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Comment on What we’re reading in 2012: Downtowners by Rebecca Vnuk

Rebecca Vnuk — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:57:46 +0000

oops! Fixed! Thanks for catching it.

Comment on Authors You Should Try: Alain de Botton by Everyday I Write the Book » Google Reader Roundup

Everyday I Write the Book » Google Reader Roundup — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:46:40 +0000

[...] finally, Neil at Book Group Buzz wrote a post appreciating Alain de Botton, one of my favorite authors. He wrote, "The works of this [...]

Comment on Discussing “Cutting for Stone” by Literary Links: February 3 | BOOK CLUB CLASSICS!

Literary Links: February 3 | BOOK CLUB CLASSICS! — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:53:20 +0000

[...] Cutting for Stone Book Club Discussion [...]

Comment on What we’re reading in 2012: Women Who Dare by Linda Pendergrass

Linda Pendergrass — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:11:16 +0000

You may not have heard of Julia Stuart’s The Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortoise (I hadn’t before I read enough about it to want to pick it up) but I guarantee you’ll come away from it with a kinder feeling toward life. I recommend it and her earlier title The Matchmaker of Perigord to anyone I talk favorite books with.

Comment on What we’re reading in 2012: Downtowners by RW

RW — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:43:18 +0000

Blog error – “October: The Turn of the Screw by Henry Miller”

Correct it to – Henry James

Our book club did Turn of the Screw for October 2009. It was wonderful!

Comment on Discussing Dave Eggers’ Zeitoun by Gina

Gina — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:23:03 +0000

I will not read or endorse this book The so called hero of this story is a wife abuser who constantly knocked his wife around. He is NO hero.

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/zeitoun-domestic-battery-792315

Comment on In Praise of Richard Russo by Sandra

Sandra — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:06:31 +0000

He is also among my favorite contemporary writers, and Nobody’s Fool and Straight Man are my favorites, too. He’s one of the authors I keep an eye out for in the “New Books” section. I’ll even spring for the hardcover!

Comment on Discussing “Cutting for Stone” by Shelley

Shelley — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:15:44 +0000

Why is it so hard to create a complex female character? That’s a real drawback in a novel.

Comment on Jane Gardam’s Old Filth by Carol Anita Ryan

Carol Anita Ryan — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:37:24 +0000

The title of this masterpiece is so off-putting I would never have selected it. Thank goodness a member of my book group urged us to read it. Almost every page surprised, enlightened, or mesmerized me with a brilliant passage. This is a masterpiece of a novel!

Comment on Gaudy Night by Donna

Donna — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:27:59 +0000

I read this book a few months ago for the first time. Never have I encountered a “mystery” that was so literate. It was hard reading–in a very good way. I needed to draw on all of my resources to follow it and came away thinking that my education was just not up to par. What a wonderful book.