Thursday open thread: The Establishment Bar Book Club!
Howdy, good people! I've been mulling this over, in my ever-evolving quest to bring more than just politics to this joint. One of the pleasures of my job is conducting my monthly book club. At any session I have eight to ten enthusiastic book lovers attending; they often say that it is also the highlight of the month for them. Well, I thought: Why can't we do that here? We're a bright bunch who love to jabber about things besides politics. So, here it is: The Establishment Bar Book Club! Our first book will be James , by Percival Everett. It is the book that we read for my work book club this month. It is a magnificent reimagining of Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , told from the point of view of the slave Jim. I haven't quite figured out how we will conduct an online book club, but: I'm a librarian. I can look it up. Although I'm choosing this first book, I want to get suggestions from all of you for future reading. So share any ideas you hav...
