Concentric Reading Circle

We meet at 2:00 PM Mountain Time on the 3rd Sunday of each month to discuss our book selection. Dates sometimes change, and there will be an announcement on the board if there is a change.

Note the "CRC Book Club Discussion" forum (open to Gold Star members only). Here's where people can find information about the club and each month's book club selection. Even if someone can't attend the monthly book club chat, he or she can comment within the forum on the specific book thread.
See the Gold Star - Everything Else forum, as well.
Go to the Chat Rooms! (CRC book club chats for Premium Members only).
Our chat host this year is Brenda (BGE) from Canada.

May Book Chat

The selection for our May 2009 chat is:

About Face by Donna Leon

Book club online chat: Sunday, May 17th, at 1:00pm Pacific, 2:00pm Mountain, 3:00pm Central, 4:00pm Eastern, 9:00pm Greenwich, 10:00pm Central European.

Find the correct time for CRC book chat in your time zone: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/

Previous Book Chats

The chat takes place on the message board in a chat room and we publish the transcripts on the message board.

April 2009: The Secret Life of Bees, by Sue Monk Kidd

March 2009: Three Cups of Tea, by Greg Mortenson

February 2009: Monster of Florence, by Douglas Preston and Mario Spezi

January 2009: The Book of Negroes, by Lawrence Hill

November 30, 2008: The Dream of Scipio, by Iain Pears

March 16, 2008: The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls

February 17, 2008: Don't Let's Go To The Dogs Tonight, by Alexandra Fuller

September 15, 2007: The Lady in the Palazzo, by Marlena de Blasi

July 28, 2007: A Season with Verona: Travels Around Italy in Search of Illusion, National Character, and ... Goals!, by Tim Parks, paperback, Arcade Publishing, reprint edition 2003

May 26, 2007: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time, by Mark Haddon, 2004

April 27, 2007: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, by John Berendt, 1999

March 31, 2007: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, by Lisa See

February 24, 2007: War in Val d'Orcia, by Iris Origo

January 28, 2007: The Shadow of the Wind, by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

December 3, 2006: Simple Prayers, by Michael Golding

October 22, 2006: The House on the Strand, by Daphne du Maurier, 1969

September 24, 2006: The Tender Bar, by J.R. Moehringer

July 23, 2006: Middlesex, by Jeffrey Eugenides, Picador, 2003

June 4, 2006: Daughter of the Forest (The Sevenwaters Trilogy), by Juliet Marillier, Tor Books, 2002

April 30, 2006: Life of Pi, by Yann Martel

March 26, 2006: Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen, first published 1813, set in England

February 26, 2006: The City of Falling Angels, by John Berendt, 2005, non fiction about Venice.

January 22, 2006: All She Was Worth, by Miyuki Miyabe, translated from Japanese, set in Japan

Message Board Threads

Colleen gets it started: Thread where Colleen proposes a book club.

Chat Room Tips: How to use the chat room.

Book club reading list: A list of books to help choose for the chats.

Deborah names it: Thread where we named the book club - Concentric Reading Circle - CRC (like an airport code) - from our "concentric circles" travel theory.

Pauline's desk at the March CRC - cat, Jane Austen action figure (yes, she is holding a writing desk!), copy of the novel.

Pauline's desk at the March CRC - cat, copy of the novel, Jane Austen action figure
(yes, she is holding a writing desk! - Colleen gave this to me!!).

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