We had a lovely time at Carol's to discuss The Elephant Keeper by Christopher Nicholson, an historic novel, set in England in the 1700's. It was a good turnout and we had as usual a great time talking about this interesting novel, part fiction, part meditation on exactly who is an enlightened being in this era, a discussion we might indeed still have.
That being said, it was not universally loved, and most found it a bit too sad. Still, a good choice and an interesting time and place. It did spur another discussion about how we select our books and if there is a way to mix it up more in the future.
Several years ago we moved to reading the books from the Christmas list, which has worked fairly well but there are always titles we can't bring ourselves to read. For example, my choice was by Neil Gaiman, and none of us want to talk him on in his current circumstances.
One idea was to have a "genre" night. We can pick a genre like mystery or romance (please no!) and we can either decide on a book or have everyone choose their own in that genre to discuss. That worked so well with our children's book night, maybe it would be fun. We could pull the genre out of a hat to make it interesting.
We could also pull titles out of a hat, to mix it all up. Any other ideas? I'd love to hear them!
Next month we are meeting on November 24. The book is The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau. I know someone volunteered to host but I don't remember who! See you all then!
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