Dear Book Clubbers,
Last week’s meeting to plan our upcoming year’s selection was a huge success. I think we all came away feeling not only like we had some picks to look forward to, but also that we had plenty of other ideas of books that we might want to read on our own. We even came up with some decent choices for the 2010 co-ed meeting.
As promised, here is the list of what made it, what will be proposed to the guys and the extra ideas that were left over:
October 14th Book:
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by M. Shaffer & A. Barrows
2010 Selections:
Fahrenheit 451 by R. Bradbury
The Falls by J.C. Oates
Shanghai Girls by L. See
Olive Kitteridge by E. Strout
The Help by K. Stockett
Revolutionary Road by R. Yates
The Elegance of the Hedgehog by M. Barbery
2010 Men's Selections:
Inventing Niagara by G. Strand
River Horse by W. Least-Heat Moon
The Lassa Ward by R. Donaldson
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by M. Chabon
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by J. Barendt
Other Suggestions:
The God of Small Things by A. Roy
Oxygen by C. Cassella
The Life of Pi by Y. Martel
The Shipping News by A. Proulx
Luncheon of the Boating Party by S. Vreeland
The Graveyard Book by N. Gaiman and D. Mckean
Love in the Time of Cholera by G. Marquez
Mutant Message Down Under by M. Morgan
The Middle Place by K. Corrigan
Audition by B. Walters
The Alchemist by P. Coelho
Jane Eyre by C. Bronte
Next up is The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by M. Shaffer and A. Barrows. We will meet to discuss it at Beth’s on Wednesday, October 14th at 7:15 PM. I lost my sheet of paper saying who was bringing what for that meeting, so I sure hope you guys remember. At this meeting we will also be selecting one long classic book as an extra book for anyone who wants to read something hefty (e.g. War and Peace) between now and next fall. So if you have something of that nature you’d like to propose, bring that idea to Beth’s.
Beyond that, we are tentatively set for Wednesday, December 2nd at my house for the co-ed meeting to discuss The Confederacy of Dunces. Although we have come up with a handful of suggestions, the guys should feel free to add to the list.
Loraine mentioned that a group called the Silver Foxes is sponsoring some luncheons at (but not affiliated with) her church. The October one is a magician and the November meeting is about the Roycroft. They sound really fascinating. Unfortunately for me, they are on Thursdays. Please contact Loraine if you would like more details. The gatherings include a catered lunch and were very economically priced.
The Buffalo organization, Babel, is hosting A.S. Byatt (Possession) on October 9th and Aza Nafisi (Reading Lolita in Tehran) this year. To purchase tickets go to http://www.justbuffalo.org.
I think that is all for now. Thank you all so much for bringing your well researched suggestions to the meeting. I think we are really going to have a great year thanks to everyone’s efforts!
Jan
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