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Readers of the Roundtable book club

Readers of the Roundtable This book club at the Parkville library has been around for at least five years, through deaths, bouts with cancer and other trials. An international flavor (including members from Ireland and Guyana) and diversity of backgrounds "is what makes the club so rich," says Rosemary McFarland. 'We have radically different points of view."

Now reading: Pleasurable Kingdom by Jonathan Balcombe

Liked a lot: The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie and Ina Rilke, and Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

Not so much: Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain, The Dive from Clausen's Pier by Ann Packer

Posted by Dave Rosenthal at 2:50 PM in Book Clubs | Permalink | Comments (1)

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I wasn't sure who to ask--would anyone from your book club be interested in visiting the Hunt Valley Greetings and Readings Book Bash in Nov? Proceeds of sales go to Habitat for Humanity. Also, you're supporting local authors who write books.

Thank you. Margie Anne 410-560-1040

Posted by: Margie Anne | October 16, 2008 10:52 AM

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While she always preferred The Hardy Boys to Nancy Drew, Nancy Johnston grew up reading nearly everything she could get her hands on, including a probably unhealthy amount of R.L. Stine and Christopher Pike, with the obligatory Jane Austen thrown in. She'll still read just about anything you put in front of her, especially the funny or weird. She lives in the city with her books, cat and drum set.

Dave Rosenthal came to The Baltimore Sun as a business reporter in 1987 and now is an assistant managing editor and Sunday editor. He reads a wide range of books (but never as many as he'd like), usually alternating between non-fiction and fiction. Some all-time favorites: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole; Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupery; and anything by Calvin Trillin or John McPhee. He belongs to a book club with a Jewish theme.