On Thursday the 24th we will be reading "The God of small things" by Aruhndati Roy. Last month we read "The well at worlds end" by A.J. Mackinnon which most found to be a great read. His earlier book "The unlikely voyage of  Jack de Crow" has been reviewed here and is definitely a recommended read.

Hi all!... here is the updated list for early 2011.

Dec. 23rd “Stasiland” by Anne Funder

Jan. “The map that changed the world” Simon Winchester

Feb.-Mar “The well at worlds end” A.J. Mackinnon

“Freedom” Johnathan Franzen (If available)

The group will be choosing 1 book each for the rest of the year..

we have decided we will only be doing 1 Book per month this year.

..so watch this space for further updates!!

Hi all!... here is the updated list for early 2011.

Dec. “Stasiland” by Anne Funder

Jan. “The…

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Here are the recommended books for the next 6 months!

OCT 28th

"True History of the Kelly Gang" Peter Carey and " Dancing with strangers" Inga Clendinnen

NOV 25th

"The name of the rose" Umberto Eco and "The meaning of everything" Simon Winchester

DEC 23rd

"Possesion" A.S. Byatt and "Staziland" Anne…

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2010

Aug. 26th.

"Leviathan" and "He died with a falafel in his hand." by John Birmingham.

Sept 23rd

"Dancing with Strangers" Inga Clendinnen.

and "True history of the Kelly gang." by Peter Carey.

Oct 28th

"Batavias graveyard" Mike Dash. "Possesion" by A.S. Byatt

Nov 25th

"Eats, shoots, leaves." Lynne Truss and

"The meaning of everything." Simon Winchester, "The name of the Rose" Umberto Eco

Dec…

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P.S.

I forgot to mention we tried to read some of "Ulysses" by James Joyce. It was, predictably, a challenge with some rewards..one member of the group got over 300 pages into it and vows to finish it off!. We all take our hats off to you...you will soon be one of the small band of those around the globe who have read the whole work!

Happy Bloomsday!

The stand out books for this year so far (for the members) are...(drum roll..)...

"The Shipping News" by Annie Proulx

"The Corrections" by Johnathan Franzen

"A Fine Balance" by Rohinton Mistry

"Old School" by Tobias Wolff

"The unlikely voyage of Jack de Crow" by A.K. Mackinnon

"Birdsong" by Sebastian Faulks

" The curious incident of the dog in the night-time" by Mark Haddon

"A Fortunate Life" by A.B. Facey

"Life…

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Here is a link to a brief review from the NYU School of Medicine Literature, Arts and Medicine Database http://litmed.med.nyu.edu/Annotation?

Enjoy!

Just a reminder that the reading group will be meeting every 4th Thursday of the month in 2010.



Jan 28th : “The Corrections” by Franzen, J ; and /or “The Mud Brick House” by James Glover



Feb 25th: “The Curious incident of the Dog in the Nightime.” by Mark Haddon and/or “Stories of Manhood” by Steve Biddulph



Mar 25th: “Luck and leather” a Parisian Romance. (Also under the title of "The wild Ass's Skin" ) Honre de Balzac



April 22nd: “Tolkien and the… Continue