Dear all,
I recently took over this group and I am eager to start our reading! I look forward to meeting as many of you as possible and have a great evening. I will try to create a new whatsapp group soon.
I have not been to this location before, therefore I will keep it in just for the upcoming event and see if we decide to stick with it. Feel free to message me and suggest a different location, if you have a better alternative in mind. Just as a reminder, to cover the meet up costs, there will be a charge of 3 Euros per person. Please let me know if you decide not to attend, after you RSVPed.
For May the book is:
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
Ginny Tapley Takemori (Translator)
Pages: 163
Published: 2016
Convenience Store Woman offers a captivating glimpse into the life of Keiko Furukura, a woman who has found an unexpected sense of belonging in the orderly, predictable world of a convenience store.
While those around her question her choices and push her toward a more "conventional" life, Keiko is perfectly content, until a new coworker disrupts her carefully constructed routine. What follows is both unsettling and darkly humorous, as the boundaries between “normal” and “strange” begin to blur.
This novel invites readers to reflect on what it truly means to fit in and whether we should want to at all.
Have fun reading!
Olivia
