The Cover to Cover Girls Book Club will be starting out 2010 with The Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt. Don’t be put off by the somewhat underwhelming cover.This book should be a fun and easy read during this busy holiday time. Another plus: it was written by a local author who teaches English Literature at Calvin College. Read an interview with him here.
Our first meeting of the new year will be at Carolyn’s house on Thursday, January 14th, 7-9 p.m.
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Our book selection for this month’s discussion is Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Kris has offered to host book club at her house, so we’ll meet there at 7:00 on Thursday night, November 12.
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Wow! Where did summer go? It’s time for book club to begin meeting again – this Thursday, October 10! We’ll meet at church from 7-9 p.m. to discuss Write It When I’m Gone, by Thomas M. DeFrank. Don’t forget to bring along book recommendations from your latest reading, and a snack or drink to share. See you there!
The next book we will be reading and discussing is The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. Looks like we’ll be revisiting WWII, only from inside Germany this time. Book club will meet on Thursday, June 11 at 7:00 pm.
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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows is our reading selection for this month. You can learn more about it here. If the weather is good, book club will be meeting at Christie’s house (May 14th at 6:30) where we will begin with a walk and enjoy the spring wildflowers before our discussion time. In case of rain, we will meet at church at at the regular time of 7:00. In either case, refreshments will be provided – including roast pig (bbq pork sandwiches) and potato peel pie – among other things.
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Author P.D. James has said that traditional detective novels reassure us that we live in a moral universe.
Alexander McCall Smith has written an essay about the ways that fiction stories mingle with reality and influence the real world. I’ve posted the article in its entirety below: Continue reading
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The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, one of our past reads (and one of my favorites), has been made into a television series. First aired on BBC, and now picked up by HBO, the series will debut on March 29th at 8:oo pm. Read about it here and here, or visit HBO’s website to learn more, with video clips and interviews, etc.
Our book selection for April is A Mercy by Toni Morrison. We’ll be meeting on Tuesday the 14th from 7-9pm at church. Recently, NPR showcased this book on its Book Tour program. To read or watch their interview with Toni Morrison, and hear portions from A Mercy read by the author, click here.
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These are the books we’ve been reading lately: Continue reading
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As promised, Jane wrote a haiku about our book club meeting:
soup bread and molly
conversation and laughter
a good time was had
Thanks Jane, for a perfectly wonderful evening!
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