And Furthermore

Our book for November 2025 was "The Wrong End of the Telescope" by Rabih Almeddine. Thumbs up from all.

For December we will be reading "Wandering Stars" by Tommy Orange.

For 2026? To be decided. 

For the record

 The last post took us up to March. From there:

April:  "North Woods" by Daniel Mason

May: "The Friend" by Sigrid Nunez

June: Postponed due to protests

July: "Solito" by Javier Zamora

August:  "Psalm for the Wild-Built" by Becky Chambers

And into the future:

September: "The Nightingale" by Kristin Hannah

October: "James" by Percival Everett

What we read

 

So our September book was "Telephone." AM had ordered all the versions of "Telephone" and distributed them randomly but our wily crew figured out the twist so no surprises were revealed. 

October and November were "Pachinko" by Min Jin Lee. It is almost 500 pages so we allowed two months.

December's book was "Long Island" by Colm Toibin, a follow up to "Brooklyn. It was well received by all except me but maybe I'm just cranky. The meeting had been delayed a week due to crazy weather that actually triggered a tornado watch. Maybe that's why I was so cranky.

January's book was "Goodnight Tokyo" by Atsuhiro Yoshida. Charming story but be sure to take notes on the many characters to keep them straight.

Frebruary's book was "Creation Lake" by Rachel Kushner. It got seven thumbs up.

March will be "Emma" by Jane Austen. Tony had suggested we turn to the classics for a change and this title was voted in.