LITWITS
TueSdAy, MARCH,11th
at Vicki Sigl's home
(not the McIntyre's)
PLEASE JOIN US AT OUR Welcome-to-Spring LITWITS GATHERING
Zoom will meet on Tuesday, March 11th, at 4:00 pm (the link will go out, hopefully, the day before), and the in-person, potluck-dinner meeting will begin at 6:30, at Vicki Sigl’s home in San Ramon. Do join us for great food, warm fellowship and our always interesting discussion. Be sure to let Vicki know or contact the church office as soon as possible that you will be attending and what appetizer, main dish, side or dessert you will be bringing then prepare for some great “book talk.”
For the March meeting, read the challenging and provocative James, by Percival Everett. Everett has recalibrated Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by telling the story through the eyes of Twain’s slave character Jim rather than fom Huck’s point of view. Taking the time to quickly review the original Huck Finn book or to read a good synopsis will enhance your reading of James although it is not absolutely necessary.
This book has, as of last yeas, won nearly every major literary award and has been named a Best Book of the Year by most major reviewers. It will soon be coming out as a feature film produced by Steven Spielberg. That sounds like a definite Litwits excursion to me!
April book: If you want to read ahead, do pick up Ina Garten’s memoir, Be Ready When Luck
Happens.
'To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the
miseries of life.'
- W. Somerset Maugham, Books and You
2025 LitWits Book Selection List
