DMPL Book Chat discussion

See which books staff read for this challenge below. If you've completed this challenge, let us know which book you read and what you thought about it! Also, don't forget to register for the 2022 Reading Challenge at dmpl.org/readingchallenge.

I went with Jane Austin’s Persuasion for this one. It could also be a book made into a TV series or movie (and they’re doing a new 2022 version which is a reason I picked it up). This was my first book of the year after binging the first few seasons of Downton Abbey again on Netflix, so the book felt like a good fit.

I read "Another Country" by James Baldwin. Didn't love it, but it's certainly worth reading for Baldwin's prose and how progressive it was for the time.

I read The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie, a classic mystery featuring chewy, detailed prose and an intricate plotline that kept me guessing. This would be great for mystery readers (or non-mystery readers) that enjoy BBC dramas and reading "classics" of the literature canon.

i read My Cousin Rachel by Daphne Du Maurier and really enjoyed it.

I read Beloved by Toni Morrison. Excellent book!

Finally read The Great Gatsby!