So when last heard from, our October book was "Christ Stopped at Eboli." Somewhat mixed reviews as some found the descriptions of the Southern Italians to be too harsh.
November we sorta read "The Shadow of the Wind." Not one of us had completely finished it. It was made optional to finish it by the next meeting. Meanwhile for December we agreed to "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself, A New Critical Edition by Angela Y. Davis."
During our discussion of the Douglass book we discovered that this recent edition had some language changes from earlier versions. In Janice's book the word "bloodless" was used multiple times in confusing ways. In Anne Marie's edition the word "cold" replaced it.
January's book was "The Welsh Girl" by Peter Ho Davies. This got unanimous thumbs up from our reviewers.
Today we meet to discuss "Rules of Civility" by Amor Towles. Opinions were very divided with some enjoying it very much, others not interested in the characters. And yet, all agreed the writing was very good.
For March we will be reading "The Bean Trees" by Barbara Kingsolver. This will be the one year anniversary of pandemic book club.
Yikes.
