June Book Pick

Alecia has picked The Happiness Project by Gretchen Ruben, for our June book discussion.  

The book is available from the public library. It is also available for purchase in hard cover, paperback, and Kindle ($2.99)

Award-winning author Gretchen Rubin is back with a bang, with The Happiness Project. The author of the bestselling 40 Ways to Look at Winston Churchill has produced a work that is “a cross between the Dalai Lama’s The Art of Happiness and Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat, Pray, Love.” (Sonya Lyubomirsky, author of The How of Happiness: A Scientific Approach to Getting the Life You Want) In the vein of Julie and Julia, The Happiness Project describes one person’s year-long attempt to discover what leads to true contentment. Drawing at once on cutting-edge science, classical philosophy, and real-world applicability, Rubin has written an engaging, eminently relatable chronicle of transformation. 

Book Pick for May

Our book pick for our May discussion is The Moon-Spinners by Mary Stewart.  Here is a synopsis of the book: 

Impetuous and attractive, Nicola Ferris has just arrived in Crete for a holiday when she sees an egret fly out of a lemon grove. On impulse, she follows the bird’s path into the White Mountains. There she discovers a young Englishman who, hiding out in the hills and less than pleased to have been discovered, sends Nicola packing with the order to keep out of his affairs. This, of course, Nicola is unable to do, and before long events lead to a stunning climax among the fishing boats of Agios Georgios Bay.

            In this bestselling novel, first published in 1963 and made into a successful movie starring Hayley Mills the following year, Mary Stewart, in her magical way, evokes Crete as she has Delphi, Provence, Northumberland, and the Hebrides in her other books. With her keen delineation of character, she once again casts a spell of suspense and romance.

Debby picked the book and is looking forward to a great discussion.  The story takes place in Crete, Greece where Debby and Gary lived when they were first married.  They have even been in the windmills that are part of the story.  

Debby will be making a Greek treat for us to share at our book discussion.  Hope to see you at the Mitchell home on Tuesday May 17 at 7pm.