It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. Dickens infamous intro pretty much sums up this past year with our Book […] Read More
Category: Book Clubs
It feels like our book club is getting more and more expert at selecting books. This year, we’ll finish with eight of our eleven books […] Read More
It is that time of year when my book club pitches the selections for our upcoming year’s books. And, as usual, the number of great […] Read More
I recently caught up on the book keeping for my book club – which basically means making sure all the book ratings are loaded into […] Read More
This month we wrapped up our book club’s 2019-2020 year of reading. As I’ve said before, these end of year posts are probably the best […] Read More
Our short list is here! Voting is over, and our SOC Book Club has selected its 2020-2021 reading slate. Two things are different about this […] Read More
April is “book pitch month” for our book club, where each member will pitch 2 or 3 books for our next year’s reading. This time, it was virtual!
Social distancing is requiring that we all adjust – and my book club is no different. But we adjusted and proved that COVID be damned, the Sistas will overcome.
I can’t remember when my book club has had such a spirited discussion as we did for A Woman of Independent Means. This is proof-postive of the book club-discussion-worthiness of this 1978 epistolary novel.
With Olive, Again, Elizabeth Strout delivers exactly what book clubs across the globe have been wanting – more of that surly and cantankerous but also lovable, Olive Kitteridge.