New month! Sorry I didn't post sooner; I couldn't get to my desk behind all the boxes from our recent move. And of course I changed the passwords on everything because of the whole Heartwhatever and also because it was time, and my laptop doesn't know them, and my master list is in a box somewhere, so I'm behind in my comments and I apologize for ( Read more... )

Next month's theme is historical fiction, with the selection being A Hundred Flowers by Gail Tsukiyama.

Remember way back when at the sfd_bookclub when we read The Other Boleyn Girl?  How many years ago was that??

Anyway, as I said before, I didn't finish The God of Small Things, but if you'd like to discuss it, here's the place!

I really am not connecting to this month's selection at all.  I'm skimming, and I NEVER skim.  I hate the time jumps, I don't care about the characters, I don't need an entire paragraph on vomit or pee, I don't see why she needs to use fifteen sentences when two or three would suffice ( Read more... )

We're reading Lies My Teacher Taught Me by Dr. James W. Loewen. I already have my copy from the library, yay, which is practically a post in and of itself. Maybe an OTT post ( Read more... )

Is anyone else reading this month's book besides me? I'm about halfway done. I've been reading it at bedtime because it's felt highly appropriate.

Our new topic for the month. General conversation here. Who do you recommend? Who did you have to read in school? Do the Russians count or no?

The book selection for the month is Banana Yoshimoto's Asleep. This will be my fourth Yoshimoto book; I think she's fantastic.