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We are a Seoul/Korea-based book group who meet once a month to talk about a book chosen by one of our 17 members. We discuss the book, we grade it (out of 5) and we get side-tracked onto other issues. This is our experience. We'd love to hear yours. (copied from a Sydney book club)
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book list 2009-2010
- JUNE – fiction – Letter from Peking (1957) by Pearl Buck (American)
- MAY– fiction - Middlesex (2002) Jeffrey Eugenides (American)
- APR – non-fiction/memoir - Leaving Mother Lake: A Girlhood at the Edge of the World (2004) by Yang Erche Namu (Moso/Chinese), Christine Mathieu
- MAR – fiction – The Baron in the Trees (1957) by Italo Calvino (Italian)
- FEB – classic/fiction - Rebecca (1938) by Daphne du Maurier (British)
- JAN – fiction – The Red Tent (1997) – by Anita Diamant (American)
- DEC – cookie/poetry exchange
- NOV – classic - All Quiet on the Western Front (1929) by Erich Maria Remarque (German)
- OCT – fiction - The Thirteenth Tale (2006) by Diane Setterfield (British)
- SEP – fiction - A Fine Balance (1995) Rohinton Mistry (Canadian; set in India)
book list 2008 - 2009
- JUN The Kalahari Typing School for Men Alexander McCall Smith (Botswana-born British)
- MAY Atonement Ian McEwan (British)
- APR. Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India, and Indonesia Elizabeth Gilbert (American)
- MAR. Shadow of the Wind Carlos Ruiz Zafon (Spanish)
- FEB. Emergency Sex and Other Desperate Measures: A True Story From Hell On Earth Kenneth Cain, Heidi Postlewait, Andrew Thomson (American, American, New Zealander)
- JAN. Suite Francaise Irene Nemirovsky (Russian)
- DEC. Poetry/Cookie Exchange
- NOV. The Last Chinese Chef: A Novel Nicole Mones (American)
- OCT. Dracula Bram Stoker (Irish)
- SEPT. Engleby Sebastian Faulks (British)
book list 2007 - 2008
- JUN All the Pretty Horses CORMAC MCCARTHY
- MAY Almost French SARAH TURNBULL
- APR Palace Walk NAGUIB MAHFOUZ
- MAR Still Life with Rice HELIE LEE
- FEB Infidel AYAAN HIRSI ALI
- JAN The Great Gatsby F. SCOTT FITZGERALD
- DEC Poetry/Cookie Exchange
- NOV Digging to American ANNE TYLER
- OCT The Tipping Point MALCOM GLADWELL
- SEP The Piano Tuner DANIEL MASON
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