First Tuesday Book Club

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

For the 11th meeting of the book club we have decided to read the (first) sequel to last month's book (which was My Brilliant Friend, by Elene Ferrente). The second book is called: THE STORY OF A NEW NAME, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17465515-the-story-of-a-new-name, also by Elene Ferrante.

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, for the October meeting we have selected The Secret Sculpture by Sebastian Barry: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3419808-the-secret-scripture

At the September meeting we will begin the process to pick the November book, so please think of suggestions. For the record, the process for selecting books is as follows: everyone is asked to suggest one book idea. 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 suggested for 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 whatsapp poll, from which everyone selects one book. The top choice from the second round poll is selected. 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 look forward to seeing everyone on Tuesday 2nd September, at 7.30. Take care in the meantime and happy reading !