Blood Meridian Book Club (Completed)
Read McCarthy's best work with a group while taking the course!
Blood Meridian is considered one of the greatest novels ever written. Because of its cult-legend status in the literary world, many first-time McCarthy readers start with it. However, McCarthy’s beautiful and archaic prose, the somewhat slow start (over 65 pages to the first real battle scene), and the third-person omniscient POV can throw first-time readers off. But, even for the most seasoned McCarthy veteran, Blood Meridian has unlimited layers to sift through. I am building a 100+ hour Blood Meridian course here, and one day, I plan to write a book on it!
So, this Book Club will be for both beginners and long-time McCarthy readers. It will be a permanent fixture and run on eight-week cycles (seven weeks on and one week off).
Here's the link to the Blood Meridian Course to further explore the novel's theory, history, and complexity with me!
If you can’t make the book club times, please join me during my daily office hours to discuss anything you want about Blood Meridian.
Book Club Rules: Only attend if you’ve read the selected section! Other than that, anything goes 🤣
We will meet each week on Sunday at 9 AM
June 3rd - June 9th
Pages 1-57 - Blood Meridian Chapters I - IX
June 10th - June 16th
Pages 58 - 113
Chapters X - VIII
June 17th - June 23rd
Pages 114 - 156
Chapter IX - XI
June 24th - June 30th
Pages 157 - 212
Chapters XII-XIV
July 1st - July 7th
213 - 266
XV-XVII
July 8th - July 14th
267 - 306
Chapters XVIII-XX
July 15th - July 22nd
307 - End
XXI - End