Stone Rooms Warmed by a Picture of the Queen

The April meeting of the GBC was, I hear, a delightful summer evening. A fresh spring menu, reading water, and strawberry dessert - I do not think it could have been much better. The discussion of The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives was also quite animated with GBC Milena adding a bit of background literary light. (My review is pending a few insights from the author.)

The next six months of reading selections are set, and I have a better than average chance of having them all completed since I have one down and currently reading another.

• May: Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin
• June: Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
• July: Saving the Queen by William F. Buckley
• August: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde [my current read]
• September: The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
• October: The Room by Emma Donoghue

Dig out your summer whites and find a comfy reading chair.