November ‘25 Sunday Funday Book Club Follow Up

Hey y’all!

Nikki’s Pairings—

Naughty Girl IPA
Wild Bill Rocket Pop (N/A)

Our next Sunday Funday Book Club meetup is tentatively January 18 maybe at 6 PM possibly at the Bayville movie theatre. If we can plan this, then the book we’ll read is A Man Called Ove by Frederik Backman and the movie we’ll watch on a big screen is A Man Called Otto.  

**Keep an eye out for more information!**

In the meantime, get your fill of book club in December:

12/11 at Threes, 7 PM: Black Magic

12/14 at Lithology, 1 PM: Saga

Wrap-up of your discussion of Jerks: What is this book about? What’s the throughline? Yes, jerks, but also, orgies? Who are these people? Is this high brow?

Quote of the Discussion

“Why are we breastfeeding the neighbor?” 

Game of the Month: 

We played Name That Jerk. Obviously. If you missed the game, here’s a smattering:

Is jerktown:
Water stop on a railroad line
Post depot for the Pony Express
Early skiing village for the rich

Is Bjerknes
Norwegian physicist (Vilhelm Frimann Koren Bjerknes)
Microscopic organism found in flora
Attitude of aloofness

Here's the soundtrack you created:

Reading Recs

Fantasma by Kayla Smith

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Watching Recs

The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window (Netflix)

Rear Window

Interested in Book of the Month Club? Use Shelby's link to check it out. https://www.mybotm.com/sfyw0xyjswc  

Other places where you can find me:

12/19 at Space Cowboy Coffee, 6 PM, hosting an open mic (bring your shopping list to read; people will clap)

1/7 online, 7 PM, hosting Meditate, Move, & Create, register here: https://tlanetwork.org/event-6418090

1/10 at Oceanside Library, 2 PM, poetry reading co-featuring

Our Future Meetups

Everything is here: https://www.christinamrau.com/book-club

TENTATIVE Dates for 2026

1/18: 6 PM: A Man Called Ove by Frederik Backman at Sayville Theatre

2/22: 10 AM: The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston at GSB Bayshore

3/22 or 3/29: 10 AM: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir at TBA

Of course, if you have book suggestions, send them my way. Yup, you can share this email and/or the links. Yes, invite whomever you wish to book club. No one needs to finish the book. Hope to see you at our future book chats. Bring your appetite for snacks, sips, and conversation. Thank you for making life brighter each month! 

All good things,

Christina

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