Book Club Meeting, October 7, 2015

“The Bookman's Tale” combined book collecting and conservation, forgotten/lost Shakespeare manuscript, history of book and manuscript collecting, together in a romantic mystery. The protagonist, an academic librarian, finally solved the mystery of the forgery and location of the original manuscript in a rousing biblio-mystery. The author had an incredible grasp of the facts in the field, and wove together many strands to provide a tale that some found informative and engrossing while others found a bit like throwing too many ingredients into the soup. But as always, we had a rewarding, edifying conversation, and learned much both from the book itself and each other.


Our next book will be “Bel Canto”, by Ann Patchett. Thanks to Jeanne LaDuke for the recommendation. We deleted short story collections and some other items from our future consideration list.

The next meeting is Wednesday, December 2 in Room 115 of the Richardson Library.  Discussion begins at 1:30, but the room is available at 1 pm. for anyone who wants to bring in a brown bag lunch beforehand. For further information contact Kathryn DeGraff or Helen Marlborough.




Suggested titles for future consideration:
“God in Ruins” Kate Atkinson
“Frances Perkins:  The Woman Behind the New Deal”  Kirsten Downey
“Barney” by Barney Frank
“Being Mortal” Atul Gawande
“That Cape Magic” Richard Russo