Orange County Book Club

WHAT WE’RE READING: Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

WHAT ITS ABOUT:
Sense and Sensibility (working title: Elinor and Marianne) is the first published novel by the English author Jane Austen, appearing in 1811. It was published anonymously: By A Lady appears on the title page where the author's name might have been.

The novel is probably set between 1792 and 1797. Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve, and when she falls in love with the dashing but unsuitable John Willoughby she ignores her sister Elinor's warning that her impulsive behaviour leaves her open to gossip and innuendo. Meanwhile Elinor, always sensitive to social convention, is struggling to conceal her own romantic disappointment, even from those closest to her. Through their parallel experience of love—and its threatened loss—the sisters learn that sense must mix with sensibility if they are to find personal happiness in a society where status and money govern the rules of love.

WHERE WE’LL BE
The Chapter One in Santa Ana. Often times we get the room in the back but other times we get the patio. So just ask someone where we are and they’ll help you find us.

WAITLIST CAN JOIN TOO
The meetup app limits ghetto RSVPs to 10 people but the venue has room for more so feel free to show up even if the event is “full”

SUPPORT OUR SPOT!
Please be sure to order food or a drink and support the spot! I recommended the virgin mocktails, the flatbread, steak, and the fries particularly :) Our servers are working extra to keep tabs on our group so be sure to tip

WHAT WE’RE READING: Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut

WHAT ITS ABOUT:

Told with deadpan humour and bitter irony, Kurt Vonnegut's cult tale of global destruction preys on our deepest fears of witnessing Armageddon and, worse still, surviving it ...

Dr Felix Hoenikker, one of the founding 'fathers' of the atomic bomb, has left a deadly legacy to the world. For he's the inventor of 'ice-nine', a lethal chemical capable of freezing the entire planet. The search for its whereabouts leads to Hoenikker's three ecentric children, to a crazed dictator in the Caribbean, to madness. Felix Hoenikker's Death Wish comes true when his last, fatal gift to humankind brings about the end, that for all of us, is nigh...

WHERE WE’LL BE
The Chapter One in Santa Ana. Often times we get the room in the back but other times we get the patio. So just ask someone where we are and they’ll help you find us.

WAITLIST CAN JOIN TOO
The meetup app limits ghetto RSVPs to 10 people but the venue has room for more so feel free to show up even if the event is “full”

SUPPORT OUR SPOT!
Please be sure to order a drink and support the spot! I recommended the virgin mocktails, the flatbread, and the fries particularly :) Our servers are working extra to keep tabs on our group so be sure to tip too!