Well, ladies, 2011 is off to a great start:
After completing To Kill a Mockingbird, we met to have a southern dinnah (complete with cornbread that had BACON in it. go gram!) and discuss Aunt Julie's favorite book (perhaps only second to the illustrious Owen Meany).
In other news: Congratulations to our newest baby in the family: Brooks! and the coming Larson baby! Man, new book-clubbers are born all the time. Can't wait to recruit.
For MARCH, Brooke has announced the new read: Newes from the Dead by Mary Hooper
I, for one, have never heard of it, so here's blurb from Amazon.com:
“Newes from the Dead” was the name of a pamphlet that circulated in England in 1650 after a teenage housemaid, hanged for the crime of infanticide, awoke on the dissecting table. Hooper uses this case as the basis for a historical mystery that is creepy in the best Edgar Allen Poe tradition, as well as thought-provoking about sexual harassment and abuse. The story opens in a coffin, as the reader listens in on poor Anne’s frantic coming-to-terms with where she is and how she got there: her days as a servant, her seduction by a young lord, the accusation of murder. Anne’s thoughts, from coffin to dissecting table, are juxtaposed with a third-person narrative, centering on a nervous young surgeon who is on hand to witness and assist in the young woman’s dissection. Hooper explains that surgeons were allowed to conduct autopsies on criminals, and it's just such intriguing tidbits of Cromwellian history that add heft to this suspenseful novel. Give this to readers who prefer their historical mysteries straight up—without an overlay of fantasy. "
Pardon me, but DAMN this sounds good.
I just ordered mine from Amazon for six bucks...so here are a few links for you to do the same, if you wanna buy online:
Check back here soon, for more details on the dates of upcoming meetings and, should you already know the book you're looking at for your month, don't hesitate to send me an email!
thanks gals! and happy reading...
