Book Group 2010
by Jeff Miller
Like I said in the previous post, the RPC Book Group is looking forward to a new slate of books! As has been our custom, we have selected 11 works, both fiction and nonfiction and including one Shakespeare.
We hope you will join us in 2010. Please do NOT feel bound to come for the whole year. If there’s a particular work or works you want to interact with, please watch the bulletin for announcements. The list below is generally a book per month list for your reference.
The thing I hear most about why people don’t come is that the books seem too heavy, etc. Obviously, enjoying the written word is a common denominator among all our folks, but the group effort in reading, interpreting and discussing the ideas contained in what we read is where the fun is. That makes the heavy thoughts/writing styles, etc. not only bearable, but enjoyable. It also provides a sense of accountability and encouragement to read books we might not otherwise pick up.
At any rate, here is the list- join us next year as you can! True Spirituality Schaeffer, Francis
Beautiful and the Damned Fitzgerald, F Scott
Thomas Aquinas (sel. Writings) Aquinas, Thomas
Violent Bear it Away O’Connor, Flannery
Mind of the Maker Sayers, Dorothy
The Odyssey Homer
Richard III William Shakespeare
Augustine of Hippo Brown, Peter
Picture of Dorian Grey Wilde, Oscar
Girl Meets God Winner,Lauren
Demons Dostoevsky, Fyodor
Posted by Jeff Miller at December 22, 2009 07:54 AM