Thank you Andrew for taking our group picture!
I was so interested in what Robin was telling us I forgot to take good notes and some of them got smudged from water. She always knew she wanted to be a writer. Having both parents being librarians probably had something to do with that. She did work in other jobs plus be a wife and a Mom when she began to truly write As her daughter started growing up Robin decided she had to be true to herself and become a writer if she wanted to instill that same quality into her daughter. She started writing silhouette books that ran around 200 pages because anything bigger scared her. She started in Romance and has moved Women's fiction.
Robin told us a cute story about her parents. They met in Oklahoma and only dated a few weeks before he was shipped out. He sent a letter I believe with money so that Robin's grandmother could go by an engagement ring to give to Robin's Mom. They were engaged by mail. Together they decided that 1 week after his return from the war they would be married. And the rest is history.She wrote a book called the French War Bride that has the character Addy from The Wedding Tree. Some of the girls started reading it already thinking it was a prequel. Robin has a new book coming out September 2020 called She gets That From Me.
Suzanne had already decided she didn't like the book before reading it by the title. LOL but guess what she loved the book especially since it was set in Louisiana. Actually everyone loved the book.
I took a cue from Brenny who tends to always listen to our books if she can so I tried since my drive to doctors and grocery put me in the car for a while. Problem was i didn't want to stop listening when I got to my destination. I wanted to know what happened next and like everyone else i wanted to know what was in the suit case Charlie buried. I found myself laughing out loud right off when Addy started talking to her "mother" floating on the ceiling and the banter between Matt and Hope.
The Wedding Tree was a story of love and obsession from WWII, new budding romance, it was funny, sad and even tragic at times. Definitely recommend.
No one present and on the list had a book choice so I announced a book.. (I then remembered Barbara had texted me a choice. Oops. Barbara keep that choice handy)
My choice was Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens... Next meeting will be in July sometime. Details to be announce at a later date.
Next to choose: Kathy, Lisa, Patrick and Sandy, Susan or Suzanne, Barbara, Brenda.
Just because your name is way down the list doesn't mean I won't be calling on you to choose. Just like tonight no one had a book ready. Always have a book choice tucked away in your notes in case I call on you.
I wish had an editor to keep me in line when blogging about book discussion.
Until next meeting....
