Masterpiece
*****
Excellent
**** 1/2
Very good
****
Good
**** 1/2
Just okay
***
Not for me
**
Definitely not for me
*

Online book groups, anyone?

I’m now running three yahoo book groups if anyone is interested and wants to join in on the discussions. Here they are:

Book Awards

  • October 31: Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke (2005 Hugo and 2005 World Fantasy Award)
  • December 1: The Hours by Michael Cunningham (1999 Pulitzer and 1999 PEN/Faulkner)
  • January 15: The Giver by Lois Lowry (1994 Newbery)
  • February 15: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon (2003 Whitbread)
  • March 15: Life and Times of Michael K by J. M. Coetzee (1983 Booker Prize)

Books in Translation

  • November 1: Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho (Portuguese, 240 pp.)
  • February 1: Independent People by Halldor Laxness (Icelandic, 512 pp.)

Classic Lit (just took over as ‘owner’ today)

  • November 1: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
  • December 1: Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
  • January 1: The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
  • February 1: The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
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