm, piano concerts.
April: 12th 6pm: Room by Emma Donoghue: To five-year-old Jack, Room is the entire world. It is where he was born and grew up; it's where he lives with his Ma as they learn and read and eat and sleep and play. At night, his Ma shuts him safely in the wardrobe, where he is meant to be asleep when Old Nick visits. Through determination, ingenuity, and fierce motherly love, Ma has created a life for Jack. But she knows it's not enough...not for her or for him. She devises a bold escape plan, one that relies on her young son's bravery and a lot of luck.
May: TBA
Summer reading Recommendations: The Red Tent by Anita Diamant: Her name is Dinah. Told in Dinah's voice, this novel reveals the traditions and turmoils of ancient womanhood--the world of the red tent. It begins with the story of her mothers--Leah, Rachel, Zilpah, and Bilhah--the four wives of Jacob. They love Dinah and give her gifts that sustain her through a hard-working youth, a calling to midwifery, and a new home in a foreign land. Dinah's story reaches out from a remarkable period of early history and creates an intimate connection with the past. Deeply affecting, The Red Tent combines rich storytelling with a valuable achievement in modern fiction: a new view of biblical women's society.
June - July summer reading recommendations:
2011 Past selections from Read and Wine:
August: 11th 6-7pm: Tales of the Female Nomad - Rita Golden Gelman, non-fiction account of the adventures seen and experienced by the modern day nomad. She is a woman filled with passion for people and who is from the world, and one with the experience of change. A great read, always one that I recommend.
Sept: (We are meeting the first Thursday this month - Sept 1st) Half A Life, Darren Strauss, spare memoir starts with confessiont: "Half my life ago, I killed a girl." "Although the accident was what insurers call a "no fault fatality," the moment Strauss' car struck and killed his classmate, his life was understandably changed forever.
October 20th: The Last Time They Met, Anita Shreve, From the last time Linda and Thomas meet, at a charmless hotel in a distant city, to the moment, thirty-five years earlier, when a chance encounter on a rocky beach binds them fatefully together, this hypnotically compelling novel unfolds a tale of intense passion, drama, and suspense.
November - December: meet on Dec. 8th: The Abarat - Absolute Midnight, Clive Barker, The third in a series, we recommend reading the first two, amazing literary imagination and the illustrious paintings that fill the books will captive you further in this fantasy world. (this book is over 500 pages and has 2 previous to read we are not having club in Nov. to allow more time to complete the series for Dec.'s meeting)
January: 12th at 6pm: The Year We Left Home by Jean Thompson: a sweeping and emotionally powerful story of a single American family during the tumultuous final decades of the twentieth century.
