Meeting this Sunday!!

I'm so excited to see everyone on Sunday. Tasha has graciously agreed to open up her home to us to meet at this week. So, the plan is to meet at Tasha's at 4:30 to carpool down to the Pearl for happy hour, then we'll head back to her place probably around 7 to discuss the book. Please let me know if you can make it so we don't leave anyone behind.

Have a great week!
Meagan

Stacy Recommends

The other day Mary asked me for a couple recommendations for books that I have read that I won't be picking for book club. Since I read insatiably, here are a few that I have enjoyed!

The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister
--a fun read about the members of a cooking class. This one made me happy.

Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
--a WWII historical fiction. This one made me sad sometimes, but sometimes that's okay.

These is my Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901
--this is fiction inspired by the author's family memoirs, recommended to me by my high school English teacher, who I loved and still keep in touch with! I do own this one so if you want to borrow it, let me know!

Tigard Reads: The Grapes of Wrath

Just wanted to let you know what's going on with readers in our own community of Tigard...

Tigard library has selected John Steinbeck's classic novel The Grapes of Wrath for their third community reading program, Tigard Reads. I personally have never read this classic, and think this would be a wonderful way to enjoy book discussion with some new faces in Tigard. Unfortunately, they've already had one discussion meeting, but there is still another later in the month, see the information below.

:) Mary

The Grapes of Wrath Evening Discussion Group
Wednesday, February 24 * 7-8:30 p.m. * Houghton Room at the Tigard Library

The Morning Book Group invites readers to discuss John Steinbeck's novel The Grapes of Wrath. First published in 1939, this Pulitzer Prize-winning epic of the Great Depression chronicles the Dust Bowl migration of the 1930s and tells the story of one Oklahoma farm family who is forced off their land by the "land companies." They decide to travel west to the promised land of California. A portrait of conflict between the powerful and the powerless, the novel captures the horrors of the Depression and probes the very nature of equality in America.

Tigard Reads offers the opportunity to immerse ourselves in a poignant, colorful, creative period of American history while exploring how people helped each other through tough times with popular pastimes such as dancing, games and movies. Please join us in person and online to discuss this American classic and sample the distinct flavor of the 1930s through music, films, foods, oral histories and much