This is month's book is Methland by Nick Reding.

The store will be closed all day for our annual inventory.

J: The Woman Who Wrote the Bible

When Janaia, oldest daughter of King David of Judah, is secretly initiated into the
art and magic of writing, she finds she must master the sublime powers and visions that
come with this new kind of knowledge. From the caves of Judah to the glories of
Solomon’s Temple, Janaia discovers through heartbreak and sacrifice that the knowledge
of good and evil brings with it both frightening powers and jubilant freedom. In her quick-
paced debut novel, Chicago native Burns has crafted a tale that will appeal to fans of the
feminist historical fantasies of Starhawk, Jane Auel, and Marion Zimmer Bradley.

Half-Baked: The Story of My Nerves, My Newborn, and How We Both Learned to
Breathe

Flotsam blogger and NPR commentator Alexa Stevenson has been a self-
proclaimed worrywart for most of her life: avoiding amusement park rides, skateboards,
and other activities that would just be “borrowing trouble.” But the series of worst-case
scenarios that comprise her journey to motherhood—including the birth of her daughter
Simone, more than 3 months early—force her into a Zen-like acceptance of uncertainty
and absurdity; a journey she recounts in this uniquely sharp, funny, vulnerable, and
ultimately, hopeful memoir.

We're reading Ursula K Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness this month.

This month's book is The Gastronomical Me by M.F.K. Fisher

Rich Boy

Robert Vishniak, favored son of a working-class Jewish Philadelphia
neighborhood, employs his good looks, charm and cleverness to scale the social ladder.
Gliding from his hardscrabble beginnings to an elite New England University, he
ensconces himself among scions of unimagined wealth and influence, building a future he
believes will eclipse his humble past. But as is so often the case, it takes but a fleeting,
single occurrence to change Robert’s life, threatening to undermine his achievements and
unravel his carefully constructed identity. Ten years in the making, Pomerantz’s debut is
a sweeping saga of class, sexual rebellion, money, and love.

Featuring Fay Jacobs, Ellen Rosner, and DJ SpinNikki
$7-10 sliding fee includes food and wine

This month, our popular salon night for lesbians and their friends includes
humorist Fay Jacobs, author of the lesbian memoir As I Lay Frying, and the sequel, Fried
and True: Tales from Rehoboth Beach; and local favorite Ellen Rosner. With a voice that
Windy City Times music writer David Byrne describes as “a young Chrissie Hynde, Chris
Issak or Melissa Etheridge,” with influences of Ruth Brown and Mavis Staples, Rosner
has opened for artists such as Joan Armatrading, Sophie B. Hawkins and Nelly Furtado.
DJ SpinNikki will play us in and out of sets with her eclectic playlist of pop, soul,
electronica, and world music.
Door proceeds benefit the artists and the Women’s Voices Fund.

This month's book is Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen(aka Karen Blixen)