I enjoyed this book. Some reviewed it as slow and wordy. It was pretty predictable, but I was interested in the characters, and I don't mind slower stories, so I liked it. I also have read The Jane Austen Book Club and The Friday Night Knitting Club, which are slightly similar to this book. I found that toward the end of this book there is meaning, and it contains some honest/frank examples of friendships between women.

Can I give it nothing? It was so horrible, I did something that I loathe. I skipped/skimmed pages to the end to see if the question they are asking through out the entire book is ever answered. It's my book pet peeve, where they constantly ask the same question and never answer it in a book, and never just come out and ask the person what they are thinking. Sorry, what a waste of time.

Comforting to read about others who love books with a passion. Inspiring recommendations for other books. A little repetitive in the descriptions. But overall enjoyable.

this book was okay...i loved the fact that they had a book club and they were so excited to read whatever was put on their plate. The way that they read in their youth reminded me of how I used to read...light from the hallway...flashlight...i thought that their could have been more character development, with some of them...

NYC Book club - more about members and their life problems but some about the books they read.

a literary groundhog day...what might have been a good story at 100 pages was brutally dragged into 360. for all the talk of insightful literary critique, the author gives her own readers no credit to pick up on even the most blatent concepts.

This book club is very different from our book club!!!

I love reading books about books and this one was quite good. Six friends get together for regular book club meetings and throughout the year make changes to their own lives based on their reactions to the books they've read and their reactions to what's going on in each other's lives. I thought the author did a really good job creating the book discussions. The book club had read the biographies of the authors as well as their major literary works and each character had a fresh and unique perspective on the books and the authors' lives as they related to their own. I also thought the author portrayed a women's group in an authentic way. They like each other, they're friends, they enjoy each other's company but they also irritate each other, gossip about each other and envy each other. The book got a little mawkish at times but overall, I really enjoyed it.

Drie sterren is misschien teveel, maar 2 vond ik dan weer te weinig. Teveel herhalingen, te weinig over Anna Karenina, maar toch vlotjes uitgelezen tijdens treinritten naar opleidingsdagen en enkele andere klassiekers leren kennen die ik dan ook wel eens wil lezen. Dus wel OK maar had er meer van verwacht.

These girls kept their friendships and lives going over classic novels.

to see friends pushed away, kept in the dark, share food, keep secrets, and love one another for who they authentically are. I'd say this is what keeps great friendships alive. The author shows each of us not to be lead down the grass is greener road, take the journey, you are not alone. Surprise yourself by making your choices pan out. If you did not care for the actual book Anna Karenina I am not sure you will enjoy this book.

Zacznę od tego ,że jeśli nie czytaliście "Anny Kareniny" , "Pani Bovary" ,"Lolity" czy "Małych kobietek" a macie te książki w planach to uwaga ,ale tu są spojlery .

Cynthia ,Trish , Jen , Elizabeth ,Donna ,Rina ,sześć różnych kobiet które połączyła pasja czytania .
Tytuł moim zdaniem lekko zwodniczy , a może powstał dlatego że była to pierwsza z omawianych książek w tym gronie .

Kobiety ustalają daty ,i osoba u której ma odbyć się spotkanie wybiera ,jaka książka będzie następna .
Sześć kobiet , którym różnie się w życiu układa ,ale starają się wzajemnie wspierać .
Jedna z nich szczęśliwa mężatka ,pewnego dnia oświadcza koleżankom że rozstaje się z mężem ,ale na tym zamyka dyskusję i nie chce nic więcej zdradzić .
Kobiety próbują dociec prawdy ...Czy wyjdzie ona na jaw ? Czy małżeństwo przetrwa?
Co wydarzy się w życiu pozostałych kobiet?

Fabuła książki jest bardzo spokojna , polecam na leniwą niedzielę ,lub jeśli potrzebujecie czegoś lżejszego do poczytania .

A novel featuring books and book clubs, Dinner with Anna Karenina follows the lives of six women throughout the course of a year as they work their way through literary classics as well as a host of personal problems. Rather than focus on a central character or couple, the novel encompasses the professional and personal lives of each of the six ladies—Trish, Donna, Rita, Cynthia, Jen, and Elizabeth—while chronicling their bimonthly book club dinners and progressively deepening friendships. It is at the first of these meetings, hosted by the “prom queen” of the group, Cynthia, that she announces she is separating from her husband. Cynthia’s lack of an explanation for the dissolution of her glamorous and perfect life prompts unintended introspection and change in the lives of the other ladies as they ponder what must have happened to end Cynthia’s marriage. Each book club member in turn must take a closer look at her own life choices and decide what changes are necessary. As the months pass, the book club friendships deepen as the ladies open up to each other and begin taking control of their lives, setting up dramatic and surprising changes for all of them by the end of their year together.
***Because this novel centers on members of a book club and their meetings, author Gloria Goldreich includes several well-known literary classics for her characters to discuss. For each meeting, one member of the group leads the discussion, summarizing the text and including biographical notes on the author before the others contribute their opinions. Therein, it is not necessary to have read the book club’s selections to be able to follow and enjoy their discussions, but for anyone who would like further reading as suggested by Goldreich, her selections include: Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy, Madame Bovary by Gustav Flaubert, The Reef by Edith Wharton, The Letters of Edith Wharton, "The Lottery" and Life Among the Savages by Shirley Jackson, Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov, Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi, The Bell Jar and the Ariel poems by Sylvia Plath, and Little Women by Louisa May Alcott.***