Read: Master Humphrey's Clock, by Charles Dickens
Meet: Tues., April 12 at Jennifer Joseph's house (7 Loeser Ave., Somerville)
Becky Layton will lead the discussion
The book can be found in libraries, purchased, or free online. Go to http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/588 or google the title to find other online reading options.
Friday, March 18
Monday, March 7
March
Tomorrow night is Literature Group! I'll be hosting (Amy Pond) and I'm letting Harland run rampant in the kitchen. He's cooking up a storm as I type. Trinyan will lead our discussion of Alan Bradley's The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie.
Come for the book! Come for the friendship! Come for the food!
Come for the book! Come for the friendship! Come for the food!
Sunday, December 12
T minus 2 and counting
Literature Group meets up again in two days ...... join us!
We'll be at JENNY ROSE'S home (a change from earlier plans) starting at 7 pm.
Bring a favorite short children's book. (Or don't. I'm sure there will be extras.)
AMY POND will lead a discussion.
Skip the present wrapping at home and come.
***Jenny's new place is 19 Loft Drive in Martinsville***
We'll be at JENNY ROSE'S home (a change from earlier plans) starting at 7 pm.
Bring a favorite short children's book. (Or don't. I'm sure there will be extras.)
AMY POND will lead a discussion.
Skip the present wrapping at home and come.
***Jenny's new place is 19 Loft Drive in Martinsville***
Monday, November 22
December's Literature Group Meeting
Thanks to everyone who participated in November's literature group, especially the brilliant Catherine who prepared an insightful and enjoyable discussion about our novel.
December brings our ever-popular focus on children's books. This one is easy. You don't have to read a novel, just look around for a favorite children's book to share with the group. (Don't have any at home? Let Trinyan or Amy know and we can bring an extra for you!). We often end up reading these to one another, so choose a book you could read in a minute or two, or a short excerpt to share from a longer children's book.
Amy is going to prepare our discussion.
Becky Layton will host the event--depending on when Michaela has her baby (!!!), in which case the evening will be hosted by Sharon Bender.
Plan to join us for an evening away from the hustle, bustle, and stress of the holiday season.
December brings our ever-popular focus on children's books. This one is easy. You don't have to read a novel, just look around for a favorite children's book to share with the group. (Don't have any at home? Let Trinyan or Amy know and we can bring an extra for you!). We often end up reading these to one another, so choose a book you could read in a minute or two, or a short excerpt to share from a longer children's book.
Amy is going to prepare our discussion.
Becky Layton will host the event--depending on when Michaela has her baby (!!!), in which case the evening will be hosted by Sharon Bender.
Plan to join us for an evening away from the hustle, bustle, and stress of the holiday season.
Tuesday, November 9
Monday, October 18
November's Read
Post-WWII Japan, from a Japanese perspective. Thanks for the great pick Catherine. I'm SO intrigued by this one!
Amazon's summary of the book:
In An Artist of the Floating World, Kazuo Ishiguro offers readers of the English language an authentic look at postwar Japan, "a floating world" of changing cultural behaviors, shifting societal patterns and troubling questions. Ishiguro, who was born in Nagasaki in 1954 but moved to England in 1960, writes the story of Masuji Ono, a bohemian artist and purveyor of the night life who became a propagandist for Japanese imperialism during the war. But the war is over. Japan lost, Ono's wife and son have been killed, and many young people blame the imperialists for leading the country to disaster. What's left for Ono? Ishiguro's treatment of this story earned a 1986 Whitbread Prize.
We'll meet to discuss on November 9, 7 pm. Trinyan's house--9 Gleim Road, Whitehouse Station. Catherine will lead the discussion.
Trouble getting your hands on this book? Amazon.com has used copies available starting at around $6, including shipping. I have two copies and will share. Quick readers out there . . . when you are finished, pass your copy around. Apparently some local libraries don't carry this one.
Amazon's summary of the book:
In An Artist of the Floating World, Kazuo Ishiguro offers readers of the English language an authentic look at postwar Japan, "a floating world" of changing cultural behaviors, shifting societal patterns and troubling questions. Ishiguro, who was born in Nagasaki in 1954 but moved to England in 1960, writes the story of Masuji Ono, a bohemian artist and purveyor of the night life who became a propagandist for Japanese imperialism during the war. But the war is over. Japan lost, Ono's wife and son have been killed, and many young people blame the imperialists for leading the country to disaster. What's left for Ono? Ishiguro's treatment of this story earned a 1986 Whitbread Prize.
We'll meet to discuss on November 9, 7 pm. Trinyan's house--9 Gleim Road, Whitehouse Station. Catherine will lead the discussion.
Trouble getting your hands on this book? Amazon.com has used copies available starting at around $6, including shipping. I have two copies and will share. Quick readers out there . . . when you are finished, pass your copy around. Apparently some local libraries don't carry this one.
Monday, October 11
Book Info & Reminder
Literature Group meets tomorrow--Oct. 12th.
7:00, Jennifer Joseph's house, 7 Loeser Ave. in Somerville.
Natalie Seipert is leading our discussion on Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay.
Here's what GoodReads.com writes about the book:
"Paris, July 1942: Sarah, a ten year-old girl, is brutally arrested with her family by the French police in the Vel’ d’Hiv’ roundup, but not before she locks her younger brother in a cupboard in the family's apartment, thinking that she will be back within a few hours.
Paris, May 2002: On Vel’ d’Hiv’s 60th anniversary, journalist Julia Jarmond is asked to write an article about this black day in France's past. Through her contemporary investigation, she stumbles onto a trail of long-hidden family secrets that connect her to Sarah. Julia finds herself compelled to retrace the girl's ordeal, from that terrible term in the Vel d'Hiv', to the camps, and beyond. As she probes into Sarah's past, she begins to question her own place in France, and to reevaluate her marriage and her life.
Tatiana de Rosnay offers us a brilliantly subtle, compelling portrait of France under occupation and reveals the taboos and silence that surround this painful episode."
All are welcome whether they've read the book or not.
Click here to see and hear an engaging 4 minute clip of the author introducing this book: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy0lnc76RaQ
7:00, Jennifer Joseph's house, 7 Loeser Ave. in Somerville.
Natalie Seipert is leading our discussion on Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay.
Here's what GoodReads.com writes about the book:
"Paris, July 1942: Sarah, a ten year-old girl, is brutally arrested with her family by the French police in the Vel’ d’Hiv’ roundup, but not before she locks her younger brother in a cupboard in the family's apartment, thinking that she will be back within a few hours.
Paris, May 2002: On Vel’ d’Hiv’s 60th anniversary, journalist Julia Jarmond is asked to write an article about this black day in France's past. Through her contemporary investigation, she stumbles onto a trail of long-hidden family secrets that connect her to Sarah. Julia finds herself compelled to retrace the girl's ordeal, from that terrible term in the Vel d'Hiv', to the camps, and beyond. As she probes into Sarah's past, she begins to question her own place in France, and to reevaluate her marriage and her life.
Tatiana de Rosnay offers us a brilliantly subtle, compelling portrait of France under occupation and reveals the taboos and silence that surround this painful episode."
All are welcome whether they've read the book or not.
Click here to see and hear an engaging 4 minute clip of the author introducing this book: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy0lnc76RaQ
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