LITWITS
Tuesday, October 13
WELCOME TO THE JOY OF READING AND DISCUSSING BOOKS WITH FRIENDS
Zoom will meet on Tuesday, October 13th, at 4:00 pm (a link and a reminder will be sent out the day before), and the in-person, potluck-dinner meeting will begin at 6:30 pm, at Sue Fox’s home in Pleasanton, CA 94566. Please come—we always have a wonderful time, and we would love to have you as part of our truly warm and welcoming group, whether on Zoom or in-person. An hour of stimulating book discussion—along with some laughs along the way, and a scrumptious potluck dinner-- is also promised.
Enjoy the opening of Fall season with a good book. If you can join us at Sue’s house, be sure to let her 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 October 13th meeting, please read what the whole gang is tackling this month: Amity Gage’s Heartwood. This thriller mystery will keep you entranced. The disappearance of, and resultant search for, a woman who was hiking alone along the Appalachian Trail is experienced deeply, and differently, by a park warden, a one-time trail companion and a seventy-six-year-old disabled birdwatcher. Each person’s perspective (and life story) is unique and adds clues as to the possible whereabouts—and possible fate—of the lost one.
If you wish to get ahead a bit in your reading, pick up A Walk in the Park, by Kevin Fedarko, which we will discuss at the November meeting.
“She reads books as one would breathe air, to fill up and live.” — Annie Dillard (April 30, 1945-September 15, 2026), author of the wonderful Pilgrim at Tinker Creek and Tickets for a Prayer Wheel.
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
