One Thousand White Women

I've submitted our order for this next book with Chapters Online. Shelf price at Chapters and McNally Robinson is $21.95. With the online order, irewards discount and FREE shipping it works out to $15.85 for each book. I chose this book from my Sister-in-Law's favourites list. She is an avid reader and many of the books that made my favourites list were recommendations from her. I also thought it was a setting that I hadn't encountered in a novel before. Here's a little info on it...

One Thousand White Women is the story of May Dodd and a colorful assembly of pioneer women who, under the auspices of the U.S. government, travel to the western prairies in 1875 to intermarry among the Cheyenne Indians. The covert and controversial "Brides for Indians" program, launched by the administration of Ulysses S. Grant, is intended to help assimilate the Indians into the white man''s world. Toward that end May and her friends embark upon the adventure of their lifetime. Jim Fergus has so vividly depicted the American West that it is as if these diaries are a capsule in time.

Can you beleive we are halfway through a Year's Worth of Books? Isn't it amazing how fast a month goes?! Probably even more so now that I always have a new book and get together with our fab club to look forward to. Here is a synopsis of where we've been...in my mind anyway.

1) Memory Keepers Daughter - Some liked it, or at least "understood" it's deeper meaning. I'm still angry about the nonchalant death of a main character.
2) Random Christmas Book - Great way to mix it up and I think everyone had a great book for the holidays.
3) Lullabies for Little Criminals - Gritty. I missed the meeting so I dont' really know all the opinions but I think it was a much enjoyed and discussed novel. Liked the Canadian authour. I have borrowed it out to a girl I know who is going to be an addictions counsellor so I'm anxious for her opinion as well.
4) Water for Elephants - This book made my favourites list. I thouroughly enjoyed it and I think everyone else did as well.
5) Love in the Time of Cholera - 2/8 finished it. Candace threw it across a room, I left my copy in Thailand. Enough said. Thank a lot Oprah...and Shannon. JK
6) Mommies Who Drink - TBD, but from what I am hearing it was a good one!!!