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First Meeting

This is my second post.  If you haven't seen the first one, please scroll down.  After getting a few emails back about availability, I've decided our first meeting should probably happen on a Sunday.  It seems like we all have commitments during the week nights.  During the summer it might be better, we'll see. For now, let's make the meetings the 3rd Sunday of every month.  That means our first meeting will be April 21st at 17h00.  We will meet at my house, 43 plan de la croix, Salinelles.  It's directly across from the church in the centre ville.  Bring a snack food to share!

Welcome!

Hey book lovers!  Welcome to the Sommières Book Club.  This is the first post, launching the start of our Book Club.  Right now we have 10 members which is a great number.  It's large enough that we have lots of things to talk about and not too large that we won't be able to fit in someone's living room. If we get bigger, we can always fraction off into smaller groups or meet more than once per month.  I'm not sure what day of the month we will meet yet; I hope to get some feedback from you on that very soon. So here is how the book club will work: 1.  We will select a book each month to read.  The book will be available in English and French, so you can read it in your native language if you prefer.  The first book will be: Life of Pi by Yann Martel.  All book discussions will be in English during the meeting. 2.  Each month, a different person will host the meeting, either at home or in another place (like Sansavino).  This host will be responsible for developing o