Playing Catch Up

We met yesterday evening at Paula's to discuss what many call "The Great American Novel," Moby Dick. Considering that Melville's novel is long and the chapters seem disjointed (possibly because he did a major rewrite in which he added Ahab (!) ), we managed our way through a pretty rigorous review. I even plan to do some additional scholarly reading since Bev was kind enough to lend me her book. I'm very interested in the feminist critical take. I expect to laugh out loud.

We will gather again at 7 p.m. on May 10 at Kristin's to read American Joe - a bit of an experiment for us.

Making History

Last night, in between Moby Dicking, Naoing, nowing, and politicking, we briefly discussed our anticipation about today's Nobel announcement. Did we ever expect this? And what do we think about it? 

Bob Dylan wins Nobel prize in literature!

Meeting Announcement

Hi Far to Goers,

I hope you've had a great summer. Our next meeting is at 7 p.m. Wednesday, October 12, 2016 at Lee's house. We'll be talking about A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki.

America Will Believe

Once Upon a Time......

Far to Go read and discussed American Gods by Neil Gaiman. Well, guess what? The Starz Network has seen fit to develop Gaiman's novel into a series. I'm not sure how I feel about translating one novel into a series, but the casting leaves little doubt that this will be a fun watch.

See for yourself.


American Gods

See you in 2017!

June 2016 Meeting

We'll meet at Reggie's place at 7 p.m. on June 22 to discuss The High Mountains of Portugal, by Yann Martel.

Next meeting, May 11

From Bev: We had a great discussion of Matt's pick, The Rehearsal, on Monday. We missed you - Lee and Reggie. Hope to see you all at our next meeting on May 11th when we'll be reviewing Ed's choice, Trespass by Valerie Martin.

Toni Morrison profiled

Since we just read Toni Morrison's Bluest Eye, this caught my eye - a big NYT Magazine profile of Morrison.