Ken Kesey novel next selection for book group.Byline: SECOND SUNDAY BOOK CLUB By Karen McCowan The Register-Guard Cowboy up, Second Sunday Book Club members! By which we mean any Register-Guard readers who'd like to virtually join a local book club's discussion of a particular book each month. This month's selection is "Last Go Round," the late Ken Kesey's 1994 fictionalized account of the origins of the Pendleton Round-Up The Pendleton Round-Up is a rodeo held in Pendleton, Oregon, United States, during the second full week of September each year, since 1910. The rodeo brings roughly 50,000 people every year to the city of Pendleton. . The book is the December pick of the Off the Beaten Path Book Club, so named because many members hail from outside Eugene in communities such as Crow, Elmira, Junction City Junction City, city (1990 pop. 20,604), seat of Geary co., NE Kans., at the confluence of the Republican and Smoky Hill rivers; inc. 1859. The rail, trade, and processing center of an agricultural and dairy area, it grew as the supply point for nearby Fort Riley, and Noti. There are two ways to participate: Readers who want their comments included in Off the Beaten Path's discussion on Dec. 13 can e-mail in a one-paragraph comment by 5 p.m. Dec. 12 to kmccowan@ guardnet.com. The Register-Guard will continue to accept comments on the book until noon Dec. 22 for inclusion in a compendium com·pen·di·um n. pl. com·pen·di·ums or com·pen·di·a 1. A short, complete summary; an abstract. 2. A list or collection of various items. of comments about the Kesey book that will appear in a Second Sunday Book Club story Jan. 8. Meanwhile, look for reader comments about the club's November pick, ``The Kite kite, in aviation and recreation kite, in aviation, aircraft restrained by a towline and deriving its lift from the aerodynamic action of the wind flowing across it. Runner,'' on the Books page next week, Dec. 11. HOW IT WORKS What is the Second Sunday Book Club? It's a vicarious vicarious /vi·car·i·ous/ (vi-kar´e-us) 1. acting in the place of another or of something else. 2. occurring at an abnormal site. vi·car·i·ous adj. 1. book group. Each month, we pick a different real local book group and allow Register-Guard readers to piggyback piggyback 1. A broker trading in his or her personal account after trading in the same security for a customer. The broker may believe the customer has access to privileged information that will cause the transaction to be profitable. 2. on their selection. Then, on the second Sunday of each month, we'll print a compendium of comments from Register-Guard readers and from the featured book group's members. What's the next book? ``Last Go Round'' by Ken Kesey Noun 1. Ken Kesey - United States writer whose best-known novel was based on his experiences as an attendant in a mental hospital (1935-2001) Ken Elton Kesey, Kesey with Ken Babbs (Penguin Books, 272 pages, $15); it's the pick of the Off the Beaten Path Book Club, our next featured group. How do I participate? Read the book and e-mail a one-paragraph comment to kmccowan@guardnet.com by noon Dec. 22. When will the wrapup appear? It will be published on the Books page on Jan. 8. What if I'm in a real book group and we want to be a featured group? Contact Karen McCowan at kmccowan@guardnet.com or 338-2422. |
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