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"There is no frigate like a book to take us lands away." (Emily Dickinson)
Welcome to the Bloggy Book Club, where we shall read to our heart's content.
Another Blog for Readers & Bluestockings
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
10 comments:
Confession: I actually read this book a couple of months ago. I was needing something to read - and since I already had Death in the Garden on my shelf (beckoning me as unread books on my shelf tend to do), I caved. :o)
I liked it a lot and look forward to reading other peoples' thoughts about it. I will wait a few weeks before posting my comments so that I don't spoil the plot for anyone! Happy Reading!
I think I will sit this one out. But I plan on reading C.S. Lewis' _A Grief Observed_ for July! :) So I'll catch ya then... And then I have read a lot of the upcoming ones already, but I will be sure to post and re-skim through them! Happy Reading!
I might read another C.S. Lewis... I thought I already had _A Grif Observed_, but I have about 5 others of his that I have yet to read-- that way I don't have to buy a new one, I can just read one I already have...
fthluvhope: No problem sitting this one out - but maybe you can keep it in mind for a later read. I enjoyed it. And no worries about not reading A Grief Observed. Which ones do you already own? (Maybe I can suggest one that I've already read so at least you and I can comment back and forth on it?) To clarify: have you ever read A Grief Observed? Again, if you haven't, maybe later: it's a classic and gives MUCH to ponder.
Ok so I really enjoyed this book! I went a little out of turn and read this before ten-year-nap! but I'm so glad I did!
It is a GREAT read! For most of it I changed into my swimmer and tanned my little self while my baby b slept! It was a great escape and I wish it wasn't over... I guess that's a good book- huh?
That IS a good book - the ones you wish would never end...and then think about for days...and then quote...and then read over and over...glad you liked it! I look forward to reading your comments.
Ok. You guys convinced me! I'm in and just ordered it... though my posts may have to wait until July...
Rissalee: For the C.S. Lewis read, I am thinking about re-reading Mere Christianity. I bet it has been 10 years since I have read it and and I am more mature in my faith and perspectives. I have also read The Great Divorce and The Screwtape Letters. I may also throw in some of his poetry for good measure... any of your own C.S. Lewis recommendations?
fth: Mere Christianity, Great Divorce, and Screwtape are all good. I'd also recommend: Narnia Chronicles, Pilgrim's Regress, 'Til We Have Faces, A Grief Observed, and (one I read every year) The Four Loves.
once again, my local library does not have this book available, and they did not find it in neighboring libraries either. it sounds like a book i could like too, but i am not into buying books. so, i will jump ahead to July's book "A Grief Observed", which i already have on my own bookshelf. maybe, with my current reading pace, i will finish it before the August book read ;-)
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