The Count of Monte Cristo

By the way, Book Clubbers, here's the link to the Project Gutenberg page for The Count of Monte Cristo.

Happy reading!

Hallowe'en Book Club Shorts

I don't want to steal any thunder from The Count, but it sounds like the general consensus is that people would like to know what the short stories are going to be for the special post-Halloween Book Club meeting (date: TBA; sometime in the first week of November). Anywho, without further adieu, I propose:

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, by Washington Irving

The Raven, by Edgar Allen Poe

The Muders in the Rue Morgue, by Edgar Allen Poe
The Fall of the House of Usher*, by Edgar Allen Poe

The Masque of the Red Death*, by Edgar Allen Poe

The Tell-Tale Heart*, by Edgar Allen Poe

The Cask of Amontillado*, by Edgar Allen Poe

Ligeia**, by Edgar Allen Poe

and

Hop-Frog***, by Edgar Allen Poe (I've never read it, but it was brought up at bookclub, so what the hell, let's do it!)

If you think this is too many, let me know (or just read whichever ones you feel like, because that's totally cool too), and if I've left out a Poe favorite, or another macabre classic that you hold dear, throw it in the comments and we can change this list up. Otherwise, happy (early) Hallowe'en!

* All four of these are in Project Gutenberg's The Works of Edgar Allen Poe -- Volume 2, so if you prefer them in a format other than HTML, you can use this link to go to the main page for that compilation, download it in your preferred format, and then read the four stories from there.

** Ligeia is in Project Gutenberg's The Works of Edgar Allen Poe -- Volume 3, so again, if you want a different format, use this link.

***Hop-Frog is in Project Gutenberg's The Works of Edgar Allen Poe -- Volume 5, so again, if you want a different format, use this link.

Tomorrow's meeting!

Just wanted to remind everyone that tomorrow evening we will be discussing Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird while drinking beer at the Brickskeller on 22nd and P. The meeting will begin around 5:30pm, but I think a few of us will be there ahead of time to try and secure some seating.

Also, a few of you suggested The Count of Monte Cristo as our next classic, so that will be the book we discuss next month. Because it is quite lengthy, I thought we might have our October meeting towards the middle of the month rather than the first week. I'm tentatively thinking Tuesday 10/19 would work well, but let me know if that doesn't work for you. This way, we will have just enough time to read a scary short story or two around Halloweentime and then discuss in early November.

On a final note, if there is ever a book chosen that you absolutely do not want to read, feel free to skip that month. We are pretty laid back and no one is obligated to attend every discussion. You will not be kicked out of book club if you miss a meeting!