SP 19 10.10 Group Reads

[Kate S]

Read a book recommended by an RwS reader from the following list:

Elizabeth (Alaska): The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West
Kate S: The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
Anika: Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield
Mary: The Library Book by Susan Orlean
Megan: The Castle Cross the Magnet Carter by Kia Corthron
Lagullande: Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively
Ed: Tess of D'Ubervilles by Thomas Hardy
Owlette: The Orange Girl by Jostein Gaarder
Joanna: Varina by Charles Frazier
itpdx: Leonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson
Penny: The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert
April: Commonwealth by Ann Patchett
Katlin: The Lightkeeper's Daughters by Jean E. Pendziwol
Jayme (theghostreader): The Identicals by Elin Hilderbrand
Rachelccameron: The Gunslinger by Stephen King
Tien: Good Women of China by Xinran

This list is now complete.

[Kate S]

I have requested Group Reads from as many as I can, but there were a couple of private profiles to whom I could not send messages. If you see your name above, but did not receive a message from me, congratulations and you can either post your choice in this thread or PM me directly.

[Karen Michele]

I was reading the description for The Orange Girl and saw mention of a letter. Does this book combo with 20.3 Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters?

[Owlette]

Owlette here! Had to get new charger for the computer.

I think The Orange Girl will work for 20.3, if the mod agrees. The entire premise/basis of the book is a letter from father to son; the father wrote a letter to be read after his death. The letter is interspersed with the now-teenaged son's thoughts about the letter which concerns a woman. I would say the book is about 80% letter and 20% narrator (son). Google books has a preview. Hope you enjoy the book!
Good for translation points, too.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Owlette wrote: "Owlette here! Had to get new charger for the computer.

I think The Orange Girl will work for 20.3, if the mod agrees. The entire premise/basis of the book is a letter from father to ..."

Thanks, Owlette. If there is narrative with the letter, then it won't work for 20.3.

[Owlette]

Oh, I see--whole thing has to be a letter.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Owlette wrote: "Oh, I see--whole thing has to be a letter."

Yes, or a collection of letters. Ella Minnow Pea made up entirely of correspondence. A diary or a journal is a series of letters to oneself.

[Karen Michele]

Thanks for the response. I’ve started it now and I am definitely enjoying it so it will be one of my group reads!

[Owlette]

Karen Michele wrote: "Thanks for the response. I’ve started it now and I am definitely enjoying it so it will be one of my group reads!"
Great!