Diamond in the Basalt

At the last meeting, the coordinators and attendees decided to change the scheduling of the book club meetings. Instead of reading one book every six weeks (with two meetings), we have decided that every third Sunday of every month we will read a new book. That way, everyone can plan their weekends accordingly and be [...]

The fourth book for our book group has been chosen: Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer “With only a yellowing photograph in hand, a young man — also named Jonathan Safran Foer — sets out to find the woman who may or may not have saved his grandfather from the Nazis. Accompanied by an [...]

For our next read, the coordinators and book club members have decided to create a new list of potential reads! If you would like to nominate some new books, please add a comment to this post or email one of us. A few new nominations include: “The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond The Non-Profit [...]

Jeffrey Eugenides’s novel Middlesex (2002) focuses on the chronicle of forty-one-year-old, hermaphroditic Calliope Stephanides, which presents her multigenerational Greek-American family and her struggle to establish a clear sense of self. After opening with the story of her grandparents, Desdemona and Lefty, and their subsequent union, Cal traces the damaged gene that this brother and sister passed [...]

The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger was the first book chosen for the Shrinking Violets Society Book Group. “The Time Traveler’s Wife is an unconventional love story that centers on a man with a strange genetic disorder that causes him to unpredictably time-travel and his wife, an artist, who has to cope with his [...]

At the first Shrinking Violet Society (SVS) book group planning meeting last week we shared a lot of great ideas for books to read.   Before we finish each book, we will hold a vote for the next book. For now, take a gander, share your thoughts, and feel free to suggest new books!  We [...]