What does being a discussion leader entail? What're the expectations? Does the DL posit statements from his/her own insight, or is there some authority that has to be referred to? Questions, questions.

One would think, after all the other 'predictions' that have .. um .. gone south, that we humans would give up this foolish practice.

Right. I've visited the blog section and thought it was pretty straightforward. I was wondering what movie/book I should begin with. I saw the new Jane Eyre last night which is the last of nine movie/TV adaptations of the novel. A comparison of those movies, and their successes in capturing the tone...

Thanks for the welcome, Chris.

Maybe I'll give it a go. But, where to start?

Jean Plaidy also wrote quite a few novels set in this period - Katherine of Aragon (Anne Boleyn's direct rival as Henry VIII's first wife) and the other five wives. They're wonderful (if sad) reading.

And how!

Thanks, Dexter, for saying hello.

I actually joined booktalk back in September of last year, but am only just beginning to toodle around here. I "liked" booktalk on FaceBook around the same time. I found booktalk in a Google search for online reading groups, and joined immediately. My favorite books as a kid were Alice in ...

Happy Belated Birthday!