January 8 Gillian Flynn pictures and February Update

 I want to share pictures from Tuesday night as a recap.  As we saw with Carol Anshaw, having the author show up at Book Club makes it a great evening.  Gillian Flynn really made discussing Gone Girl a treat.

Thank you to all the gals who make the Book Club such a great monthly event.  You show up every month, help contribute with food and money, have finished the book most months, and genuinely make me feel appreciated for all the work I do.

Yes, I am watching the Golden Globes as I type, but my message would be the same with or without the awards.

Award for Best Supporting Cast Members:

Award for Best Author:

Award for Crew who took first picture:

*****Please read below for February Updates:***************

Upcoming February 12 Book Club

Mariam Pahl will be hosting February's Book Club!  

Mariam Pahl has graciously agreed to host book club if my daughter goes into labor Tuesday night.  Everybody knows how smart and astute she is.  I would love to be Skyped in because Mariam will do an amazing job.  As seen below, she has a great front side, and always gives us her back too.  Mariam photographed Mary Cavs and me meeting Chad Harbaugh at a reception for The Art of Fielding last May.  

February Book Selection

Longlisted for the German Book Prize........(but of course!!!)

A life-long love affair that survives the tribulations of two World Wars, Léon and Louise tells the story of Alex Capus' French grandfather. It charmed readers in Germany, where it sold nearly two hundred thousand copies and, in the year following publication, never left the Der Spiegel bestseller list.

Summer 1918. The First World War is drawing to a close when Léon falls in love with Louise Janvier. Both are severely wounded by German artillery fire, are separated, and believe each other to be dead. Briefly reunited two decades later, the lovers are torn apart again by Louise's refusal to destroy Léon's marriage and the German invasion of France. Through occupied Paris during the Second World War, where Léon struggles against the abhorrent tasks imposed on him by the SS, and the wilds of Africa, where Louise confronts the hardships of her primitive environment, they battle the vicissitudes of history and the passage of time for the survival of their love.