Welcome! If you're interested in reading and discussing classic literature written by dead people (with an occasional still-living contender for a place in the canon), please join. We'll be reading everyone from Thomas Hardy to Mark Twain and discussing why these authors continue to be so popular years after their death. By looking not only at the text, but also film and stage adaptations and the following that has grown up around it, we will come away with a richer understanding of the work-- …

We will meet once a month and discuss one book per month. Books will be selected through a nomination and voting process, three months at a time. At the beginning of the month, questions will be provided to consider as you read. This is a great group of people, all of whom love to read and we look forward to meeting others with the same love of books! Don't live in Cane Ridge? You are still welcome!

This group will meet on a monthly basis for a meal and to swap one very gently used book. To make it more fun, we wrap the books like presents and include a short description of why you enjoyed it. These will be themed very loosely. Watch the announcements for that month's theme. It's fun to meet fellow bibliophiles, share good conversation over a meal, then go home with a new book at the end of the evening. We will meet in restaurants as well as the occasional potluck at a member's home.  This …