LITWITS
TueSdAY, JUNE 9
WELCOME TO THE JOY OF READING AND DISCUSSING BOOKS
Zoom will meet on Tuesday, June 9th, at 4:00 p.m. (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 Vicki Sigl’s always welcoming home in San Ramon.
Summer means roses--and books!
Do join us, if you can, for great food, warm fellowship, and our always interesting discussion.
Be sure to let Vicki know as soon as possible that you will be attending and what tasty summer
appetizer, main dish, side or dessert you will be bringing.
For the June meeting, please read Wild Thing: A Life of Paul Gaughin, a complex and fascinating biography by Sue Prideaux. Prideaux picks up on very recent discoveries to bring additional and revisionary insights into the artist’s life, “not to condemn, not to excuse, but simply to shed new light on the man and the myth.” Learn about this bigger-than-life man who was not only an unconventional painter but also a sculptor, potter, carver, activist, theorist and writer.
If you wish to get ahead a bit, pick up a very compelling read, The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime and a Dangerous Obsession, by Michael Finkel, which we will discuss in July.
For fun, in your “spare time”: Learn about making paper roses out of discarded books
“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
