middlemarch book club Archive

Wrapping Up Our My Life in Middlemarch Book Club!

Well, friends, here we are! About to boldly forge into Roxane Gay's An Untamed State (remember, we're reading this handy part you can access online, please arrive prepared next Monday!), let us look back on our sweet and prickly ...Read More

My Life in Middlemarch, the Return

I gave you a brief break from our ongoing journey in pursuit of My Life in Middlemarch. That break is now over. Get back to Middlemarch, slatterns. No! We'll go into it easily, I'd love to just talk about the first three chapters. Let's! Now, last time, we talked about ...Read More

FINALLY, We Shall Now Discuss My Life in Middlemarch

After many, many months of gearing up to this by reading Middlemarch together, today we will begin talking about My Life in Middlemarch. We literally could not have given you a more manageable chunk to start with (up to page ...Read More

Our Middlemarch Book Club: Part Four

If you’ve somehow missed being hounded by me to read (first) Middlemarch and (in the New Year) My Life in Middlemarch, you can catch up here. You have now (ideally, but it's almost a hundred and fifty years old, you can take another couple ...Read More

Middlemarch Book Club and Event Update!

Two relevant pieces of information for Middlemarch book-clubbers: 1. Our next discussion will be Monday, January 20th at 2pm EST, and we will read...TO THE VERY END. 2. Last time, we talked about the wee meet-and-greet that Rebecca Mead will be doing for Toast readers prior to her NYPL event on January ...Read More

Our Middlemarch Book Club: Part Three

If you’ve somehow missed being hounded by me to read (first) Middlemarch and (in the New Year) My Life in Middlemarch, you can catch up here. I am sure you have all dutifully read to the end of Volume 7? It's a very long ...Read More

Our Middlemarch Book Club: Part Two

If you’ve somehow missed being hounded by me to read (first) Middlemarch and (in the New Year) My Life in Middlemarch, you can catch up here. I thought our last discussion was delightfully engaging and sprightly, and I really appreciate how many of ...Read More

Our Middlemarch Book Club: Part One

If you've somehow missed being hounded by me to read (first) Middlemarch and (in the New Year) My Life in Middlemarch, you can catch up here. So, I very nicely requested that everyone (who has any interest in doing so) ...Read More