This month's book is very short and easy to read - easy as in the language is understandable; the subject matter is of course quite sad (hence the book title) and might not be considered "easy" to read in that sense.
I highly recommend you read this selection if at all possible. My copy of the book is very thin, and half of it is an "afterword" by one of Lewis' biographers. Thus, the actual reading for this month is VERY short. I would guess that there are copies of this book in local libraries because it is a widely-read book and very well known.
This is a very personal book, an insight into Lewis' soul and will help you wade through the difficult work of grief, should you ever experience great loss of any kind in your life.
I've yet to strongly recommend a book this year, but I'm going to do so this month. I know from your comments and emails to me that many of you are very busy and have fallen behind in the readings. THAT'S OKAY!!! Put the other books on your shelf, saving them for another time. But if at all possible, read A GRIEF OBSERVED by C.S. Lewis.
And then let's chat.
Happy reading!
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION
For the Bloggy Book Club Reading Selections for 2009, please click HERE. Click on the uppercased red book title to be taken to Amazon.com where you can read more about the book and order a copy.
Please note, Amazon.com usually offers free shipping on all of these titles if your order totals $25 or more. I buy a 2 or 3 books at a time, just enough to get the free shipping, and then go back another day and do it again. Not buying all 12 at a time helps lessen the load on my budget while buying 2 or 3 at a time saves money on shipping.
Most of these titles can also be found the library if you want to borrow the book instead of buy it. (You might want to take notes on a separate sheet of paper though so you can remember things that impacted you---for yourself and to share with the group---and to spare yourself the library fine of marking up a borrowed book!)
Lastly, if you have any questions, please email me HERE.
Happy Reading!
Please note, Amazon.com usually offers free shipping on all of these titles if your order totals $25 or more. I buy a 2 or 3 books at a time, just enough to get the free shipping, and then go back another day and do it again. Not buying all 12 at a time helps lessen the load on my budget while buying 2 or 3 at a time saves money on shipping.
Most of these titles can also be found the library if you want to borrow the book instead of buy it. (You might want to take notes on a separate sheet of paper though so you can remember things that impacted you---for yourself and to share with the group---and to spare yourself the library fine of marking up a borrowed book!)
Lastly, if you have any questions, please email me HERE.
Happy Reading!
Book Club Members
Table of Contents
No one else can speak the words on your lips...
Share your thoughts; any and all are welcome.
Don't know what to say? Here are some ideas:
What made you laugh/cry/think
Lines you loved/hated/didn't understand
Characters or scenes you identified with
Something you disagreed with/embraced
Just one request: When you reference something in the book, please let us know where it is so we can all read along. Include the chapter number, page number, and the paragraph number. Like this: (C3, P245, G3).
Happy Reading!
2009 Book List
Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler
Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson
The Ten Year Nap by Meg Wolitzer
Death in the Garden by Elizabeth Ironside
A Grief Observed by C. S. Lewis
Daisy Miller by Henry James
Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortensen
6 Robert Frost Poems (3 Group Assigned & You Pick 3)
War as I Knew It by George S. Patton Jr.
Secret Lives of First Ladies by Cormac O'Brian
Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson
The Ten Year Nap by Meg Wolitzer
Death in the Garden by Elizabeth Ironside
A Grief Observed by C. S. Lewis
Daisy Miller by Henry James
Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortensen
6 Robert Frost Poems (3 Group Assigned & You Pick 3)
War as I Knew It by George S. Patton Jr.
Secret Lives of First Ladies by Cormac O'Brian
2009 Book List
BREATHING LESSONS by Anne Tyler
REVOLUTIONARY ROAD by Richard Yates
The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson
The Ten Year Nap by Meg Wolitzer
Death in the Garden by Elizabeth Ironside
A Grief Observed by C. S. Lewis
Daisy Miller by Henry James
Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortensen
6 Robert Frost Poems (3 Group Assigned & You Pick 3)
War as I Knew It by George S. Patton Jr.
Secret Lives of First Ladies by Cormac O'Brian
4 comments:
I have already read this, but after that convincing argument- I think I will read it again! woo hoo C.S. Lewis!
thank you for that pump-up. some of us needed that ;-)
Ok, so I thought I would read Mere Christianity instead, but now you have convinced me to read A Grief Observed.... But I just got Death in the Garden, so I will try to get caught up on that reading as well. However, I have read the upcoming three already. Posts will come... they just might be a bit behind! Happy reading! (P.S. I am working on _Reading Lolita in Tehran_ right now and I would HIGHLY recommend it! However, it is best if you are familiar with the authors/books: Nabokov-Lolita, F. Scott Fitzgerald-The Great Gatsby, Henry James-Daisy Miller (which is up next! WOOHOO!), and Austen!)
Okay, ladies. I know you each have thoughtful insight into life, and from your own experience will have something to say about this book that will benefit the rest of us. I eagerly await your comments!!
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