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Book Club: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, 6:30-7:30pm

Book cover: "Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell" by Susanna Clarke, featuring a raven silhouette and bestseller mentions.

Those who frequent Book Club knows I (Regan, hello there) have agonized over whether or not to choose this book. It's... longer than all the books we've chosen before. Should it remain a forlorn wish? Obviously not!

December 8th, we'll be talking about parts 1 and 2 of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, a historical-fantasy full of adventure and mystery set in an alternate 1806 England. Here's a snippet about the book:

๐ธ๐‘›๐‘”๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ โ„Ž ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘–๐‘๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘˜๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘› ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘™๐‘‘, ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘ฆ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘š๐‘’, ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘–๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘š ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘–๐‘, ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘ , ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘™ ๐‘€๐‘Ÿ. ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘™'๐‘  ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘™๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘›. ๐‘ƒ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘™๐‘ฆ, ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ฆ ๐‘”๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ง๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐ฟ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘‘. ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘ , ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘™ ๐ฝ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘†๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘”๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘”-๐‘Ž โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’, ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”, ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘˜๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘›, ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘€๐‘Ÿ. ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘™. ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ'๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ, ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ'๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘—๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘œ ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘“๐‘“๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก. ๐‘‚๐‘›๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘™๐‘–๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘™๐‘’๐‘‘, ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘š๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘ฆ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘™๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก (๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ ) ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘š๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘–๐‘.

๐™’๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ž๐™ง ๐™ง๐™ž๐™ซ๐™–๐™ก๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ช๐™ข๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ข?

๐Ÿ“…Decemberย 8th

๐Ÿ•ก6:30-7:30pm

Copies of the book are available for checkout from our entry display here at the library.