May Book Club- Recapitulation

This month we are reading Recapitulation by Wallace Stegner.  I've been looking for some online book discussion questions, but haven't had any luck yet.  Here are some things I have found:


Did you know this book was autobiographical?  Here is a biography of Stegner


Also, this book is a sequel, the first book is Big Rock Candy Mountain and takes place when the main character, Bruce, is a boy.

Do  you know the meaning of recapitulation? 

• recapitulate - summarize briefly; "Let's recapitulate the main ideas"
• recapitulate - repeat stages of evolutionary development during the embryonic phase of life
• recapitulate - reprise: repeat an earlier theme of a composition 
• a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion  
• Final section in a piece of music written in sonata form or fugue form that repeats the themes presented in the exposition, and returns to the original key if modulation has occurred.

 If I can't find any already finished questions, I'll have to come up with my own.  If any of you find some, please let me know and I will post them!

February Book Club

We are reading A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare.  Book Club will be 2/24 at Sonia's house.  Hope to see you all there!
 

Book Chosen

Looks like A Girl Named Disaster won!  Hope to see you all there (1/14, 7:00, Lisa's house)

Book Club for January- You Vote

We had a really nice book club last week and missed everyone who couldn't come.  Anyway, Lisa has 2 books to choose from in January.  I am putting a poll up on the side bar for you to vote.  I think I will keep it up for a week and then announce which book we're reading.  The books are: Dune by Frank Herbert or A Girl Named Disaster by Nancy Farmer.  Dune is a longer book, but a classic that is a shame for you to have never read (I have never read it and have recently added it to my to-read list anyway) and A Girl Named Disaster is a young adult fiction about a girl's journey across Africa.  We will have book club at Lisa's house on Thursday Jan. 14th.  Hope to see you there!

Book Club Postponed

Due to illness at my house (so far 4/6 kids have come down with it), book club has been postponed till next Wednesday.  We are going to hold it at Emily's house.  Hope to see everyone there!

Information on Novemember Book Club

This month we are reading The Road by Cormac McCarthy.  We are meeting Wednesday, Novemeber 11th at my house.  Hope to see everyone there!

Here are some discussion questions about the book. 

If you like his writing style, here is a list of other books he has written.
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This book has won a pulitzer prize.  Here is a link for more information on that prize.

Some information about the book

Cannery Row was a pretty quick read, but there is lots to talk about. Here is a list of discussion questions:

http://www.steinbeck.sjsu.edu/works/Cannery%20Row-Q.jsp

Cannery row still exists today. Doc was based on a real person and so the grocery really existed. Here is a link to a slide show of pictures of the real Cannery Row

http://gocalifornia.about.com/od/toppicturegallery/ig/Cannery-Row/Monterey-Bay-Aquarium.-1RM.htm