When / Where / What was that again....?
We met here for the first time to discuss The Women.
What is Sue's house?
This author wrote two of the books we have read.
Who is David Grann?
“Sunday school stories are just another type of superhero comic. Counting on Jesus to save the day is no more real than sending up the Batman signal.”
Demon Copperhead, by Barbara Kingsolver
Name the mother and daughter animal rescuers
Who are Annie McNulty and Laurie Zaleski?
At 560 pages long, this is the longest book our group has read.
What is Demon Copperhead?
Sal's Pizza Mount Holly
When/where was our first meeting, August 2023?
This is the author of In The Time of Butterflies.
Who is Julia Alvarez?
“I did not look away. I wanted to feel the anger. I was befriending my anger, learning not only how to feel it, but perhaps how to use it.”
James, by Percival Everett
The Osage woman whose family is at the center of the Osage murders.
Who is Mollie Burkhart?
This novel is a retelling of a classic. Name the classic title, the novel we read, and the author.
What is The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, James, and Percival Everett?
This is the place where we discussed a book where a crime took place in Greece.
What is Zaddy's Roast Sandwiches?
This author wrote the book that was discussed at The Sweet Spot
Who is Kimi Cunningham Grant
“His money went largely toward books, which to him were like sacred objects, providing ballast for his mind.”
Becoming, by Michelle Obama
In Before We Were Innocent, Joni and Bess are friends whose other friend dies in a fall off a cliff in Greece. What is the friend's name?
What is Evangeline?
This book centers around a nurse, doctor, and social activist named Civil.
What is Take My Hand?
This book that was discussed in October 2023 at a local brewery took place predominantly in a bookstore.
What is The Sentence?
Who is Rebecca Makkai?
“We all impose some coherence—some meaning—on the chaotic events of our existence”
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder, by David Grann
These are the four Mirabal sisters who trade-off narration of In the Time of The Butterflies.
Who are Patria, Dede, Minerva, and Maria Teresa (Mate)?
This book has the honors of having the longest title our group has read.
What is Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI?
This is where we met for our March 2024 discussion of Becoming.
What is the Burlington County Library?
This author, whose book we discussed in February 2024, was born in 1990 in Oceanside, CA.
Who is Brit Bennett?
“That’s the nice thing about books. You can experience all different people and all sorts of places through them. All in the safety and comfort of your own home.”
These Silent Woods, by Kimi Cunningham Grant
This is Demon Copperhead's real name
What is Damon Fields.
This story follows multiple strands and generations of a family from the deep south to California.
What is The Vanishing Half?