I would like you opinion about a book published this year by a new author, Lisa Lareau. It is entitled, "The Last Neanderthal Clan." The setting is in prehistoric times and it hypothesises the last struggle for survival of the last Neanderthal group. I find it a very good read, written in a new manner.

I belong to 2 book groups. We do not read "currently popular" books; how curious that one would think that would be a de facto requirement of a book group! Each of the groups I belong to has a different but democratic procedure in place for choosing books. We read plays, poetry, short stories, classics, new titles, fiction, non-fiction, etc. We have very rarely ended up reading a book that has qualified as "chick lit" (whether "currently popular" or not), and when we do, I don't mince words about how I feel about it. The point of the group is to have a vigorous discussion about the merits of a book, its relationship to the body of literature, to history, about translations (if applicable), to our other readings, etc. I have only once set aside a book and did not finish reading it, finding it lightweight, poorly written, and manipulative--and I did say so.

Hi nannygoat, that's strange as I see you listed as a member from the first day! You can't see any of the discussions when you go here? Could you take a screen shot to show me what you see when you click the below link? https://www.goodreads.com/topic/list_group/615019-kt-book-club Did you verify your email address? You can tell by going to the top right and clicking "profile" and then "edit profile." It should say "settings" and click "account" and it will list your email address and say if it's verified or not. Don't worry, you haven't missed out yet :)

Somehow I missed the connection for the "And there were none" discussion. I don't know if I;m missing the thread title or what. Hopefully I won;t miss the July one as I've read Before we were Yours.