From Auntie Anne, aka Anne (Fairbanks) Bohlke: Since I’m suggesting this book club, I’ll go first. I’m doing ok psychologically in the current situation, most of the time; but I’m having trouble concentrating. So I’m savoring less demanding literature that I’ve read before. I’m reading—rereading— John Sanford’s Prey novels , featuring detective Lucas Davenport. I admit it. These are mass-market, only semi-“worthwhile”* novels. But Sanford puts together a good plot (so important, Aristotle tells us), brings memorable characters to life, gives them dialogue that’s fun to read, and constructs a world where good triumphs, sort of, over evil. It’s mainly reading to escape, but putting myself into these characters’ shoes helps me to be empathetic, I think. When I crave more intellectual fare, I grab a Dorothy Sayers mystery. A Lord Peter Wimsey novel .  Strong Poison ,  Clouds of Witness ,  The Nine Tailors . Escape reading again, but this time with genteel British characte...