A Book Recommendation Party
We were so happy to have a handful of people over last night. It was mostly just a way to rev up entertaining again, but as I try to suss out the hows and whats of possibly starting up some literary/book events in Charlotte after doing so in MetroWest Boston, it also served as an easy way to start dipping my toe in that world. I mean, I’m talking in a verrrrry minor way because the only book-ish thing about the evening was that it was requested that everyone bring a book recommendation to share. That’s what you’re seeing above. (See below for the closeups, and btw if you were in attendance I forgot to add one that someone who couldn’t come wanted to share. It’s in one of the slides here, but for those who took a pic of the board before I put it up, it’s Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi.)
I loved spending time with old friends + new friends, reconnecting with a few folks I hadn’t seen in like 15 years, and then meeting for the first time some spouses and a young (it’s all relative!) neighbor and her friend. Not sure exactly where I’m heading with programming, but the whole point of it has always been community, and last night was a perfect slice of just that.
Here’s what was recommended:
* Prayer in the Night (Tish Harrison Warren)
* A Walk in the Woods (Bill Bryson)
* The Covenant of Water (Abraham Verghese)
* Archer’s Voice (Mia Sheridan)
* The Anxious Generation (Jonathan Haidt)
* Homegoing (Yaa Gyasi)
* On Our Best Behavior (Elise Loehnen)
* This is Happiness (Niall Williams)
* The Many Lives of Mama Love (Lara Love Hardin)
* Everything I Know About Love (Dolly Alderton)
* Small Ceremonies (Carol Shields)
* Homegoing (Yaa Gyasi)
* Euphoria (Lily King)
* I Am Homeless if This is Not My Home (Lorrie Moore)
* The Perfect Marriage (Lara Love Hardin)
* Everything I Know About Love (Jeneva Rose)
* The Nightingale (Kristin Hannah)
* Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
* Suttree (Cormac McCarthy)
* Our Souls at Night (Kent Haruf)
* Small Mercies (Dennis Lehane)
* Shark Heart (Emily Habeck)
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