I recently watched the film version of Pride and Prejudice, and enjoyed it so much I started re-reading the book and watching other Austen movies, including Sense and Sensibility and the recent "The Jane Austen Book Club." I thought it might be fun to join up with other Austen fans in Jax, and perhaps structure a Book Club similar to the one in the film.

Suede Lit is for the avid reader who would love to discover new authors and books and chat about some of your favorites while meeting fellow book lovers. Suede Lit is the sister-group of Suede Entertainment, a social networking group for women who love women and their atypical male friends. So if you'd like to meet other local fans of Gay & Lesbian Literature, enjoy Happy Hours, Dining, Bowling, Skating, Movies, and Gal-pal chat time, Suede Lit is your online avenue to some great offline fun …

At our Junto meetings, I envision that we'll discuss ethics, politics and philosophy. I envision that the meeting will be conducted in the sincere spirit of inquiry after truth. Any member can host a meeting. I prefer the 9 topic (10 minutes per topic) format with the goal of the official meeting lasting under two hours. We can meet at libraries or homes or restaurants. If you want to host a meeting, please just let me know and I'll put it on the calendar. Hosting a meeting means that you des …

Meet with other local female book lovers to discuss literature by African-American authors.

We have a different format: each member chooses from a list of ten books, (scroll down under "what's new" on the welcome page to find a link for the current month's book list) and reads his or her chosen book for the upcoming meeting. When we put together the list, we aim for variety. There's always nonfiction covering diverse fields, and interesting old or new fiction. Each member comes ready to discuss his or choice. No two people read the same book? No problem! Everyone read the same book …

Come join us at Unity Church of Jacksonville, www.unityjax.com on Sunday Morning for a discussion of the spiritual work of ACIM. This group is for those of us whom cannot make evening groups (like the one on Thursday evening at the same location) or want more than one group to attend. Our focus will be mainly on the Lessons of the course but open to discussion of all aspect and books of the course. We start at 8:30 and go til 10:00 and if so inclined can join services at 11:00. We take a love of …