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New Monthly Book Club - first book: Americanah


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Hi there,


We (Katherine, Robyn and Peter) are starting a new book club.


We will meet the third Tuesday in every month with the first meeting Tuesday September 16th at 19:30 at the Clock House in ED.


Our first book is Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie


We'd love for more people to join us.


The rest of our current potentials list is below (alphabetically - we will decide from month to month based on group interest):

Christina Baker Kline, Orphan Train

Dave Eggers, The Circle

Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch

Edward St. Aubyn, Lost for Words

Eleanor Catton, The Luminaries

Graeme Simsion, The Rosie Project

Jim Crace, Harvest

Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

Nathan Filer, The Shock of the Fall

Philip Hensher, anything by him

Porochista Khakpour, The Last Illusion

Sarah Waters, The Paying Guests

Stewart Foster, We Used to be Kings

William Nicholson, Motherland

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