Sturdy Shoes Book Club 

The 2019 Page
Books that we read in 2019
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February 2019 Thursday Feb 7th 
We met at Novel bookstore. 

Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge 


 by Erica Armstrong Dunbar.(Non-Fiction) Amy 






March 2019  March 7
We continued our tradition of meeting the first Thursday of the month
 and we discussed Sally's book, which was sad and violent, but sweet. 

 A Constellation of Vital Phenomenon 
by Anthony Marra (Sally)




April 2019 April 4 

 We read:
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine 
by Gail Honeyman (Julia)




May 2019 May 2

We met at our favorite bookstore and we discussed:
Hare with Amber Eyes 
by Edmund deWaal (fiction) (Barbara)





June 2019 June 6

Little Fires Everywhere 
by Celeste Ng (fiction)(Susie)




July 2019 July 11

We met at Jenny's home and enjoyed the company of her husband, all three kids and a visiting friend.  

Fascism
 by Madeleine Albright (non-fiction) (Jenny)





August  and September 2019 Thursday September 3

We did not meet in August.  Instead we discussed both the August and the September book on Thursday Sept 3rd at the lovely home of Deborah.  Thanks Deborah!

August book discussed in September
Plague of Doves 
by Louise Erdrich (fiction) (Deborah)


September book discussed the same day:
My Southern Journey  
by Rick Bragg (non-fiction) (Amy)






October 2019 Thursday Oct. 3

Garlic and Sapphires 
by Ruth Reichl (non-fiction) (Julia)






November 2019 Thursday Nov. 7

Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane 
by Lisa See (fiction) (Tina)






December 2019 
Thursday December 5?

We will meet at least once in December. We might select books and we might vote on the favorite book and we might enjoy Cosmos.  Not sure at all.   


We will decide later when to read Jenny's book.
We could read it for December or for next year.  

Small Great Things
  by Jodi Picoult (Fiction) (Jenny)