Greetings, fellow book enthusiasts!

The Ann Arbor Classics Book Group meets twice monthly to discuss selections from Boxall's "1001 books you must read before you die". We meet biweekly, once on a Sunday afternoon and once on a Thursday evening each month. The books that we decide on as a group (via our online poll) are discussed on Sundays, while the Thursday selections are assigned by the organizer or assistant organizer or nominated by a member. Dues of $1.00 per member are collected at each discussion to help cover site fees and other various costs. Occasionally, we will have a special event such as a film viewing, coffee meet and greet, scrabble get-together or a potluck. This group is largely driven by its members, so make sure to voice your opinions on the group message board and in our online polls. Don't forget, the full list of 1001 books can be found under our group files in excel format. Download it and see how many you have read!

Past selections have included: A Room with a View by EM Forster, The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy, The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood, One-hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe, Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen, Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry, Lady Chatterley's Lover by DH Lawrence, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky, the following works by Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day, Never Let Me Go, A Pale View of Hills, An Artist of the Floating World, The Unconsoled, Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray, Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer, One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, Dangerous Liaisons by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos and Dracula by Bram Stoker

Here is a list of our upcoming book discussions:

Where Angels Fear to Tread by EM Forster- Sunday, November 8th at 3:00 pm
The Lost Language of Cranes by David Leavitt- Thursday, November 19th at 7:30 pm
The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton- Sunday, December 13th at 3:00 pm

Please don't forget to stop by our online poll to cast your vote for our January selection!

Below is a link to my literary blog on annarbor.com. Please become my follower, so that I can be popular! Also feel free to comment on any of my posts, the blog is meant to be a place where we can continue some of our discussions, and book lovers alike can engage with one another!

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