Group book read

[Vishy]

Saw the movie version of 'Under the Tuscan Sun' yesterday. It is so beautiful! Can't wait for the book to arrive :)

[Vishy]

Dear All,

It was wonderful to meet you all last Sunday and have a wonderful discussion on Malcolm Gladwell's 'Outliers' and other literary topics.

Group Read for June-July

We will be reading John Steinbeck's 'Of Mice and Men' and discussing it during our next book club meeting. In case you want to read it on your computer / Kindle / iPad, you can also find it online here - http://staff.oswego.org/ephaneuf/web/...

Next Book Club Meeting

Our next book club meeting will be held on 15-July-2012, Sunday at 3PM. The details are as follows.

Date and Time : 15-Jul-2012, Sunday, 3PM
Venue : Zha cafe, 25, 2nd Street, Kamarajar Avenue, Adyar, Chennai - 20. Phone : 044-42116027

Looking forward to meeting you all. Till then, Happy Reading!

With warm regards,
Vishy.

[Vishy]

Sahasranaman wrote: "How is everyone progressing on homework? I'm hoping to start Friday and finish before the meet."

Ha, ha, ha! I haven't started yet. Hoping to start either tomorrow or day after. Because it is a short book, I am hoping to finish it in a day. Happy Reading!

[Vishy]

Sahasranaman wrote: "Does anyone have a copy of Elizabeth Kostova's The Historian, that I can borrow during the next meet?"

I have Kostova's 'The Historian', Sahas. But it is there in one of the packed boxes in the loft and I don't know in which one it is in. In case I am able to get it out, I will bring it to our next meet. Looks like someone has been inspired by 'Dracula' very much :)

[Vishy]

Dear All,

It was wonderful to meet you all last Sunday and have a wonderful discussion on John Steinbeck's 'Of Mice and Men' and other literary topics.

Group Read for July-August

We will be reading 'The Help' by Kathryn Stockett and discussing it during our next book club meeting.

Next Book Club Meeting

Our next book club meeting will be held on 12-Aug-2012, Sunday at 4PM. The details are as follows.

Date and Time : 12-Aug-2012, Sunday, 4PM
Venue : Zha cafe, 25, 2nd Street, Kamarajar Avenue, Adyar, Chennai - 20. Phone : 044-42116027

Looking forward to meeting you all. Till then, Happy Reading!

With warm regards,
Vishy.

[Saritha]

Sahasranaman wrote: "Anybody read The Help? How is it? I don't think I'll be reading it for this meet."

I've read it - speedy read, a looooot of spunky women - white and coloured. Written about a society perhaps just around the time Rosa Parks got on to that bus. It's about white children being brought up by coloured domestic help and how they were treated, sometimes with respect and sometimes with suspicion and contempt. Funny in parts.

[Vishy]

Sahasranaman wrote: "There are two acclaimed books remade into movies that are scheduled for release on the 26th of October - Cloud Atlas, Midnight's Children. There is also The Great Gatsby coming out in December, ..."

It is interesting that some of these interesting novels are becoming movies. I think all the three novels are good 'group book read' candidates. 'The Great Gatsby' is the thinnest one, so it should be an easy read. 'Cloud Atlas' got some rave reviews when it came out. If the size is okay, we can read that.

[Vishy]

Sahasranaman wrote: "Vishy, 500 pages = 2 weeks. :-) It is written in the form of journal entries, appears to be easy prose, but the structure is unconventional and interesting."

500 pages sounds a little bit intimidating, but if the pace is fast, it should be possible. We can give it a try.

[Saritha]

Great idea. Would just like to add that we could include some Indian authors as well.

[Saritha]

I meant subcontinent, to include pakistan and sri lanka as well. Anita Nair, Jhumpa Lahiri, Vikram Seth (maybe Golden gate or Equal music) Anjana Appachanna, romesh gunasekera, Mohammed Hanif, Bapsi Sidhwa, Kamila Shamsie, One off NOVELS like Karan Bajaj's Johnny Gone Down, Chandrahas Chaudhury's Arzee the dwarf, Sarita Mandanna's novel (I forget the name)TRANSLATIONS - Ambai, Vaikom Mohammad Basheer, Chugtai, Saadat Hassan Manto etc.

[Saritha]

Quick update - Just finished The Sense of an ending - I don't have a sense of it having ended. Wikipedia zindabad!

[Vishy]

Nice idea!

[Saritha]

I love the idea, Sahas.

In case anybody wants a copy of The Hours, I have one that I can lend at the next meeting. Do let me know.

A little intimidated by Slaughterhouse 5, but once I get the book from a friend, will decide.

[Vishy]

Dear All,

It was wonderful to catch up with all of you yesterday and discuss Vonnegut's book and other 'bookish' things.

Here are the details of the next book club meet :

Date and Time : 7-Apr-2013, Sunday, 3PM

Venue : Ashvita Bistro, No.11 Bawa Road, Alwarpet. Phone : 42031982
Books we will be discussing : Mrs.Dalloway by Virginia Woolf and The Hours by Michael Cunningham

Looking forward to seeing you all at the next meet. Till then Happy Reading!

With best wishes,
Vishy.