All About Books

This is the former site of the online book group "Pages."  Our original incarnation, as a traditional book discussion group, began in January of 2000 in South Dakota. The group then moved online and had members from all over the world. As the group continued to evolve, it was decided to change our book group into a general discussion of books. Eventually, the official group ceased, but I have decided to keep the page up and modify it to cover interesting books people are reading, want to read, and have read.

This site is always being updated, so please come back often. 

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The Book Group is back!

Here are some books we are considering for our first pick:

• The Seamstress--Frances de Pontes Peebles
• The Lace Reader--Brunonia Barry
• The 19th Wife--David Ebershoff
• Sepulchre--Kate Mosse
• The Invention of Morel--Adolpho Bioy Casares
• The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox--Maggie O'Farrell
• The Heretic's Daughter--Kathleen Kent

This Summer I am supervising an Independent Study on Vampires in Literature at The Sage Colleges. These are the books we are considering:

• Three Vampire Tales: Dracula, Carmilla, and The Vampyre--Bram Stoker, Sheridan Le Fanu, and John Polidori
• The Historian--Elizabeth Kostova
• Sunshine--Robin McKinley
• Fledgling--Octavia Butler
• Twilight--Stephanie Meyer
• Guilty Pleasures--Laurell K. Hamilton

This Fall I am teaching a course in Fantasy Literature for the College of St. Rose. We are reading

• The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe--C.S. Lewis
• Prince Caspian--C.S. Lewis
• The Fellowship of the Ring--J.R.R. Tolkien
• The Dark is Rising--Susan Cooper
• The Grey King--Susan Cooper
• Deryni Rising--Katherine Kurtz
• Mythago Wood--Robert Holdstock
• Fledgling--Octavia Butler

What We're Reading Now (mostly for fun):  

• Helen of Troy--Margaret George
• The Nightingales of Troy--Alice Fulton
• On Beauty--Zadie Smith

What's on Our "To Read" List (strictly fun!):

Great Books Our Book Group Read: (in no particular order)

• The Mists of Avalon--Marion Zimmer Bradley 
• Parable of the Sower--Octavia Butler
• Pope Joan--Donna Woolfolk Cross
• After Long Silence: A Memoir--Helen Fremont
• The Flanders Panel--Arturo Perez-Reverte
• The Club Dumas: A Novel--Arturo Perez-Reverte
• The Poisonwood Bible--Barbara Kingsolver
• I Know This Much Is True--Wally Lamb
• The Awakening--Kate Chopin
• Only Begotten Daughter--James Morrow
• The Sparrow--Mary Doria Russell
• Cane River--Lalita Tademy
• One Hundred and One Ways--Mako Yoshikawa

Questions or comments can be mailed to Kelly A. O'Connor-Salomon.

This page was last updated 8 July 2008