I first read this book seven years ago. I don’t remember the frogs, but as they appear on the cover of this edition, I expect they feature in the story. Looking forward to jumping in (see what I did there?)
Cannery Row
Tag: book group
My Ántonia
For our November book group meeting, we read a classic American novel written in 1918. My Ántonia by Willa Cather has been both widely praised and strongly criticised; we found justifications for both points of view.
hotel at the corner of bitter and sweet
Sketchnotes from book group. As always, I know I missed a lot of our discussion but I hope I captured all the salient points.
american pastoral
Well, I actually enjoyed American Pastoral much more than I did back in 2008, when I gave it one star (I wrote then: “The premise of this book was interesting, but it was way, way too wordy … Roth just goes on and on and on with boring details about people that aren’t even seminal to the story. Unimpressed.”)
And, as always, my appreciation was enhanced by a two hour discussion with the smart, widely-read, cosmopolitan folks in my book group. I don’t always sketchnote our meetings, but I’m always glad when I do.
American Pastoral
Philip Roth — yay or nay? I’m generally a nay. This one was voted in as our next book group read; I awarded it one star in 2008, but I’m going to give it another go. Perhaps my literary appreciation has evolved in the past fifteen years. I sure hope so.
crossing to safety
I’m looking forward to reading this Wallace Stegner book, as I’ve previously really enjoyed two of his (Angle of Repose and All the Little Live Things).
Stegner (1909 – 1993) had a long and much-lauded literary career. This book, Crossing to Safety, was his last novel. Can’t wait to dive in.
slow morning
Coffee in my favourite mug, current book and a zoom meeting. Now it’s time to get outside and pull some weeds.
Vulpes vulpes
I just read Fox and I, An Uncommon Friendship by Catherine Raven, and found it unusual, fascinating and beautiful. Recommend.
I, Claudius
I need to devote some daytime reading hours to this book if I’m to get it finished in time for our next meeting, which got moved forward by a week. Fifteen minutes in bed at night before falling asleep just isn’t getting me through it fast enough.
the upside
I thought this would be a more difficult read than it is, which is a good thing, because I’m not at my best or brightest right now.
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