We begin our discussion of Elizabeth Gaskell's "Wives & Daughters" on April 12th, 2010 in the International Room in the Carnegie Building at 6:00 pm.  "Wives & Daughters" is a wonderful book which revolves around a Dr.Gibson and his daughter Molly, in a provincial town in 1830's England.    Here's a plot summary of the book from Wikipedia.  For a shorter version: the good Dr.

    One of the great things about this year's Big Read selection, A wizard of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin, is that there are three more books, equally enthralling, in the Earthsea series, plus Le Guin has written dozens of other wonderful books. If you have read this book with your children, there are numerous other authors in the children's section that both children and adults will enjoy.

As part of the Big Read we are starting an online  book discussion of A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursual Le Guin. Actually we are having two online discussions.

One is through this web page.  You do need a web page account to participate, you can create one by clicking on create an account in the lower left hand corner of the page. 

If you already have an account simply log-in.

We continue our discussion on Elizabeth Gaskell's "Return to Cranford" on March 8th, 2009 in the International Room in the Carnegie Building at 6:00 pm.   We will be watching the final half of the DVD of the Masterpiece Classics/BBC production.  Here's the review from the LA Times--