Benjamin Franklin once quipped that a person should "Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing." Classics are considered such for a reason; they contain a literary currency that other works do not. This book club is your chance to sit down and finally read Anna Karenina, Don Quixote, Pride and Prejudice or somewhat forgotten classics and/or modern works of similar worth. The books can span any time period or place, and the reading list is always open to growth or suggest …

The Dickens Chicks book club is all about ladies reading Classic Literature. We have spent the last year building our literary muscles, so it seems a natural extension of this would be to see if the movies are as good as the books. With that in mind, we are starting a supplemental group to our book club: Dickens Chicks at the Movies. We will continue to read the Classics on the last Sunday of each month, but in between those readings, we'll meet again to watch the movies that go along with these …

This group is designed to gather together valley professionals for an active discussion on current and classic novels. My purpose in starting this group was to rekindle the college literature class discussions that I used to enjoy so much. We will focus on a discussion of theme, context, genre and substance of prose.