October Moms' Bookclub!

Today was the first meeting of the October Moms' Bookclub! We chose 10 books for the upcoming year--a good mix of fiction and non-fiction! Ethan and Perry were the only babies around and it was nice to have adult conversation while also having babies with us! After lying on the ground for a little while, Ethan was exhausted and passed right out!

Book list:

APRIL: This is How Your Lose Her - Junot Diaz
MAY: Kissing in Manhattan - David Schickler
JUNE: Tell the Wolves I'm Home - Carol Rifka Brunt
JULY: Prospect Park West - Amy Sohn
AUGUST: The Uncoupling - Meg Wolitzer
SEPTEMBER: How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character - Paul Tough
OCTOBER: Hallucinations - Oliver Sacks
NOVEMBER: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - Betty Smith
DECEMBER: The Bus Driver Who Wanted to be God & Other Stories - Etgar Keret
JANUARY: The People of Forever Are Not Afraid - Shani Boianjiu

Other book suggestions:

Lean In - Sheryl Sandberg

Cutting for Stone - Abraham Verghese

The Sirens of Titan - Kurt Vonnegut

Quiet - Susan Cain

Persepolis: The Story of Childhood - Marjane Satrapi

Hope: A Tragedy: A Novel - Shalom Auslander

American Gods - Neil Gaiman

Mudbound - Hillary Jordan

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek - Anne Dillard

Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption - Laura Hillebrand

The Silence of Bonaventure Arrow - Rita Leganski

Caravaggio: A Life Sacred and Profane - Andrew Graham-Dixon