Also, I thought in the past I had led a discussion on her novel Home, but I can't find it when I search the threads I've started. Do some threads simply get deleted?
@fineline, all our book club threads go to Limbo, so if you have led a discussion on Home, you will find it there. I'd be very glad to take a look, but can't tonight. I'll try to look tomorrow, though!
I don't think I have read any of Robinson's series, but the book sounds good and The Guardian review said the books can be read in any order or stand alone as the series is not linear.
Yes, that's why I called it a quartet, because it's not linear at all, in the way that series usually are. It's about characters whose lives intersect, each from a different perspective. This one is from Jack's perspective, and so far seems to take place before Home, though the time period jumps around quite a bit. It seems quite a different style from the others.
I could lead it in September, or some month next year, if people are interested.
I am very confused about my thread about Home, @jedijudy - I was sure I led a discussion on it, but it really doesn't exist, because I did a search for 'Marilynne' and found several posts about her theology and her novels, some in Limbo, some in Oblivion, but no book group discussion posts. And I just searched through the nine pages of Limbo too and the only time I found the word Home was a discussion about a book called Home Fire.
(Just to add, I found my previous book club thread on Home on the old Ship, so you don't need to search, @jedijudy . It was in May 2016, which was before Jack had been written, and before the new Ship had been created.)
January- The Mould in Dr Florey's Coat by Eric Lax-Sandemaniac
February- Frost in May by Antonia White-Sarasa
March-Orbital by Samantha Harvey-Nenya
April-City of Secrets by Stewart O'Nan-Tukai
May- Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt-Nenya
June- The Wounded Sky by Diane Duane-Lamb Chopped
July-West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge- Mili
August- Heartburn by Nora Ephron-Sarasa
September-Jack by Marilynne Robinson-Fineline
October- Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery- Caissa
November- The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy Sayers-Trudy
December-The Christmas Appeal by Janice Hallett-Mili
Looking ahead to next year I've just read The Feast by Margaret Kennedy. I haven't enjoyed a book so much in ages and as one of the themes is the seven deadly sins I think it is a book a lot of people in the Ship's book club would enjoy too.
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@fineline, all our book club threads go to Limbo, so if you have led a discussion on Home, you will find it there. I'd be very glad to take a look, but can't tonight. I'll try to look tomorrow, though!
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Yes, that's why I called it a quartet, because it's not linear at all, in the way that series usually are. It's about characters whose lives intersect, each from a different perspective. This one is from Jack's perspective, and so far seems to take place before Home, though the time period jumps around quite a bit. It seems quite a different style from the others.
I could lead it in September, or some month next year, if people are interested.
I am very confused about my thread about Home, @jedijudy - I was sure I led a discussion on it, but it really doesn't exist, because I did a search for 'Marilynne' and found several posts about her theology and her novels, some in Limbo, some in Oblivion, but no book group discussion posts. And I just searched through the nine pages of Limbo too and the only time I found the word Home was a discussion about a book called Home Fire.
January- The Mould in Dr Florey's Coat by Eric Lax-Sandemaniac
February- Frost in May by Antonia White-Sarasa
March-Orbital by Samantha Harvey-Nenya
April-City of Secrets by Stewart O'Nan-Tukai
May- Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt-Nenya
June- The Wounded Sky by Diane Duane-Lamb Chopped
July-West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge- Mili
August- Heartburn by Nora Ephron-Sarasa
September-Jack by Marilynne Robinson-Fineline
October- Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery- Caissa
November- The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy Sayers-Trudy
December-The Christmas Appeal by Janice Hallett-Mili