February and March

 And, just like that, we're back to having fairly small meetings with even fewer people having read the book. I'll grant you that Their Eyes Were Watching God was much more of a challenge than anticipated - the dialect was work to get through. But Alice I Have Been wasn't a tough read at all and both of the past couple of books did have quite a lot to talk about.

For example, Ann and I came away from Alice I Have Been with very different impressions about Melanie Benjamin's take on Charles Dodgson, a.k.a. Lewis Carroll. Then there's always the discussion with historical fiction about what was true and what wasn't. With Their Eyes Were Watching God Ann asked why the book was considered a classic and so we talked about that.

I still want to read books and have people to talk to about them.

Here's what I'm proposing. Going forward, for those who have read the book and want to discuss it, the meetings will start at 7 p.m. At 7:30 p.m., anyone else who's available to join us is more than welcome to join us so that we can catch up with each other and enjoy the friendships we've made. Let me know what you think!