Sommières Book and Serie Club

Hi fellow bookworms! Thanks to all of you for attending, and for a great discussion yesterday. It was wonderful to have Leigh back! A special thank you goes to Susan for hosting us in her lovely garden.  Read on for an update on our next few meetings: August meeting When: August 21 Where: Luce's house in Vergèze Book: Ordinary Grace by William Kent Kruger September meeting When: September 18 Where: Juanita's house Book: 11/22/1963 by Stephen King October meeting When: October 23 Where: Isabelle's house Book: Dead before Dying by Deon Meyer November meeting When: November 20 Where: TBD Book: All Involved by Ryan Gattis The next email I send will be a reminder about our August meeting (August 21) with directions to Luce's house. In the meantime, happy reading! --Noel

Hi fellow bookworms! I've received 3 suggestions from our members for our upcoming meeting. I think it would be great it we read them all. Here's what I propose to make that happen:   August meeting When: August 21 Where: Luce's house in Vergèze Book: Luce's suggestion, Ordinary Grace by William Kent Kruger September meeting When: September 18 Where: TBD Book: 11/22/1963 by Stephen King (decided at our April meeting) October meeting When: October 23 Where: TBD Book: Marielle's suggestion, Dead before Dying by South African author Deon Meyer November meeting When: November 20 Where: TBD Book: Annette's suggestion, All Involved by Ryan Gattis The next email I send will be a reminder about our July meeting (July 24) with directions to Susan's house. Happy reading! --Noel

Hello fellow bookworms! Here's an update on the books we're reading and where we'll be discussing them over the next few months. June meeting When : June 26 Where : Marielle's house (Saint-Vincent-de-Barbeyrargues - directions forthcoming!) Book : The Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline Note : Let's try to pick our August book at the June meeting. Please come with suggestions! July meeting When : July 24 Where : Susan's house (Aspères) Book : The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls August meeting When : August 21 Where : Luce's house (Vergèze) Book : TBD (To Be Determined) September meeting When : September 18 Where : TBD Book : 11/22/63: A Novel by Stephen King Happy reading!

Updates! Hi there fellow bookworms, Thanks for another great meeting yesterday, as usual! Below you'll find some information concerning the venues for our May and June meetings and our book selection for September (it's a long one!), which we determined yesterday. May meeting When : May 22nd Where : Susan's house in Aspères Book : Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson *I'll send a reminder email with directions to Susan's house a few days before the meeting.* June meeting When : June 26 Where : Marielle's house in St Vincent Book : The Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline September meeting Book: 11/22/63 by Stephen King (866 pages) Happy reading! --Noelle

Hi ladies, The votes are in! Thank you all for taking the time to read the blurbs and cast your vote. We have our selections for May and June: May 22nd (location TBD) Title: Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson. Literary Fiction. Pub date: 1996. Blurb: Ruby Lennox was conceived grudgingly by Bunty and born while her father, George, was in the Dog and Hare in Doncaster telling a woman in an emerald dress and a D-cup that he wasn't married. Bunty had never wanted to marry George, but here she was, stuck in a flat above the pet shop in an ancient street beneath York Minster, with sensible and sardonic Patrica aged five, greedy cross-patch Gillian who refused to be ignored, and Ruby...  Ruby tells the story of The Family, from the day at the end of the nineteenth century when a travelling French photographer catches frail beautiful Alice and her children, like flowers in amber, to the startling, witty, and memorable events of Ruby's own life. Amazon: www.amazon....

Please vote for our May book selection! (and maybe we'll take #2 and 3 for the following months). Thank you all for your patience as I learn the ropes of organizing our book club :) --Noel https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ejaxdfnYu04ENBThKBzD6g5WFbAeTgvlGhp_s8f_ffk/edit?ts=56fe9d71#

Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes (A thriller, very a propos considering what's going on in the international scene theses days, terrorism, etc.) [NOTE FROM LEIGH: Might be a bit long, so good for a month like September? You can all decide. My Craig read this and loved it.] Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson