Big Book Club's "oh Boy, Tolstoy!"

What Makes a Book "Big"? We thought that because "Middlemarch" only weighs in at the 700-800 page range (compared to the 1200+ pages of "War and Peace"), there would somehow be less characters and relationships to keep track of... We were wrong. Luckily, other intrepid readers have come before us! Charles found and shared this hand drawn "Relationship Map of Middlemarch" posted by someone named Nickelini, on Photobucket.   This week's Palate cleansers - Pete - "The Library Book" by Susan Orlean, who will be at Central Library on February 20 for Arlington Reads. Megan - Mormom and the Meth-Head podcast Alex - "Lethal White" by Robert Galbraith