November book: Light Years by James Salter

Join us at Peter L for a great discussion

May book: Adrink before the war by Dennis Lehane at Jim's May 14

Per Jim S: The May book is A Drink Before the War, by Dennis Lehane, same author as the last book, for which I blame a drink during the last group, namely the rye and whiskey poured by AiDan "Four Fingers" O'Felten. But I will stick with it and we'll see if this unprecedented act of perdition can come out allright in the end. If anyone has already read it and found it to be an unprecedentedly mistaken choice, speak up or forever hold

March book: "Long Division" by Kiese Laymon

Join us at Bruce's on March 19 to discuss this debut novel by Vassar faculty about post-Katrina Louisiana. This will be a departure from last few books but we are excited to read it. Here is a conversation with the author http://www.thenation.com/blog/176147/conversation-kiese-laymon

February 2014: the righteous mind : why good people are divided by politics and religion

Jonathan Haidt 's book will be an interesting read explaining how our minds set us up for our world of politics.

January : Train Dreams by Denis Johnson

Join us for Evan's selection of the month , Train Dreams takes us on a dreamlike adventure withru the 1920 American frontier. A joy to read .