yes, I did just send out an email saying exactly this

(but I lack the creativity to rephrase it)

good evening, one and all,

Hope your Monday has been pleasant, that you had a fabulous fhe this evening, and are now sitting down to read a book club email (and then do something else far more exciting).
This is when we pretend that I planned to read an Irish author's short story for an Irish holiday [James Joyce, St Patrick's Day....both Irish]. And while the me-planning-the-Irish-

connections part of this is (in fact) a lie, we'll go with it. So. This Wednesday, come 'round at 8:15 for some book club cheer. It will be cheery.

We'll chit-chat about James Joyce's short story "The Dead." And if no one else feels like volunteering to make festive treats, we'll have Lucky Charms.

wear green or talk in limericks,
katie

that's right, a POETRY reading

On Wednesday at 8:15, let's read some poetry. Love poetry.

Bring a favorite (or least favorite) love poem to read in an informal (could we seriously make it anything but informal?) reading.

(and.....we'll finish up To the Lighthouse the following week, Feb. 17)