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Just the Facts: the Nonfiction Only Book Club Meeting
Just the Facts: the Nonfiction Only Book Club Meeting

Sat, Nov 18

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Auditorium

Just the Facts: the Nonfiction Only Book Club Meeting

Time & Location

Nov 18, 2023, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Auditorium, 274 Main St, Hackensack, NJ 07601, USA

About the event

This month we will discuss: My Life with Bob: Flawed Heroine Keeps Book of Books, Plot Ensues by Pamela Paul

Imagine keeping a record of every book you ever read. What would those titles say about you? With humor and warmth, the editor of The New York Times Book Review shares the stories that have shaped her life. For twenty-eight years, Pamela Paul has been keeping a diary that records the books she reads, rather than the life she leads. Or does it? Over time, it's become clear that this Book of Books, or Bob, as she calls him, tells a much bigger story. For Paul, as for many readers, books reflect her inner life-- her fantasies and hopes, her dreams and ideas. And her life, in turn, influences which books she chooses, whether for solace or escape, diversion or self-reflection, information or entertainment. My Life with Bob isn't about what's in those books; it's about the relationship between books and readers. Bob was with her when she struggled to get through the Norton Anthology of English Literature in college and when she read Anna Karenina while living…

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