Book selections 2010

[Dini, the master of meaning]

Hi Rory Group members,

After the voting for a years worth of selections, we moderators have come up with a complete list of book selections for 2010. They alternate between modern and classic books every month. Without further ado...

January
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie

February
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

March
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

April
A Passage to India by E.M. Forster

May
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood

June
Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut

July
Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi

August
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

September
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri

October
The Portable Dorothy Parker by Dorothy Parker

November
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

December
Night by Elie Wiesel

Thank you for taking part in the voting and looking forward to having great discussions in the group this year. Happy New Year!

[Alison, the guru of grace]

You rock, Dini!!!!!!!!

[Katri]

There are so many interesting books on this list! Though there are a few I won't read (I tried Oryx and Crake once and decided it's definitely not something I want to read, and no, people who love the book are not going to be able to convince me, I read far enough to know I can't finish it) but most of them are something I'm very interested to read, so I'll do my best to get as many of them as possible!

[Arctic]

book and author links as well. you do indeed rock, Dini. :) Thanks! Happy New Year!

[Erin]

thanks Moderators - for re-vamping our nomination and voting process & for computing our selections to produce this great list! There are books on here that I've been wanting to get to for years and others I probably would have never considered if it were not for this group. Happy New Year!

[Alison, the guru of grace]

I'm excited about the selections as well.

[Chris]

Great selection of titles, looks interesting!

[El]

Katri wrote: "There are so many interesting books on this list! Though there are a few I won't read (I tried Oryx and Crake once and decided it's definitely not something I want to read, and no, people who love ..."

Haha, I won't try to convince you otherwise, Katri, but just want to put my voice out there for those who are interested in reading Oryx and Crake that I liked it - don't be discouraged! :)

Looking forward to reading some of these - others are re-reads and will probably not re-read them again, but will peek in on the discussions.

[Dini, the master of meaning]

Hey all,
Michele has mentioned that we're going to try and have one of the group members to become discussion leaders, preferably someone who voted for the chosen selection. For February's book the discussion leader would be Katri. Here's to some good discussions next month :)

[Anna]

Great. I had heard of 7 out of twelve books. I've read Name of the Rose, Anna Karenina and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time.

[Ashley]

I've been meaning to read Anna Karenina for a long time now but been putting it off because it's so long. Well, maybe I'll read it this time! Otherwise, I'll try to read most of these but I probably won't get through them all.

[Alison, the guru of grace]

Awesome! Thanks, Dini, and thanks, Katri! :)

[Arctic]

Suggestion: August's book, Anna Karenina is really long. Could we maybe put up a discussion post(s) for it early, perhaps in three parts: July, August, and September?

[Dini, the master of meaning]

Interesting idea, Heather. I'll talk about it with the other moderators.

[Dini, the master of meaning]

Arctic (Heather) has agreed to lead the discussion for Anna Karenina, to be broken up in three parts for July, August and September. Do join the discussions, all :)