#40 - Detective Fiction (Summer & Fall 2013 & Winter 2014)

June 20 – Sharon
The Sign of the Four – Arthur Conan Doyle
(incl free Kindle and $4 Audible)

July 18 – Ann G
Woman in White – Wilkie Collins

August 15 – Alanna CANCELLED due to too-few attendees
Sense of an Ending – Julian Barnes

RED WINE BOOK CLUB 2.0

September 26 October 3 - Ann A
Sense of an Ending – Julian Barnes
Host: Ann A. --> Alanna
Discussion Leader: Ann G

November 14
The Round House – Louise Erdrich The Kitchen House – Kathleen Grissom
Host: Mary
Discussion Leader: Georgia
Topics: (1) The theme/books for session beginning in January, including whether we read The Round House by Louise Erdrich and (2) more 2014 dates/hosts

December 11 (Wednesday)
Behind the Scenes at the Museum – Kate Atkinson (CHRISTMAS BOOK)
Host: Kathy
Discussion Leader: Alanna

January 16, 2014
The Round House – Louise Erdrich
Host: Marty --> Ann A
Discussion Leader: Kathy
Dessert: Sharon

Book Selection / Book Discussion Resources

For Selecting Series Topics & Books

Choosing Books from BookBrowse.com
Popular Fiction vs Literary Fiction (plot driven vs character driven) from NPR

Kathy? Any resources you've found that are especially good?

For Leading a Book Discussion - General

DISCUSSION GUIDES
Good questions for Fiction & Non-Fiction from LitLovers.com
How to create a DIY Discussion Guide

LEADING DISCUSSIONS
How to Lead a Book Club Discussion from LitLovers.com
Moderating Meetings from BookBrowse.com

What else? Let me know, I'll add to the list

For Leading a Book Discussion - Specific Books

Check the publisher - many have discussion questions, even author interaction
Check the author's website -
Check the reviews/comments on GoodReads.com
St. Louis County Library offers discussion kits

What else? Ditto

For Reading Mindfully to Participate in a Discussion

Read-Think-Talk from LitLovers.com

What else? Ditto

#39 – Defining the Feminine - Summer 2012-Winter 2013

A comprehensive short list of books that have defined femininity. What is it to be feminine? What does it mean to be a woman? How have all the facets of the feminine combined and been disembodied over the past two centuries? We will begin with the contemporary "new woman" model as presented in Hunger Games. Next, we will trace these roots from early Victorian roots through Modernism to understand the growth and dissent involved in defining the feminine. ~ Kami Zoellner

June 21 - Kathy --> Alanna
Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins
(link is to trilogy, you'll not want to stop with the first book!)

July 26 - Mary ---> Ann A ---> Kathy
Madame Bovary – Gustave Flaubert
(including free Kindle edition)

August 16 - Ann A ---> Mary
The Life of Charlotte Brontë – Elizabeth Gaskell
(including $.99 Kindle version) --- AUGUST IS CANCELLED

Saturday, September 15 - GUY THING
A Confederacy of Dunces – John Kennedy Toole

October 18 - Alanna --> Kathy --> Ann A
Studies on Hysteria – Josef Breuer, Sigmund Freud, James Stratchey

November 15 - Marty
The Second Sex – Simone de Beauvoir

December 6 - Kathy
The Year of Magical Thinking – Joan Didion
What Alice Forgot – Liane Moriarty

January 17 (not January 7), 2013 YIKES - Ann G
Silent Spring – Rachel Carson

February 21 - Mary
The Lover – Marguerite Duras ---> FEBRUARY WAS SNOWED OUT

March 7 - Ann A
The Beauty Myth – Naomi Wolf ---->
The Lover – Marguerite Duras
NOTE: We read The North China Lover version of this book in Session #4.

April 11 - Kathy --> Mary
The Life of Charlotte Brontë – Elizabeth Gaskell
(including $.99 Kindle version) ---->
The Beauty Myth – Naomi Wolf

May 16 - Kathy
The Life of Charlotte Brontë – Elizabeth Gaskell
(including $.99 Kindle version)