Hot Fun in the Summertime

One last post before we're off for a weeks worth of sun in the Okanagan! Hope you all save up your thoughts and comments on A Thousand Splendid Suns and enjoy starting Almost Moon.

We all seem to agree on the first Wednesday of each month rule for Book Club! That being said our schedule will fill the year as follows...

July 9 - A Thousand Splendid Suns at Jasmine's (?)
August 6 - Almost Moon at Malia's(?)
September 3 - The Birth House - TBD
October 1 - The Glass Castle - TBD
November 5 - A Wild Ride up the Cupboards and CHOOSING A NEW YEAR'S WORTH OF BOOKS!

Hope you all enjoy good weather and good books until we meet again!
C

Neglectful Blogger

Hi Gals!
Long time no post! I blame it on reading SO far ahead this past book. From now on must try to stay on pace.

So how is it going? I'm going to go ahead and guess we are all near finished, if not already. That means time for Book Club! We are missing Shannon who is right now galavanting in Europe. Next week we will miss Amber who will be galavanting in Vegas. The week following 4 of us will be starting in on Almost Moon on the beaches of Kelowna. Are the rest of your summer schedules filling up too?

We can try to cram one in here before the 27th, but days are filling up FAST. Any thoughts? During these busy days of summer we might have to stretch meetings over 1.5 months, but MUST return to regularily schedule meetings in the Fall.

Has anyone already started Almost Moon? I had read a few years ago Lovely Bones, also by Alice Sebold. Tough content which for me made a tough read. It's about the horrifying murder of a young girl, told by the girl after her death watching her family from heaven. Haunting. I did a little search on Alice Sebold and her life story leaves no wonder where her material comes from. She was brutally beaten and raped on her college campus at 18. Her other novel Lucky is about this attack. I'm blank on Almost Moon, no idea what it's about...I'll go in search of a spoiler for the side bar.

To fill my time this month I read The Secret Life of Bees, which was really good, though not a candidate for a favourites list of mine. I did discover they are filming the movie now starring Dakota Fanning, Queen Latifa and Alicia Keys...plus Paul Bettany. Love that guy. Based on the book I'll definitley rent the movie to see how it measures up.

My other beach read this summer is going to be Belong To Me by Marisa De los Santos. I got into the first chapter last night and left me with a great first impression!

Happy Reading...
C

Another Rainy Weekend!

Hey gals!
Well looks like more rain ahead. Seriously.

I LOVE to hear that everyone is enjoying this book, and even a Kite Runner hater. I didn't especially love Kite Runner either, to tell you the truth. I think that it was one of my first books that went above and beyond "Chick Lit" that made it stand out to me. Splendid Suns was so much more than Kite Runner. I might have to revisit Kite Runner to discover exactly what it is that moved me so much more in Splendid Suns. Probably that we can empathize so much more with the female point of view and their struggles. I only wish that it was true fiction and stories like this don't happen actually happen in real life. Doesn't it make you realize how lucky we are. I wonder when the last time 8 women in Afganistan got together at a trendy dessert shop to laugh and talk and discuss books and life? Maybe 30 years ago? Tear.

Have a super weekend!
C

Extracurricular Reading...

Hello!

Another rainy forecast for the week ahead, plus nothing on TV. For me that means ample time to read at home and during lunch hour. I picked up The Secret Life of Bees to keep me busy since I sped through Splendid Suns. Amber and Shannon were fans. Anyone else?

It was a tough decision in Chapters because there are many I'm saving for potential books for next year. Next year is only 4 books away! Can you beleive how well we've done. Very proud of our Book Club.

Are you already thinking of your choice for Book Club? We'll have to draw for months and for the 4 people who will get 2 choices. Here are some of mine along with pics of the covers in case you, like me, often judge first by these...

The Alchemist

The Friday Night Knitting Club

Sweetness in the Belly



Happy Reading!