Greetings! We had a great Book Group the other night, thanks too all who came and made for an interesting discussion about Yannick Murphy's The Call. The verdict was that everyone liked it quite a bit and was taken with Murphy's unconventional narrative style which added significantly to the story. We recommend! (Actually, I put it on Staff Picks so it's still available with the 15% discount if you haven't read it yet.)

After a good talk, we moved on to new business, namely picking books for the next four months. They are:

February 8: Among Others by Jo Nesbo (fiction)

March 14: Cleopatra by Stacey Schiff (biography)

April 11: The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht (fiction)

May 9: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (memoir) by Rebecca Skloot

We always meet on the second Wednesday of the month at 7pm.

It took a lot of suggestions to winnow down the list to these four books. Here's some of the others we considered. They may not have received enough votes this time, but they create a great suggested reading list nonetheless.

The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein

Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese

Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls

Incendiary by Chris Cleave

The Paris Wife by Paula McClain

Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford

Room by Emma Donoghue

Townie by Andre Dubus III

T. Rex and the Crater of Doom by Walter Alvarez

Emily, Alone by Stewart O'Nan

Mudbound by Hilary Jordan

Poser by Claire Dederer

Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger

A Visit From the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan

People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks

Books we plan on suggesting to the group as soon as they come out in paperback:

The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides

State of Wonder by Ann Patchett

Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand

Swerve by Stephen Greenblatt

In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson

Death Come to Pemberly by P.D. James

See you on the 8th to talk about Among Others. George, who suggested it, claims it was the best book he read in 2011. And he reads a lot of books!

Claire

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