April Pick

Thank you Nancy for such a lovely evening at your home. The soups, the bread, the desserts...everything was wonderful. We had an excellent discussion of Night. This was a very powerful and emotionally difficult book to read, one of those that stays with you long after you've finished it. Thank you Linda for sharing your insights and your pictures with us.

Getting on to business - I've just realized that it's kind of funny that we're reading The Sun Also Rises just after completing Night. Anyhoo... The next meeting is Thursday, April 13th at Marion's at 7:15 pm. Please call ahead and let Marion know if you'll be coming.

Our May book is The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon. We'll be meeting at Linda Hoffman's on Tuesday, May 30th.

There were several suggestions for future books. I've added links to the sidebar - if you get a chance check out some of these titles so we can discuss them at the next meeting. If I've missed anything or if anyone has additional suggestions please let me know. Keep the ideas coming - so many books...so little time.

Finally, several of us are interested in starting a knitting night. If you are interested let me know. You don't need to know how to knit, we can show you.

Get reading ladies!

February pick

The new book is Night by Elie Wiesel. This is also Oprah's latest pick. If you are interested you can check out the Oprah Web site for more info. Unfortunately you are forced to "join" the bookclub in order to view the pages. It's not too big a deal, just a little extra work. A reading group guide for Night is also available at www.fsgbooks.com. See you all February 21st. Then on to Hemingway in April!

FYI - Buffalo News Book Club

The Buffalo News Book Club selection for February is The Known World by Edward P. Jones. This book "deals with the world of slavery in the pre-Civil War American South - but it turns many assumptions about slavery squarely on their heads." Here is the link to the story as it appears in the paper.

January Pick

Outlander was quite a steamy novel - just the thing for a long cold winter month. In addition to all the heat - it had action, adventure, intrigue and history. I certainly learned a thing or two. Now we really know what those Scots men wear under their kilts! (Click here if you dare - but be forewarned, not for the faint of heart, or for children) The time travel element was very interesting too - why did Claire see Jamie out her window in 1945? This is the first in a series of six novels, for more info visit Diana Gabaldon's Web site.