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Thread #142642   Message #3302151
Posted By: ChanteyLass
04-Feb-12 - 01:36 PM
Thread Name: Books: Whatcha readin lately?
Subject: RE: BS: Whatcha readin lately?
EdT as much as I love Moby Dick, that is one edition I won't buy or read, but what an achievement!

I finished Nevada Barr's The Rope and am now rereading Tom Brokaw's BOOM! Voices of the Sixties. About three years ago I wanted to read AND discuss it, so I suggested it to one of my book clubs who agreed on the choice. That club is organized by my local branch of the YMCA but meets at an assisted-living residence. Residents, Y members and anyone else who comes can participate. The year we read it, we had the liveliest discussion in that club that year. I then suggested it to my town library's club, but the month we were supposed to read it there was a huge storm, parts of the library were flooded, the library was closed for two months, and when we met again we moved onto the book for that month! Then we were going to read it last year, but something else went wrong (can't remember what) and by the end of the year we had skipped that book and one other! Finally we are reading it. It's a long one but interesting and easy to read.