![]() Opening at the end of the eighteenth century at Montglane Abbey in the south of France, two young novices are told of the existence of the Montglane Service, a chess set imbued with dangerous powers, given to Charlemagne and crafted by the Moors. It didn't really change my perceptions of the genre but since I didn't hate it, I consider the whole thing generally a success. ![]() ![]() I might have grumbled over the group's choice but I was a dutiful member and read it. I don't love mysteries and I haven't found a book that does slight of hand (eyes?) that I've liked since I was young and reading Ellen Raskin's masterful The Westing Game. ![]() Katherine Neville's The Eight was a push for me since I neither read thrillers nor play chess. My book club likes to choose different genres throughout the year in order to push each of us out of our reading ruts. ![]()
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