There is a rash of World War II literature. In our last book club annual selection long list, there were enough books that had we […] Read More
Category: Book Clubs
Amor Towles wrote Rules of Civility and A Gentleman in Moscow – two of my favorite books from last year. When I learned that he […] Read More
For the last several years, my book club has followed the same procedure for selecting its books for a whole year. Last year, when our […] Read More
A few years back, my book club put together its collective Top 100 Books. I remember in that exercise, that I had a hard time […] Read More
I bought The Fact of a Body after hearing about it on the Literary Disco podcast*. My plan had been to give it my dad […] Read More
It seems everyone wants to be in a book club. And I get it – they are fun. They also don’t run themselves, which is […] Read More
Since creating this list, I have come to learn that I neglected a significant number of years from 1918 – 1947 – and hence books […] Read More
I realize this post is two days late, but since I’m still seeing some residual “Best of 2017” on TV, I decided I’d go ahead […] Read More
‘Tis the season for everyone’s “best books” list. Here’s a round-up of the more popular (and maybe some lesser known) lists. If I’ve missed one, […] Read More
Twelve pages from the end of Rules of Civility, Amor Towels, in the voice of Tinker Grey, describes Manhattan as “so improbable, so wonderful, so obviously full […] Read More