As discussed in this
thread, this will be the first book to be discussed by the online book club. To give people time to acquire the book, the "official" discussion will start in a week, BUT if people have already gotten it, feel free to discuss anything from Part One ("Lolita"). Next week will start the official discussion of Part One (January 21st), with Part Two discussion commencing on this thread the week after (January 28th). Please feel free to ask questions/make comments about the current or preceding parts of the book, but PLEASE do NOT post anything from subsequent parts. (That is, if we're discussing Part 3 - or up to page 231 - anything up to and including that is fair game. Anything after that is off limits.
That said, if you're behind in the reading but still read the thread, there could very possibly be spoilers posted, so just be aware of that.
To start the ball rolling, why do you think Lolita was chosen as the first book discussed by Nafisi's group? What do you think of the choice? What would you have started with and why?