Orange County Book Club

WHAT WE’RE READING: A Gentle Creature by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

WHAT ITS ABOUT:
“A Gentle Creature”sometimes also translated as "The Meek One", is a short story by Fyodor Dostoyevsky in 1876. The piece comes with the subtitle of "A Fantastic Story", and it chronicles the relationship between a pawnbroker and a girl that frequents his shop. A first-person stream of consciousness narrative.

WHERE WE’LL BE
The Chapter One in Santa Ana. Generally we’ll be in the back room. Ask someone and they’ll help you find us.

25 PEOPLE LIMIT
The meetup app limits RSVPs to 10 people but the venue has plenty of room for 15 more from the wait list so they’ll be encouraged to join as well.

SUPPORT OUR SPOT!
Please be sure to order a drink and support the spot! We’ll order apps for the table and take $5 each for those who would like food. Our server is working extra to keep tabs on our group. Be sure to tip!

TO NOMINATE A BOOK:
go to the event comments below 👇


Post a comment with the TITLE and AUTHOR and ideally the page count. Use just one comment per book nomination but add as many nominations as you’d like.

Guidelines for the books:

• Must be either considered a classic (vintage or modern is fine) or any award winning book.
• Any genre
• For this month let’s keep it under 200 pages and something wintry themed ideally!
  TO VOTE:
“Like” the comments of the books you want to read. You can vote on as many as you like.

You don’t have to participate in nominating or voting to attend.

VOTING CLOSES SUNDAY NIGHT and the book will be announced MONDAY.

Have fun!