November 19, 2013

A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini - Nov. 25, 2013

We'll meet at Steph's house on November 25 to discuss A Thousand Splendid Suns.

Supplemental materials:

  • Hosseini's site, with link to discussion questions
  • NYTimes book review
  • LitLovers entry, with discussion questions

November 10, 2013

Our slate for 2013-2014 (and a list of everything pitched)

Here's our lineup and calendar for 2013-2014!

November 25 (at Steph's): A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini
January 6: Flight Behavior, Barbara Kingsolver
January 27: Beautiful Ruins, Jess Walter
February 24: The Brain That Changes Itself, Norman Doidge
March 24: Let the Great World Spin, Colum McCann
April 28: Angle of Repose, Wallace Stegner (Gayle: we picked it in your honor! Hope you can join us for this one!)
May19: How It All Began, Penelope Lively
June 23: Lowland, Jhumpa Lahiri
July 28: Swamplandia, Karen Russell
August 25: The Ocean at the End of the Lane, Neil Gaiman
September 22: Frankenstein, Mary Shelley
October 27: Book picking night!

Here are all the pitches with votes (first ballot/second ballot)

Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne 10/11 - Julie
This is How You Lose Her, Junot Diaz 14/24 - Kathy
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Diaz - 5/0 - Karen
Life After Life, Kate Atkinson - 0/0 - Ruth
Lowland, Jhumpa Lahiri 38 - Kerry
Let the Great World Spin, Colum McCann 18/45 - Katherine
Flight Behavior, Barbara Kingsolver 19/30 - Susan
How It All Began, Penelope Lively 30 - Suzanne
Angle of Repose, Wallace Stegner - 35 - Connie - in Gayle's honor
Beautiful Ruins, Jess Walter - 46 - Julie
The Brain That Changes Itself, Norman Doidge - 39 - Steph
The Daylight Gate, Janett Winterson - 15/0 - Kathy
Ocean at the End of the Lane, Neil Gaiman - 15/31 - Karen
Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn - 10/0 - Ruth
Round House, Louise Erdrich - 10/4 - Kerry
A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini - 42 - Katherine
Ru, Kim Thuy - 19/23 - Suzanne
Architecture of Happiness, Alain de Botton - 0/7 - Suzanne
Swamplandia, Karen Russell - 31 - Steph
The Girls of Slender Means. Muriel Sparks - 10/25 - Steph