LITWITS
TueSdAY, MAY 12
WELCOME TO THE JOY OF READING AND DISCUSSING BOOKS
Zoom will meet on Tuesday, May 12th, at 4:00 pm (Sue Fox will send out a link and a reminder the day before), and the in-person, potluck-dinner meeting will begin at 6:30 pm, at Kathleen Macdonald’s welcoming home in Pleasanton.
Do join us, if you can, for great food, warm fellowship, and our always interesting discussion. Be sure to let Kathleen know as soon as possible that you will be attending and what tasty appetizer, main dish, side or dessert you will be bringing.
For the May meeting, please read My Friends, by Fredrik Backman. Books by Fredrik Backman are a joy to read and contemplate—this one is certainly no exception. Meet Louisa, an emancipated foster child, and Ted, the friend of an artist whose work she adores and “sees.” Follow their stories, and those of other lost souls, and plunge into some poignant (and complicated) moments of life as only Backman can express them—with humor, lavish prose, and the most heartwarming humanity.
If you wish to get ahead a bit, pick up Wild Thing: A Life of Paul Gaughin, by Sue Prideaux, which we will discuss in June.
“A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the way, a counselor, a multitude of counselors.” – Charles Baudelaire
2026 LitWits Book Selection List
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Month Book Hostess _________
February 10 The Correspondent Carolee Ruedi
by, Virginia Evans
March 10 Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Sue Fox
Greed and Lost Idealism
by, Sarah Wynn-Williams
April 14 The Brightwood Code
by, Monica Hesse
May 12 My Friends Kathleen MacDonald/Sue Ross
by, Frederik Backman
June 9 Wild Thing: A Life of Paul Gaughin
by, Sue Prideaux
July 14 The Art Thief: A Story of Love, Crime and Beckie Holstrom\
Dangerous Obsession
by, Michael Finkel
August 11 Wild Dark Shore Kathy DeJong
by, Charlotte McConaghy
September 8 Memorial Days
by, Geraldine Brooks
October 13 Heartwood
by, Amity Gage
November 10 A Walk in the Park
by, Kevin Fedarko
December 8 Letters from Father Christmas
by, J.R.R. Tolkien
January 12 (2027) The Name of the Rose
by, Umberto Eco
