First Tuesday Book Club

*** This event/club is open to absolutely everyone ! No restrictions whatsoever!!!***

For the 10th meeting of the book club we have decided to read My Brilliant Friend, by Elene Ferrente : https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35036409-my-brilliant-friend

Same Venue - Marina Hotel, Waterford. We will meet in the Foyer if there is room; otherwise we will move into the bar area. Should the venue, or anything else, change for any reason we will update this page and notify participants.

As a heads up we have selected The Salt Path by Raynor Winn as the choice for September meeting (2nd September). An alternative read is Americanah by Chimananda Ngozi Adichie. We will have time to discuss both.

NEWCOMERS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME

At the August meeting we will begin the process to pick the October book. For the record, the process for selecting books is: Everyone is asked to bring one book idea to the meeting. From these suggestions we collectively compile a long list - maximum 12 books. We try and limit book length by page numbers. Therefore books longer than say 350 pages are unlikely to make the first cut. All genres can be included. However, depending on the number of books on the first list we MAY decide to exclude a genre that has just been read. This will be discussed face to face at the meeting to get everyone's view in person. Previous book suggestions that were unselected can of course be brought forward again.

We then do a whatsapp poll of this long list (round 1), from which everyone selects 3 books they wish to read. The top three books from this poll are then put in a second round poll, from which everyone selects one book. The top choice from the second round poll is selected as the book for the following meeting. This process seems to work. However, all suggestions to make the book selection as democratic as possible are always welcome. All ideas can be raised and discussed at the book meetings, in person.

I am looking forward to seeing everyone on Tuesday 5th August, at 7.30. Take care in the meantime and happy reading !