Date: Thurs. June 6th, 2024 Time: 8:30 AM Price: €12,00 per meeting or block of 5 for €50,00 includes discussion and a coffee or tea.
What's Next June 6th- Circe by Madeline Miller July 4th -In Five Years by Rebecca Serle. August- SummerBreak September 5th-Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James MC Bride. October 3rd- The Woman in the Library by SulariGentill November 7th-Of Women and Saltby Gabriella Garcia. December 5th-The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L Frank Baum.
Circe by Madeline Miller
This #1 New York Times bestseller is a "bold and subversive retelling of the goddess's story" that brilliantly reimagines the life of Circe, formidable sorceress of The Odyssey (Alexandra Alter, The New York Times).
In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe is a strange child -- not powerful, like her father, nor viciously alluring like her mother. Turning to the world of mortals for companionship, she discovers that she does possess power -- the power of witchcraft, which can transform rivals into monsters and menace the gods themselves.
Threatened, Zeus banishes her to a deserted island, where she hones her occult craft, tames wild beasts and crosses paths with many of the most famous figures in all of mythology, including the Minotaur, Daedalus and his doomed son Icarus, the murderous Medea, and, of course, wily Odysseus.
But there is danger, too, for a woman who stands alone, and Circe unwittingly draws the wrath of both men and gods, ultimately finding herself pitted against one of the most terrifying and vengeful of the Olympians. To protect what she loves most, Circe must summon all her strength and choose, once and for all, whether she belongs with the gods she is born from, or the mortals she has come to love.
With unforgettably vivid characters, mesmerizing language, and page-turning suspense, Circe is a triumph of storytelling, an intoxicating epic of family rivalry, palace intrigue, love and loss, as well as a celebration of indomitable female strength in a man's world.
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Books We Read in 2023 January -Winter Break February- People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks March - The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa April -The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict May - The Keeper of Stories by Sally Page June -The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak July - TheScapegoatby Daphne Du Maurier August - Summer Break September - All the Lonely People by Mike Gayle October - And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie November - The Glovemaker by Ann Weisgarber December 7th - Charlotte's Web by E.B. White Books We Read in 2022 January -Winter Break Feb. - Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson March - The Midnight Library by Matt Haig April - Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy May -Mitz: The Marmoset of Bloomsbury by Sigrid Nunez June –The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave July -The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie August - Summer Break September -Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro October - Piranesi by Susanna Clarke November - Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan December -Midwinter Murder by Agatha Christie
Books We Read in 2021 January -Winter Break February - Hintersee by Gregory Maguire March - Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne April - The Lost and Found Bookshop by Susan Wiggs May - The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo June - Anxious People by Fredrik Backman August - Summer Break October - The Thing Around Your Neck by C.N. Adichie October - The Last Train to Key West by Chanel Cleeton November - The Guest List by Lucy Foley December - Mr. Dickens and His Carol by Samantha Silva