Wednesday, August 12, 2015

October 2014 - A Thousand Lives

This month we read a nonfiction book by Julia Scheeres - A Thousand Lives.  This was a well-researched account of the events leading up to the mass suicides at Jonestown.  Debby hosted and also made up some discussion questions which were awesome. Lots of great discussion on this book as well.

November 2014 - Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

We discussed this very interesting book at the home of Dena.  It was fascinating that most readers did not rate the book very high, but admitted they liked it much more after the discussion. Those of us who had read it earlier appreciated how memorable the book is even after time.  Great discussion!

Monday, October 6, 2014

September 2014 - The Kitchen House

After a summer of busy schedules, more infrequent meetings and lower attendance, the club met this month at the home of Marcia R, ready to get "back on board".  We had a very nice turnout to discuss this month's reading selection, The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom.  Most of our members gave good ratings to this book, with just a few minor criticisms relating to some of the stereotypes and melodrama
.  We enjoyed good discussion about the characters and themes from the novel. We also spent a little bit of time to complete the discussion on Natchez Burning since we had a smaller turnout for that meeting.

The next book planned is A Thousand Lives by Julia Scheerers.  Debby plans to host the group at her home on October 23.