I just got a copy. Looking forward to the discussion

Chris,
Thanks for the heads up. I'm in. I just have to download it onto my Kindle.

Provinces of Night by William Gay......wonderful prose and imagery.

In letter 1, I'm amused by Robert Walton's almost ecstatic visions of the pole region long before he even arrives. Then this: I also became a poet and for one year lived in a paradise of my own creation; I imagined that I also might obtain a niche in the temple where the names of Homer and Shakespe...

It has been a number of years since I've read Frankenstein for the first time. I'm finding it interesting how much the movie versions have taken place of the book in my mind. As is often the case, the book is much more cerebral without the emphasis on the actual creation so much as the psychology of...

Thanks Suzanne. It's good to be back.

I noticed that Amazon also has the original version, before Shelley revised it. Has the group chosen a particular edition?

I've enjoyed all of Sedaris' books. Heard him speak last year and he was hilarious.

Very interesting. I didn't know about all of the fighting. Wasn't this at about the same time that John Brown was attacking slave owners? Sounds like the Mid-West was pretty violent during the time period.

I just finished reading the Introduction. So far, so good. The author seems a tiny bit snarky, but we'll see how that goes. Has anyone read up on Elizabeth Smart or any of the other girls who have been kidnapped and raped by Mormon men?