Never too Late to Read Classics discussion

January: The Expedition of the Donner Party and Its Tragic Fate by Eliza Poor Donner Houghton

February: Dust Tracks on a Road by Zora Neale Hurston

March: Shakespeare: The Biography by Peter Ackroyd

April: Silent Spring by Rachel Carson

May: Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann

June: In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson

July: Six Months in the Sandwich Islands: Among Hawaii's Palm Groves, Coral Reefs and Volcanoes by Isabella Lucy Bird

August: The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany by William L. Shirer

September: A Son of the Middle Border by Hamlin Garland

October: Pandemic 1918: The Story of the Deadliest Influenza in History by Catharine Arnold

November: They Called Me Number One: Secrets and Survival at an Indian Residential School by Bev Sellars

December: My Several Worlds by Pearl S. Buck

Great list Samantha, a wide variety.

Looking forward to Dust tracks on the road. I also downloaded The Expedition of the Donner Party and Its Tragic Fate to my kindle and will start it in a week or two.

Remember: when it comes time to read The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, all books are read the same way - one page at a time. If interested, please do not let the length deter you!

Thank You Samantha.

I have been postponing reading my Kindle of A Son of the Middle Border so I'm pleased it's part of next years group reads. It's nice to have a set month scheduled for me to read it.
If I like it, I'll move on to my freebie Kindle of A Daughter of the Middle Border
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Samantha wrote: "Remember: when it comes time to read The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, all books are read the same way - one page at a time. If interested, please do not let the length deter you!"

I read it years ago. Decades ago. I’m up for a re read. I still have the second hand copy that I received when I was in my late teens. Interesting to think about it now actually. I was in my first “real” apartment and an elderly German man with a thick accent was my neighbor. He collected books about WW2 and I was friendly with him. After he died a woman (maybe his daughter) whom I had met a few times, gave me a box of his books.

Living in snowbound Minnesota, I want to read the July selection right now!

Melanie wrote: "Living in snowbound Minnesota, I want to read the July selection right now!"
I think one of my favorite non-fiction books ever would be more appropriate:
In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette

Brian E wrote: "Melanie wrote: "Living in snowbound Minnesota, I want to read the July selection right now!"
I think one of my favorite non-fiction books ever would be more appropriate: [bookcover:In the Kingdom o..."

Yikes! I think I'll read that in July.

Lol

I definitely will be joining you in December as My Several Worlds is one of my favorite! Plus this year Ivwant to read The Good Earth Trilogy: The Good Earth, Sons, and A House Divided.

Melanie wrote: "Living in snowbound Minnesota, I want to read the July selection right now!"

Melanie, you make an excellent point. Most members experience winter weather Nov-Feb or March. I'm sure many others would also like to read a book set on a nice, warm island during the cold months. I'll keep that in mind for future planning.

I remember in 2001 when Tropical Storm Allison hit Louisiana, I read a trilogy set on the beach. Beautiful weather in the books. That was a great experience during our downpours and streets flooding.

Looks like a good selection! The only one I’ve read is Killers of the Flower Moon and I highly recommend it! This was a case and a very sad part of US history that I was unfamiliar with. The two I hope to read are A Son of a Middle Border and In the Garden of the Beasts. I’ve been interested in reading The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich for a long time but won’t get to it this year. I’m definitely interested to see what group members have to say about it.