Modern Miracles
Helping Jo with her work one day, Ursa claims her first miracle.
What are baby birds?
"I've heard it's good," Ursa ponders while asking for this orange delight.
What is cheese?
A gorgeous sea of teal blues greets you at the site of this lovely locale for a fishy book club meeting in 2017.
What is Auntie Reety's Home?
Gabe may be a bit of chicken in social situations, but he felt dealing with customers was good for him when selling these by the side of the road.
What are eggs?
Rosamund Pike plays the lead character in the movie version of our first book club selection.
What is "Gone Girl"?
There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so and Ursa believesthese are her second miracle
What are kittens?
Jo finds Ursa's Hetrayen name hard on her ears.
What is Earpood?
The beloved, but now closed Bunky's was the site of this amour and outbreak novel book club meeting.
What is Love in the Time of Cholera?
Gabe has two fathers. Curiosity led to his discovery of this father at the cemetery.
Who is George?
The light dims on a fairy tale romance when a kidnapping takes place in this book club selection.
What is Light Between the Oceans?
This overly-precious nicknamed character is Ursa's miracle #3.
Who is Tabby?
The alien finds it surprising when she learns that Jo is a scientist because she had heard that most earth ladies are engaged in these professions (which both seem to involve a form of babysitting.)
What are waitresses and teachers?
Closer to Lake Michigan than any ocean, the Pfister hotel was the site of this book club discussion in 2016.
What is "The Ocean at the End of the Lane" ?
After viewing the Pinwheel Galaxy through his telescope, Gabe claims it looks like an indigo bunting nest. He calls Ursa "the Lady of the Nest" making her Queen of this renamed galaxy.
What is the Infinite Nest?
Named after a famous Formula One driver, this beloved character had a wild side.
Who is Enzo?
The Egg Man and the Bird Lady may have you wondering what came first, but Ursa calls this phenomenon her fourth miracle.
What are Gabe and Jo falling in love?
This spiral galaxy in the constellation of Ursa Major is where Ursa calls "home."
What is the Pinwheel Galaxy?
A pretty location fitting the title, but not content of this book, we sat at The Knick to go over the gruesome details of this thriller novel.
What is Pretty Girls?
In an early conversation, Gabe tells Jo he suffers from these three psychological disorders.
What are social anxiety, depression and a touch of agoraphobia?
A pink-haired psychic, a retired police detective and a teenage girl team up in this tale of magical realism.
What is Leaving Time?
Sadly, what some of us are lucky enough to take for granted, is Ursa's fifth miracle.
What is Jo loves Ursa?
Ursa credits these quirky powers for the good things that happen in the story.
What are quark things?
This Mukwonago location that boasts Mexican food and more was the site of the Andrew Sean Greer novel "Less" book club. Some might call it real old.
What is Antigua Real?
Although not a Nirvana fan in "any dedicated kind of way" Gabe plays this angsty song on the juke box when they are in the bar in Effingham.
What is "Smells Like Teen Spirit"?
Described in one review as the second most important character in the book, Rachel Watson doesn't go far without their sparkling and tart personality by her side.
What is a gin and tonic?