Sommières Book and Serie Club

We had a great meeting in November. Thanks to all who were able to make it for the great conversation! We managed to choose our next 3 books, too, so it was also a very productive meeting. December book: Skipping Christmas by John Grisham January book: The Circle by Dave Eggers February book: All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr For the December meeting, PLEASE RSVP as soon as possible to let me know if you'll be making it so I can set up the gift exchange. Just shoot me an email. cowdenL@gmail.com December book selection January book selection February book selection

This one comes from Isabelle. Thank you, Isa! Remember everyone: if you have a suggestion, please email it to me so I can put it up for everyone to consider. At our meeting on the 22nd, we'll vote! Auggie Wren's Christmas Story by Paul Auster http://www.amazon.fr/Auggie-Wrens-Christmas-Story-Auster/dp/0805077235   A timeless, utterly charming Christmas fable, beautifully illustrated and destined to become a classic When Paul Auster was asked by The New York Times to write a Christmas story for the Op-Ed page, the result, "Auggie Wren's Christmas Story," led to Auster's collaboration on a film adaptation, Smoke . Now the story has found yet another life in this enchanting illustrated edition. It begins with a writer's dilemma: he's been asked by The New York Times to write a story that will appear in the paper on Christmas morning. The writer agrees, but he has a problem: How to write an unsentimental Christmas story...

Hello book club members! November's book club will be at my house in Junas. Directions and a map to follow via email. Bring a Christmas club meeting book idea, if you feel like it. Looking forward to seeing you!

It was decided at our last meeting that we'd have a Christmas party just for the book club on December 13th, Sunday, at 17h00 at Isabelle's house in Beaulieu. We'll do a secret santa exchange, and names will be drawn for the game at our November meeting. (yay!) Even if you can't make the November meeting but do want to come to the December one, just send me that info via email and I'll make sure your name goes into the hat and that you get a name in return. And now we're soliciting suggestions for a book for the Christmas party! Please make sure it's holiday-themed and very SHORT, since most of us will be very busy during the season. So far we have 2 suggestions: Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" -- a classic British Christmas short story, and "Skipping Christmas" by John Grisham (also quite short, but not as short as the other.) There are no lawyers or major crime in this one...but it's quite a fun read. Imagine...

Thanks to all of your votes, we have the next two books on our list. October (the number 2 pick but the shorter book, therefore an excellent choice when we only have 3 weeks to finish!) was Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson a Norwegian author. The hostess for this meeting is Noel and she lives in Saint-Series. I'll send a map before the meeting via email. Link: http://www.amazon.fr/Out-Stealing-Horses-Per-Petterson-ebook/dp/B003JTHFLG November (the number 1 pick by a vast majority, a book with over 8,500 reviews and a very high average star-rating) was The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion , an Australian author. Link: http://www.amazon.fr/Rosie-Project-Don-Tillman-ebook/dp/B00B2FLDRQ Remember, the October meeting is going to come upon us very quickly since we delayed our September meeting by a week. Order your book today! :)

Here's the link to the poll. It'll just take a minute! Rank the books from 1 to 5, with 1 being your favorite and 5 being your least favorite. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1e9eL-NppYmc-Ei0ghDo4rMS0PeRO_iZXs-6ddpGElhY/viewform?usp=send_form

Hello book buddies. We need suggestions for books for October and November. Please submit them to me tonight if possible so we can conduct a vote tomorrow! Remember, we only have 3 weeks before the next meeting, and many of us have to wait on Amazon to buy the books, so that leaves us even less time to get the book read. For that reason, please be sure to submit a SHORT book suggestion for October. :)