Alternative Discussion Forums

I would like to find a way to increase the ways each of us can participate in the book group. I would like to experiment with an online forum for the book under discussion. I will post any reading guide we are using and then allow set up a posting for discussion. If this sounds a bit vague, I guarantee you the plan is as vague as the description. I'll keep you posted but I hope that this will prove to be one more way for us to keep connected. If you have any suggestions or ideas, please let me know.

New Book, New Year

Our book is in! The Elegance of the Hedgehog a critically acclaimed translation of a Muriel Burberry's thoughtful book is our next selection. We have a scheduled meeting on Friday, January 15th after the library closes (starting time is usually between 4:45 and 5:00) and we can set up an alternate time during the week preceding.

Check out and excerpt from NPR and a review from the NY Times.

Have a great holiday and I hope to see you soon.

Book Club Meeting

Hi Ladies!

Just a reminder that we are next meeting on February 27th. We will be discussing On Chesil Beach and Then We Came to the End.

This is the proposed schedule for the next few meetings:
3/27 -- The Reluctant Fundamentalist
4/17 -- Fire in the Blood
5/22 -- Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

On Chesil Beach

On Chesil Beach is available in the library.

Our next meeting is January 16th in the library at 4:45 p.m.

See you then! Have a wonderful Holiday!

Discussion for Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox

We had a lively discussion about this book and found the author interview and newspaper article (both posted previously) very informative.

Clearly, I am the most bloodthirsty of the lot because I was "happy" with the Esme's act at the end. Others were not quite so sanguine about the outcome.

Did you think that Esme was justified? Did Esme realize her sister's part in her confinement only at the end?

How does Iris play into all of this? Is she the modern-day Esme (unfettered by old-fashioned convention) as the author suggests?

Would you recommend this book to someone? I certainly did.

New Books Are In

Some of the new books are in...please stop by the library to pick them up. We will be meeting on 12/12. Here is what we are reading: Across A Hundred Mountains.

Please be sure to return any book you may have. If I don't get a chance to see or talk to you, I hope you and yours have a wonderful Thanksgiving.

Esme Lennox tidbits

Here is a link to an article in the Telegraph that has some interesting parallels to our novel:

Falsely accused woman freed after 70 years and an interesting interview with Maggie O'Farrell