Farewell Bronte...Hello Hemingway

First, let me say bravo to everyone on a very successful debut of The Finer Things Book Club. A huge "Brava" to KTC for her excellent work as discussion leader. Her questions and the comments they elicited were very insightful and it was so fun to spend time thinking about them. I am loving this. Thank you so much for reminding me that there is more to think about in life than the law (thank goodness).

It's time now to bid a fond(?) farewell to Wuthering Heights and to move on to book 2 on our reading list. I don't know if it's the season -- Christmas always makes me long for the classics (i.e. A Christmas Carol, Twas the Night Before Christmas, Bing Crosby, Dean Martin, the Osmonds) -- or if the Carlston-Danklefs just have really strong book club mojo, but the December reading assignment as drawn out of the Finer Things Book Club hat is "For Whom the Bell Tolls" by Ernest Hemingway. This was Ross's suggestion so (1) he has no excuse not to read it (don't think about the double-negative there); and (2) he's the discussion leader and will be responsible for posting at least once during the month. (Remember, though, each of you is an author on the blog, so you can initiate posts whenever you want.)

KTC made a suggestion that may facilitate discussion. She suggested that we split the book up into weekly reading assignments. Our discussion questions/posts can come from the assigned pages and that will help us stay on track and keep spoilers to a minimum. Ross, as discussion leader, you can have the responsibility for designating the weekly reading assigments for this month. (The reading assignments post does not count as your discussion post for the month.) There are multiple copies of the book for a variety of prices on Amazon. Barnes & Noble probably has it in their discount classics section -- I'll do some reconnaissance this weekend and let y'all know. It's sure to be in the local library as well.

So, here we go. Good luck!

(Also, if y'all will remind me, I'll try to pick the reading assignment for Book 3 a week or two early, so that those of who decide to order the book online won't have to worry about getting behind in the reading. )