PAGE TURNERS
This month the members of Page Turners will be reading The Fellowship of Puzzle Makers by Samuel Burr.
The Guardian reviews the novel as follows: “Veni, vidi, solvi … is the motto of the society at the heart of this beguiling debut. Its protagonist, Clayton Stumper, was abandoned as a newborn on the steps of the Bedfordshire commune that doubles as the puzzle makers’ HQ. Taken in by its founder, cruciverbalist Pippa Allsbrook, Clay has grown into a consummate young fogey, surrounded by oddball geniuses whose talents he’s sadly failed to absorb. Now Pippa is dead, and it’s up to him to solve the final puzzle she’s set: the mystery of his par- entage. Clues are scattered throughout but it’s as a paean to intergenerational friendship and found family that this novel really sings.”
I also found a more detailed review on YouTube that was very interesting and could add to the discussion at our meetings on October 24 and 28.
Page Turners consists of three groups of approximately twelve members each. We all vote to select the books we will read over the coming year and each group reads the same book each month. One group meets the fourth Mon- day afternoon of the month and the other two groups meet, separately, the fourth Thursday afternoon of the month. If you would like to visit one of our meetings to see if you would like to join our book club, you would be most welcome. For information on the Monday group, contact me at fozimec@cox.net and for the Thursday groups, Ann and Steve Morris at samwrsi@cox.net or Lisa Buchner at lisabuchner47@gmail.com.
—Frances Ozimec
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