Books for the rest of 2012

There was consensus that "House Made of Dawn" was a very difficult book to read. There was some beautiful writing about nature but not much plot. In many sections it was hard to tell which character was doing the talking. It is NOT a book you can read in bits and pieces because it is so hard to hold the thread of narrative.

Greta and Mairtin both had excused absences due to illness and proximity. The rest of us went ahead and boldly picked the next four books.

The book for September 8 is "The Book of Salt" by Monique Truong.













We will discuss "A Dry White Season" by Andre Brink on October 13.



Next up is "Breath" by Tim Winton on November 10.

December's book is "Unaccustomed Earth" by Jhumpa Lahiri. Our last meeting of the year is December 8.



See you there.

The last book of the summer is . . .

House Made of Dawn by N. Scott Momaday. See you August 11.

Hello fellow breakfasters and readers,

I've finished both Refelctions in a Golden Eye and The Ballad of the Sad Cafe, and I have to admit that neither has the force, plot, or passion of The Heart is a Lonely Hunter.  I know it's late in the game, but I'd like to recommend that book for our next discussion.  There's so much more to talk about!

Tony

MAY - JUNE - AND BEYOND

MAY

BROOKLYN, COLM TÓIBÍN

 JUNE

VOICE OF AMERICA, E.C. OSONDU


JULY
I don't think we settled on a book for July.

HOUSE OF MIRTH - EDITH WHARTON

We got together on Saturday for the April edition of BookClub. Notable members in attendance were Art, Janis, AnneMarie, Tony and Máirtín. Excused absent were Ann (visiting family in Japan) and Greta. We had two months to make a go of this book. Everyone had cracked it open and several members had finished or nearly finished it. General consensus was that it was a good book.

From March to April

Most members were unable to attend in March so the discussion of House of Mirth by Edith Wharton has been postponed until April. See you then.

February and March

Today's discussion of River Thieves, by Michael Crummey, began, uncharacteristically, as soon as the first members were seated. That would be Janice, Ann and Anne Marie. Janice had a question about the meaning of a line about three-quarters through the book. Art and Tony arrived together a few minutes later and jumped in and provided some elucidation. We had moved onto other topics when Mairtin arrived late due to traffic so talk of the book began again. There was general agreement that is a very good book but had a very different pace from Galore by the same author. It didn't have the same feeling of being on a rollicking ride but was more subdued. Ann described it as "frozen." All agreed that the writing was beautiful.



The book for March is House of Mirth by Edith Wharton.