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Here's the link to our Google Meet: https://meet.google.com/bfk-qpus-spp?...

Hope to see you all (even if it's late - and I'll keep my fingers crossed on the scholarship front!), and feel free to contact me on here or via email if you're having trouble getting connected. - deb

Hi Everyone - I'll send out the invites to the Video Meet either tomorrow or Monday (and I'll post a link on here), but in the meantime thought I'd share the following link to some discussion questions about 'The Dutch House."

https://bookriot.com/2020/02/06/the-d...

The plain Readers' Salon discussion is getting unwieldy, so I'm going to post one for each month. So feel free to continue our discussions from the Salon in this post - sorry it's a little late! - deb

Karen wrote: "Me again. I finished The Lager Queen of Minnesota this evening and enjoyed it. Is anything happening with Pop Lit? This is a bit early for me to have read it for One Book One Community since I'll f..."
Hi Karen! Jess's Pop Lit is on Facebook in the Groups section. I think she's posting videos and would love to hear back from people.

And yay for Hoopla! I love having that option for audiobooks - they have A LOT that we don't have in overdrive (although I have to admit, I like the libby app better than the hoopla app)

We'll plan on a video meeting on the third Tuesday at 7 like normal, unless a different time works better for you. I'll get details about it posted closer to the date. In the meantime, I've started listening to The Dutch House - I was wondering how it would be having Tom Hanks read it since his voice is so recognizable, but he's sucking me in. So far my main reaction is that I feel bad for his sister! - deb

Dorothy wrote: "My name is Dorothy, and I'm actually Deb's sister, so I've been hearing about this book club for years even though I've never been to it. I live in the Twin Cities now, but thought I would check it..."

Welcome to Classy and Trashy! Check out the Readers' Salon if you want to post anything about current reads/see what others have been reading. And if you have time and the inclination, we're discussing Ann Patchett's The Dutch House for May.

Kathy wrote: "Hi All! I finished The Dutch House this afternoon. An unusual read but interesting and quick. I'm looking forward to hearing other thoughts when we discuss. Any interest in meeting over Zoom to dis..."
Hi Kathy! Karen also expressed interest in meeting up - check out the May Pick: The Dutch House post if you want to post any thoughts before then and for updates about when/how we'll meet. I'm leaning towards the third Tuesday just because it's our regular time. I just got the audiobook on Libby, so am starting it myself!

Karen wrote: "Me again. I hope it's OK to double post here. I finally finished The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat. It was certainly interesting, but I found it a bit of a slog at parts. My impression is that..."
It's definitely okay to double post! I was thinking I'd do a monthly Salon discussion to keep it a little neater because obviously we're going to keep reading.

As for the other questions - for the bingo card, I'd say anything since we closed the building is fair game, so you can count all of those things: telling your husband about the online card; talking about things on here; telling a joke on here. In fact I'll get the ball rolling with the only joke I ever remember (so you've probably heard it from me before): What did the zero say to the eight? Nice belt! hahaha.

Hi Everyone! I'm posting a thread to discuss our May book, Ann Patchett's 'The Dutch House.' Feel free to discuss anything from the book, just use the hide spoiler option if you're going to reveal anything early on in case somebody hasn't finished it yet. And let me know if you'd be interested in doing a Google Hangouts or Zoom meet-up later in May in addition to chatting on here!

Karen wrote: "I just heard that Madeline Miller - author of Circe and Song of Achilles, will be speaking online at 6 our time tonight. I signed up and we'll see if I can manage it. Here is the link: https://www...."

I just downloaded the audiobook of Circe!

Just 2 quick shout-outs: first - Hoopla is now available for people with a Lake Agassiz Regional Library card! Let us know if you have any questions about using it. Unfortunately, Ann Patchett's The Dutch House isn't available through there, but the audiobook of The Stand is. 2nd - I finished Murder Offstage. It wasn't bad. It was easy to listen to, which was appreciated right now. It's also available on Hoopla, and it's one of the ones that doesn't count as one of your 5 checkouts if anyone else wants to check it out.

Diane wrote: "I just finished the Jane Hawk trilogy by Dean Koontz and seem to be on a thriller and mystery kick at this time! ( like cozies too) Will finish The Stand when I get the e version back."

Hi Diane! Glad you found us on here - I'm also still figuring out how to do everything. Somebody once told me I might like Dean Koontz, I think when I was reading some suspense/supernatural books. Do these have supernatural overtones? And do you have any favorite cozy mysteries? I have to admit, I've been gravitating towards the security of those right now. - deb

Kathy wrote: "I'm starting The Dutch House next week. It has come up for me on Libby and I can't wait to get started! (Of course, I have one that I must finish first; hence the delay in starting!)"

I know - I've heard such good things about it! I'll make sure we have a Discussion Post dedicated to it. - deb

We'll use this space to discuss any books we want. If you'll be revealing any spoilers make sure to click on the "some html is ok" to see how to keep the spoilers hidden from people who might not want to see them. This way we can discuss back and forth even if some might not have read a particular title but others want to dive deeper into it.

The poll is technically still open, but I figure we can post this and chat if anyone desires. Feel free to post any thoughts - at this point if someone in the club hasn't finished the book they should be prepared for spoilers. I don't think we actually have many who have joined us on here who are finishing the book. And for a little extra, check out Stephen King Is Sorry You Feel Like You're Stuck In A Stephen King Novel

My name is deb and I'll be the moderator for this group from the Moorhead Public Library. I've been a part of Classy and Trashy (and the previous group, The Classics Book Club) for at least 6 years, maybe longer. One of my favorite series is the Meg Langslow series by Donna Andrews (the audiobooks are getting added to our Overdrive collection, so check them out!).

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