2015: The Year of Reading Women discussion

A group will be engaged in a slow, informal read of Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion. This read has no schedule -- the discussion will take place beginning in January, and will continue throughout the year. Anyone who is interested is welcome to join -- to read one essay or all of them.

So are we spreading them out a bit? That will be appreciated!

Here also!

Yes, I thought it would be good to leave this discussion pretty open-ended -- it's easy to read essays one at a time, so people can either zoom through the collection or read an essay here and there as they have time.

Okay, the thread is in my feed, so I'll follow it and see how it develops.

"We tell ourselves stories in order to live."

Count me in.

I’m interested in Slouching Towards Bethlehem, and glad to see this thread. I also like the slow, informal read, but wonder if a “relaxed” schedule might be better than no schedule, at least to coordinate the discussion. I see 20 essays listed. My plan is to read them in order, starting Monday, Jan. 19, and continue with a new essay on the first and third Monday of each month. If I did the math right, I should finish by mid-November.

Hmm, it looks like this has somewhat fallen along the wayside. People have been complaining about the book hogging the "currently reading" space, which is a fair complaint, so I am going to make a plan to have the book not appear in that space anymore.