Fellow Readers
Fellow Readers Book Club
Est. 1996
- L. Uribe
- January 2023
West in the Night
and other books we liked this year
I must start with an apology for slacking off and not keeping this page up to date. I promise to do better in 2024. I want this to be the place you come for the list of books and/or a summary of our conversation about the books.
Notes from last Gathering of 2023
Related to this month’s book : West in the Night by Beryl Markham
Historical Fiction about Markham (Rebecca) – Circling the Sun by Paula McLain
Miniseries – Shadow on the Sun (1988) stream here on tubi
Recommended Best Reads of 2023 (not on our list)
Carol
Hello Beautiful by Ann Neapolitan
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingslover
Tracy
Unreasonable hospitality by Will Guidera
Diary a CEO by Steve Bartlett
Adrianne
CJ Box series – #1 Open Season
Mr. Texas by Laurence White
Norma
Rose Code by Kate Quinn
Michelle
Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Cutting for Stone
GG
Wherever My Seeds may Fall by Peter Cawdran
Incredibly Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
Lisa
Counterfeit by Kirsten Chen
Yellowface by R.F. Huang
Fellow Readers Book Club
Est. 1996
- L. Uribe
- January 2023
Lessons in Chemistry
Recommended by one of our science girls in Book Club.
Thoughts about Lessons from Chemistry by Bonnie Bonnie Garmus, from one of my book club crew, Rebecca G. :
Fellow Readers Book Club
Est. 1996
- L. Uribe
- Nov/Dec 2022
JOSEPHINE: THE HUNGRY HEART`
This isn't the cover art I was able to find. But it is definitely beautiful art of the ground braking star.
A few months ago, while discussing the book THE PERFUME THEIF by Timothy Shaffert, we began discussing Paris during the war. Eventually, someone mentioned Josephine Baker and the incredible story behind who she was. A quick google search led to a short list of biographies. We settled on the version by a friend of hers and later adopted by her, Jean Claude Baker, and Chris Chase, JOSEPHINE: THE HUNGRY HEART. Personally, it doesn’t meet the need to get to know her. So I’ve continued searching.There is a nicely done movie from 1991 starring Lynn Whitfield. (Note: true to Josephine’s way, there is nudity). It’s easy to find or click this link JOSEPHINE
mia i. uribe kozlovsky
avid reader
Mia loves reading so much it is her actual job to put more books into the world. We are fortunate that she also shares her thoughts on a title or two on a book she has read just because
Words About Paradise
- Mia I. Uribe Kozlovsky
- September 2022
My first guest book reviewer, is a reader that is ever so close to my heart, Mija Mia. These are her thoughts:
I walked a lot while listening to this book, the experience of walking through a new, becoming-familiar neighborhood conflating with the affective resonance that listening allowed. The story beats matched my walking pace, and usually I chose longer paths because I wanted to follow that rhythm.
Yanagihara’s prose inspires beauty in niches found in a compelling communication of mediocrity. The core of the stories in this novel is, “While loving someone is not shameful, it is shameful not to be loved at all.” This shame drives the actions of Yanagihara’s characters because they really are unwanted. Some by the entire community, nearly pariahs, and some simply by the person they hold in the highest regard, the person they love most. While loving someone is not shameful, it is shameful to love the one who does not love you at all. How does that shape how you love others?
There is more: descriptions of mangos, blocks of chocolate, midnight walks, teachers, and so many pandemics I couldn’t keep count. Many times I considered putting this book away, maybe to return to maybe not. Ultimately, I could not stop listening. Yanagihara has consistently portrayed want in a compelling way to me. The want saturates the fantastical imaginings of these characters, a want to right their wrongs and finally (re)connect with those they love, lingers with me. Because what is paradise if not want? A desire for no pandemic, for no colonialism or its violent effects, for no hurt or its misunderstandings. A paradise with choices, with books, with understanding, with those we love and who love us in return.
Biggest thanks to @librofm for the magnificent audiobook and even more gratitude to @aanguloo for being my buddy in reading this, despite the pain it brought during your MPH 
book club
est. 1996
Fellow readers gathering to share one thing they have in common — books.
August Gathering -
The Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
- L. Uribe
- August 2022
Hola Fellow Readers,
This month we read Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. I enjoyed the read. I am always interested in stories of old Hollywood. The characters are old glam, adjacent to Elizabeth Taylor, Frank Sinatra (return of Mick Rivas). The story is vivid enough that there will be a movie, the adaptation was announced in March (Cosmopolitan, May 2022).
I look forward to discussing this book with ya’ll. The idea of living in a time of such restrictiveness, is timely as we are now in a time of being more open and expressive of oneself. It is a direction I did not expect. But nonetheless was intrigued by Evelyn’s journey of discovering love. This link has discussion questions we can use for our gathering, Litlovers- Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. . See you all soon.