CARTOON FOR OUR GROUP

Girls’ nights? Women say they’re a must every 22 days

>>>> New research finds that girls’ nights aren't just fun, but essential. Women say they need a girls’ night every 22 days to feel balanced. And for most women, wine is what sets the tone.<<<<<

UHHHH - and for us, BOOKS!! Just thought you all would find this an amusing study. Commissioned of course by Bezel WINES. Think there is any slant here??

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Sort of Speaks for Itself . . .

Correction to an older post . . .

It probably only matters to me, but as I was updating our 2024 list, I discovered another author we have read multiple books by - well, two. Helen DeWitt! Who would have guessed that she wrote both THE LAST SAMURAI (which we read in 2001) and THE ENGLISH UNDERSTAND WOOL (which we read late 2024). Two very different books. Furthermore, who would have guessed she would still be smoking in this century? Helen, Helen, Helen.

Another book club cartoon . . .

 

Which authors have we read MORE than one book by???

 I confess I am obsessed with keeping up with these odd kinds of trivia. So I took a list at which authors we have read multiple books by. To be honest, since we have been reading together since 1988, it's not all that surprising that we have done this, but hey, there are a whole lot of authors we HAVEN'T read more than one book. 

With no further ado, our multi chosen authors! 26 of them. 

The all time most read author by our group: 

Amor Towles	Louise Erdrich
Ann Patchett	Marc Salzman
Anthony Doerr	Margaret Atwood
Barbara Kingsolver	Marilynne Robinson
Edith Wharton	Oliver Sacks
Elizabeth Stout	Orhan Pamuk
Erik Larson	Patti Smith
Geraldine Brooks	Ruth Ozeki
Haruki Murakami	Sue Miller
Irvin Yalom	Susan Orlean
Jane Smiley	Toni Morrison
Jeffrey Eugenides	Wallace Stegner
Kazuo Ishiguro	Willa Cather

 

The most often read author over the years? BARBARA KINGSOLVER, chosen four times, as shown below (book plus the year we read it. 

Flight Behavior	2023
The Lacuna	2010
The Poisonwood Bible	2001
Animal Dreams	1992

I couldn't resist . . .