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Book Club Discussion for June 2023 (Patreon)

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2023-06-01 17:50:36
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Dear Book Club Readers ---

You had a wonderful reading month in May, and it would be lovely to hear about the books you're enjoying this month.

Your comments in these Book Club Discussion threads continue to reveal your deep love of great literature, and we would love to hear about how your reading is treating you at the moment.

So, tell us what your June is looking like.

What are you reading at the moment?

Let us know anything that's on your mind, your literary loves, and anything you wish to share or sharpen your thoughts about.

  • Short stories
  • Author details
  • Seasonal reads
  • Areas to explore
  • Your current Big Read
  • Questions about literature
  • Things you're finding difficult
  • Rewarding literary rabbit holes
  • Things you want to recommend
  • General life updates (we're interested)

This is the place to put anything bookish you like, and get other readers weighing in on your thoughts!

Our wonderful Book Club community continues to be a literary oasis thanks to your thoughtful appreciations of the Great Books.

Reading through the recent book discussion threads, one can see what a truly special group of literature lovers we have here:

So thank you so much for being a part of the family, and I hope your month is filled with exciting bookish adventures.

Happy reading!

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Serena

I seem to have gone off on a tangent since reading four of Shakespeare's history plays: I've finished reading The Hollow Crown, two short books-one each on Richards II & III, The Wars of the Roses, 1812, a recommended biography of Tolstoy, more Alice Monroe short stories, plus some humorous readings to give life perspective. I also am eating my way throug Aaron Sanchezl Mexican cookbooks, which have made my life more delicious. I can now make birria, chili colorado, chili verdi, chili relleno, Pico de gallo, carnitas, plus several other traditional Mexican salsas. My bueno, mis amigos.

Susan Koppersmith

I am new to the book club. I wished I had discovered a few years back during Covid times; I have been interested in the classics for years but could not find anybody who wanted to read them with me. Now I have a new whole new group!I had briefly thought of getting a graduate degree in English but with these lectures, my thirst for keeping company with “the greats” has been been satisfied. I like to listen to Ben’s lectures a few times and do so while out walking. I feel as if I am with a good friend! I really enjoyed reading Orlando and the lightness with which Orlando lives his life imaginatively spinning between the centuries and genders. He/she moves easily from one event to the next. Intoxicating! I am inspired to do the same with my life. I am also reading Middlemarch with another online group (2 or 3 chapters a week). This is doable and Ben’s lectures help a lot with understanding the Victorian times. I am working my way also through the Count of Monte Cristo to be prepared for the next Big Read. Also I am reading parts of Henry IV for the Shakespeare Project. It has always bothered me that I was able to finish a B.A in English without taking one Shakespeare course. This should never have been allowed! Also, I loved the Alice Munro stories and lectures. There is a lot to do in this club! I had to laugh, reading how one book club member felt he might have to quit his full time job to keep up with the readings. I look forward to studying Milton again later in the year. I did take a course on Paradise Lost in my 20s and I am eager to see if remembrances of it bubble up.