2006-2007 Meeting dates
The reading year runs September to June.
8 dates, 1 hostess home per date.
Everybody brings a munchie per meeting and BYOB
8 dates, 1 hostess home per date.
Everybody brings a munchie per meeting and BYOB
[hostess contacts all attendees in advance so there's not 8 deserts...].
Each hostess picks the book for her meeting.
Hostess books must be determined 2 months or more in advance, ie. Jan. hostess announces her selection by Octobers meeting.
Everybody has a favorite genre and this gives us all a chance to read things we wouldn't ordinarily read and share our favorite book or genre.
Each hostess picks the book for her meeting.
Hostess books must be determined 2 months or more in advance, ie. Jan. hostess announces her selection by Octobers meeting.
Everybody has a favorite genre and this gives us all a chance to read things we wouldn't ordinarily read and share our favorite book or genre.
[ If your stuck for ideas, call or email Reeves she's great at choosing interesting books. HOWEVER, force her to identify whether or not Nazis are part of the plot!!!! We're attempting to keep her to one Nazi book per year, though many have tried and few have succeeded.....So beware and choose accordingly. LOL]
September 29
Hostess -- Karen
Book -- The Historian
October 20
Hostess -- Reeves
Book -- The Plot Against America -- Philip Roth
December 8 (XMAS Gala)
Hostess -- Dayna
Book -- Daughter of Time -- Josephine Tey (no Nazis!)
September 29
Hostess -- Karen
Book -- The Historian
October 20
Hostess -- Reeves
Book -- The Plot Against America -- Philip Roth
December 8 (XMAS Gala)
Hostess -- Dayna
Book -- Daughter of Time -- Josephine Tey (no Nazis!)
British mystery written in 1951. Somewhat of a cult classic and, along with Name of the Rose, started the historical mystery genre.
New York Times -- One of the best mysteries of all time.
Boston Sunday Globe -- The unalloyed pleasure of watching a really cultivated mind in action! Buy and cherish!
Scotland Yard Inspector Alan Grant lies in a hospital bed with a broken leg. To alleviate his boredom, a friend brings him a pile of pictures: photographs, prints, engravings, and clippings. Among the more engrossing images is the portrait of King Richard III. Studying the benign face, he asks himself how such a sensitive-appearing soul could have been the infamous murderer of his own nephews. With the help of the British Museum and an American scholar, Grant reconsiders 500-year-old evidence pertaining to one of the most intriguing murder mysteries of all time. Josephine Tey's answer to who really killed the two princes in the Tower of London has provoked controversy ever since its publication in 1951.
January 12, 2007
Hostess -- Robyn
Book -- The Thirteenth Tale -- Diane Setterfield
New York Times -- One of the best mysteries of all time.
Boston Sunday Globe -- The unalloyed pleasure of watching a really cultivated mind in action! Buy and cherish!
Scotland Yard Inspector Alan Grant lies in a hospital bed with a broken leg. To alleviate his boredom, a friend brings him a pile of pictures: photographs, prints, engravings, and clippings. Among the more engrossing images is the portrait of King Richard III. Studying the benign face, he asks himself how such a sensitive-appearing soul could have been the infamous murderer of his own nephews. With the help of the British Museum and an American scholar, Grant reconsiders 500-year-old evidence pertaining to one of the most intriguing murder mysteries of all time. Josephine Tey's answer to who really killed the two princes in the Tower of London has provoked controversy ever since its publication in 1951.
January 12, 2007
Hostess -- Robyn
Book -- The Thirteenth Tale -- Diane Setterfield
A compelling emotional mystery in the timeless vein of Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca, about family secrets and the magic of books and storytelling.
Margaret Lea works in her father's antiquarian bookshop where her fascination for the biographies of the long-dead has led her to write them herself. She gets a letter from one of the most famous authors of the day, the mysterious Vida Winter, whose popularity as a writer has been in no way diminished by her reclusiveness. Until now, Vida has toyed with journalists who interview her, creating outlandish life histories for herself - all of them invention. Now she is old and ailing, and at last she wants to tell the truth about her extraordinary life. Her letter to Margaret is a summons.
Somewhat anxiously, the equally reclusive Margaret travels to Yorkshire to meet her subject - and Vida starts to recount her tale. It is one of gothic strangeness featuring the March family; the fascinating, devious and wilful Isabelle and the feral twins Adeline and Emmeline. Margaret is captivated by the power of Vida's storytelling. But as a biographer she deals in fact not fiction, and she doesn't entirely trust Vida's account. She goes to check up on the family, visiting their old home and piecing together their story in her own way. What she discovers on her journey to the truth is for Margaret a chilling and transforming experience.
February 16
Hostess -- Diane
Book -- TBD
March 23
Hostess -- Lesley
Book -- TBD
April 27
Hostess -- Maryanne
Book -- TBD
June 1
Hostess -- Lise
Book -- TBD
Hostess -- Diane
Book -- TBD
March 23
Hostess -- Lesley
Book -- TBD
April 27
Hostess -- Maryanne
Book -- TBD
June 1
Hostess -- Lise
Book -- TBD
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