November Meeting Postponed

Hello Everyone,

Unfortunately, I need to postpone Novembers meeting for 'The Fictional Woman'.
Colleen has generously offered to run a double meeting at her house on Tuesday the 2nd of December where we can discuss both my book and her book 'Two Brothers a Bit of  a Yarn" at the same meeting.
I am attending a book launch on Tuesday the 11th November for a book which I have contributed to and didn't realise that this clashed with book club as book club falls on the second Tuesday this month, due to Cup Day. I apologise for any inconvenience caused and hope that I'm forgiven as it's kind of book club related. See you all for our 'Double December' meeting. Tahnee 

October Meeting - Brief Life of Oscar Wao Review

Hello all,

It was a great book club as per usual.  A big welcome to our newest member Mr Hendrix James - you're welcome anytime, and you were super cute.

The book was not well liked, but Anne-Maree enjoyed it the most.

Somehow the discussion devolved into penises.  Penii? Peni?

Anyhow!

Avis 7/10 - Disfrute de le prose

Irene - 2/1- Not wonderous, on so many levels

Hannah - 6/10 - There was a plus - learning a little bit about Dominican life and penises. (Peni?)

Kay - 5/10 - A dry read

Anne-Maree - Wao Wow

Tahnee - 4/10 - Lack of wonder - failed to hold my attention.

The next meeting is at Tahnee's house.  It will be the second Tuesday due to Cup day- 11th November, 7:30.   The book is 'The Fictional Woman' by Tara Moss. Hendrix is encouraged to attend.


I am a bad host, I did not read the book, nor make the cake.


See you in November.

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz

Hello all,

Book club is at my house tonight, see you there at 7:30.

Here are the questions for the book:

1. Is Wao a political book? Why, or why not?
2. What role does the supernatural play in this novel?
3. Wao attacks the assumption that American identity, or any national or personal identity, is uniform. What other assumptions do you think the novel attacks? Why would it be important for Díaz to unravel these assumptions?
4. Is the novel really about Oscar Wao? If so, what evidence can you cite from the novel to support your answer? If not, what do you think the novel is about, and what evidence can you cite from the novel to support your answer?
5. Why do most of the historical facts about the Dominican Republic and the U.S. appear in the book's footnotes? What does this choice say about the relationship between the individual and history?
6. Do you think that men, and male voices, dominate Wao? If so, do you think this is a mistake on Díaz's part, or is he up to something here? What do Wao's male characters tell us about American culture? Dominican culture?
7. In John Lingham's review of Wao: "Indeed, I can think of no other novel that contains so much brutality, torture, rape, murder, and suicide, yet nevertheless feels fun throughout." Do you agree with Lingham's statement? Is Wao full of disturbing stuff? And does Díaz make it all seem fun and light, in spite of it all? Why do you think Díaz mixes such atrocities with such lightheartedness in Wao?

See you tonight

Trilby!

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