October ‘25 Sunday FUnday Book Club Follow Up
Hey y’all!
How impressive that folks who stayed out Halloween-ing until 4 AM made it to book club! Good on you.
Pairings—With gratitude to Nikki—
Macdougal Dry Irish Stout 4.2%
La Columbe Cold Brew (N/A)
Our next Sunday Funday Book Club meetup is November 23 from 10-noon at Great South Bay Brewery (Bay Shore). We are reading Jerks by Sara Lippmann.
Your side hustle read: ‘[Sonnet] You jerk you didn't call me up” by Bernadette Mayer: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/49729/sonnet-you-jerk-you-didnt-call-me-up
Your side hustle watch: The Jerk (1979)
Wrap-up of your discussion of Before The Coffee Gets Cold:
The book is about saying the things that aren't said to gain peace of mind. We can change how we perceive situations even when we can't change reality. There are now two envelopes or maybe not because time travel has difficulties even when it has rules. It could be a cozy book. It could be magical realism. We had lingering questions and figure the other books in the series may answer them, like "why do ghosts need to use the toilet?". The sequel could be a prequel, an idea which made all of us gasp for no reason.
The coffee and tea swap was lots of fun!
Quote of the Discussion
“This is an anthology of sadness. A cozy mirror.”
Game of the Month:
Then we played Who’s Time Traveling Now? The game was a close race! While the Grab Bag of Questionable Prizes was still available, this month’s ultimate prize included a magnet of a ghost drinking coffee and reading a book. How. Spot. On. Is. That.
If you missed the game, here’s a peek:
This guy travels through time on a stolen ship with his trusty towel.
and
This guy goes back in time to obtain an unmutated form of a virus that has almost wiped out humanity.
Here's the soundtrack you created:
Ghosts and Rules
Time Travel As Explained by The Hulk
152 Yen = $1 USD
Fact: WWII inflation for survival is the reason everything is so many yen. (Thanks, Dakota).
Non Reading Recs For Right Now To Remain Sane
The Handmaids Tale, the original and the graphic novel version
The Haunting of Adeline and The Hunting of Adeline
Reading Recs
"Mother Tongue" by Amy Tan*
"Seventeen Syllables" by Hisaye Yamamoto
The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston*
*Note: I know China and Japan are very different countries; they share some cultural similarities. Hence Tan and Kingston.
Watching Recs
Old Enough on Netflix
https://www.netflix.com/title/81506279
SNL’s Version of Old Enough
Interested in Book of the Month Club? Use Shelby's link to check it out. https://www.mybotm.com/sfyw0xyjswc
Our Future Meetups
Everything is here.
We may have another moment of when book clubs collide for December's meeting, once again teaming up with Comic Book Club. Details TBA.
Would you be interested in a read the book watch the movie extravaganza in January at a movie theater? Let us know!
Dates for 2026 TBA. Books for 2026 TBA. See the list below and put in your requests and own recs. Nikki is still wanting to read a romance, and apparently, I don’t know what that is (see: Sex.Lies.Murder.Fame.).
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.
All good things,
Christina
Possible Books For Future Book Club Meet Ups
Replaceable You by Mary Roach (nonfiction)
Zero Stars Do Not Recommend by M. J. Wassmer (fiction)
A River Runs Through It and Other Stories by Norm Maclean (semi-auto fiction)
The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh (fiction)
My Year of Meats by Ruth Ozeki (fiction)
This American Woman: A One-in-a-Billion Memoir by Zarna Garg (nonfiction)
El Dorado Drive by Meg Abbott (fiction)
The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami (fiction)
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (semi fiction)
The Future by Naomi Alderman (fiction)
What Board Games Mean To Me by Ian Livingstone (nonfiction)
When The Stars Go Dark by Paula McLain (fiction)
Sleepwalk With Me and Other Painfully True Stories by Mike Birbiglia (nonfiction)
Leave The World Behind by Rumaan Alam (fiction)
I Always Think It’s Forever by Timothy Goodman (graphic memoir)
Unreliable Narrator: Me, Myself, and Imposter Syndrome by Aparna Nancherla (nonfiction)
Good Neighbors by Sarah Langan (fiction)
The Art of Living by Thich Nhat Han (nonfiction)
Lonely Castle In The Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura (fiction)
Ten Steps to Nanette by Hanna Gadsby (nonfiction)
Tell Everyone On This Train I Love Them by Maeve Higgins (nonfiction)
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistlestop Cafe by Fannie Flagg (fiction)
The Way To Rainy Mountain by N. Scott Momaday (fiction)
Night of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty (fiction)
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiel Hammett (fiction)
Special Characters: My Adventures with Tech Titans and Misfits by Laurie Segall (nonfiction)