Annual Joplin Meet Up

Believe it or not, it is that time of year again. Time for the 12th?/13th? annual Joplin meet up at the Changing Hands Book Shoppe (http://chbs.tgaming.org/) at 528 S Virginia Ave in Joplin, Missouri. We hope you will join us!

The target date is November 30th, 2021, the Tuesday after Thanksgiving.

I will be there!

>2 tloeffler: I was beginning to wonder if I was the only one going!

I think I'll be able to make it. My visitors had to cancel for the present, so no problem there.

Yay, Roni! It will be wonderful to finally meet you in person. I am not sure at this point if Donna, Sandy, or Nancy is going to make it, but Terri and I will be there.

Oh dear. I'm afraid I have to be here for a doctor appointment for my mom the next day, so I have a conflict after all, much as I hate it.

>6 ronincats: I am sorry to hear it, Roni. I was hoping to meet face-to-face for the first time. Maybe next year?

I hope your mother's appointment goes well!

Terri's 2021 Haul:

A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende
The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon, Tea Time for the Traditionally Built, The Miracle at Speedy Motors, and The Kalahari Typing School for Men by Alexander McCall Smith
Mrs. Pollifax and the Lion Killer by Dorothy Gilman
The Enormous Room by E. E. Cumings
Skeleton Hill by Peter Lovesey
My Life by Bill Clinton
Decision Points by George W. Bush

I believe some of these books are to be donated to the Little Free Library in Terri's neighborhood.

Stasia's 2021 Haul:

The Ginger Tree by Oswald Wynd
Vera by Elizabeth von Arnim
The World's Strongest Librarian by Josh Hanagarne - Donna recommended this one to me
Wild Swans by June Chang
The Border of Paradise by Esme Weijun Wang
Incredible Victory by Walter Lord
The Bondmaid by Catherine Lim
The Fall of Light by Niall Williams
John Masefield's Letters from the Front 1915-17 by John Masefield - I bought this one for my daughter, Catey
An American Childhood by Annie Dillard
Friendly Fire by A. B. Yehoshua
Peace Like a River by Leif Enger - this is a replacement copy since I cannot seem to locate the one that I supposedly have!
The Good Doctor by Damon Galgut
A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute
The Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck
Travelers by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Pleasure of Ruins by Rose Macaulay

Yes, there were still some books left in the store by the time Terri, Donna, and I were done shopping :)

Donna's 2021 Haul:

Simon's Family by Marianne Fredriksson
What's It Like to Go to War by Karl Marlantes
The Beginner's Goodbye by Anne Tyler

>8 alcottacre: Correction: To the Little Free Library in Terri's yard!