We had our monthly book club meeting tonight. We took turns discussing the books that we had chosen for the past month. It was so fulfilling just hanging out in someone's living room, connecting with these women through our love of books. Some books that were discussed:
Hannah's Suitcase by Karen Lavine (a holocaust story)
Survivors: True Stories of children in the holocaust by Allan Zullo and Mara Bovsun
The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith
The Virgin's Lover by Philippa Gregory
Every Good Thing (compilation of 1997 LDS Womens Conference Talks...one especially good one by James M. Harper, I think his name was...)
The Full Cupboard of Life by Alexander Smith (This one sounded the most intriguing, set in Africa. It is book 5 in a series. The first in the series is called The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency )
and then I talked about The Joy Luck Club. After I read it, I watched the movie (by the same name) and all the dialogue and narration in the movie was identical to the book, which is rare. It is a story of 4 women living in China who move to America and each have a daughter. It is told, in turn, from the perspective of these 8 women. The movie leaves out a lot of good stuff so I wouldn't recommend it. The stories of the mothers when they were growing up in China are pretty remarkable. I feel like they are true stories.
So, it turns out that I will be scratching another book off my have-always-wanted-to-read list because the club has chosen classics for the next month so I am going to finally finish Pride and Prejudice. Ah yes, it is all falling into place...
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Sounds like fun, all very interesting books and very diverse. Hannah´s suitcase has been translated into Icelandic but was published as a childrens book is that correct? Philippa Gregory is getting to big in the historical genre. I think you would like the no.1 ladies´ detective agency if only because it takes place in Botswana in a reality that is so far from ours.
i like realities far from mine. don't get me wrong, i love my own life too, but i am always interested in other cultures and civilizations.
would you like to be a contributer on this blog and just do poetry posts?
quality and depth? really?
yippee!
get halli to give me your e-mail address if you want to post poems that you like.
i'm not too into poems on my own but if someone were to show me some i would like to read and comment.
I think I have a cohen poetry book I should dig it up and see if I understand them. I like poetry but I am not an avid reader. It would be interesting have some poetry posts.
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