Book Group: March and April 2016

Book: Some Luck
Author: Jane Smiley
Meeting: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at Ginny's
Dessert: Pumpkin Cognac cheesecake

This is the first book of a 100-year trilogy set in Iowa beginning in 1920. I wanted to like it, but found the beginning tedious (babies thoughts drive me crazy) and I didn't really care for the major characters. But I persevered and found myself getting caught up in the more complex relationships and politics in the later parts of the book. Some in the group will read all three. I think I'll just get a report.

 Book: M Train

Author: Patti Smith
Meeting: Wednesday, May 20, 2016 at Jennifer H's
Dessert: Coffee chocolate cake (in theme with the book)

I read this book on on my camping trip in Utah. The photo below is me reading on the rocks along the Colorado River. Moments later a great blue heron landed next to me and 4 bighorn sheep strolled across the mountainside across the river. It was a magical moment and I think the book helped to make it happen.

I liked the book for many coincidental reasons: she traveled extensively and to exotic places/I traveled to Utah. She turned 66/ I was about to turn 66. I was in the center of an area that moved from the equator to Utah 150 million years ago/ she belonged to the CDC (Continental Drift Club). But she's famous and brave. I'm not!!! I need to read some of her other books.