Tuesday, October 25, 2005

Starting Atonement

Hi Everyone,

I just started the book. McEwan's writing style is unique and bit challenging, but I think it simply requires some getting used to.

I noticed that the name of the main character is Briony -- a name I've never heard before. Here's some background & info in the name:

Prounounciation: BRY-o-nee
Origin: Greek
Note: 20th century flower name coinage: a vine (Greek "bryonia") native to Europe with large leaves and small flowers.

Happy Reading!

posted by MJ @ 10:58 a.m. 0 comments

Monday, October 24, 2005

Our Members (as at October 24, 2005)

Fiona Cunningham
Michael Dorr (President & spokesmodel)
Renita Paranjape
Stacey Sequeira (attitude problems)
Sarah Sturgeon
Emma Wain
Maha Zeibak
May Zeibak
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Linnea Neslon (part-time member)
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Marcus Lam (Correspondence - Platinum Status)
Kena Paranjape (Correspondence - Regular Status)

posted by MJ @ 4:56 p.m.

Welcome to the Reading Rocks Book Club


After the resounding success of our first book (Specimen Days by Michael Cunningham), we have democratically chosen our next book....

The critically acclaimed #1 best seller, Atonement by Ian McEwan.

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