Book Art

In an effort to be just a little more nerdy I found the following images. These paintings of what I call book art are amazing to look at. ENJOY!
(If you'd like to see more by André Martins de Barros he has a collection of Scholars.)

André Martins de Barros, Le philosophe

André Martins de Barros, untitled

André Martins de Barros, Le Libraire

André Martins de Barros, The Art Scholar

Man of the Family

Well ladies we had another great discussion about our book for this month. As always thanks Jenny, your book suggestions are always insightful and great. It was great to hear everyone's perspective and to learn from everyone and remember things that we may have forgotten. Thank you also to Martha Taylor for the yummy treats and your hospitality. For those unable to come we missed you :(

Next month we will be discussing Man of the Family by Ralph Moody. This book is set here in Littleton, Colorado and takes place shortly after Ralph's father dies.

If you'd like to start the book before you can borrow or purchase it go here. Google has the first 19 chapters online so that you can get a good start. We will be meeting at Riley Walker's home next month. (Same neighborhood as tonight.) Hope to see you then!

(If you would like to purchase the book you can go to AMAZON or HALF .com or the library does have one copy or you could probably do an interlibrary loan.)

Happy Reading!

The Help

Since we read The Help by: Kathryn Stockett I thought that you would all be interested in knowing about the movie coming out this August. I hope that since Kathryn Stockett co-wrote the screenplay with her childhood friend Tate Taylor that it will do the book justice.

Emma Stone as Skeeter


Octavia (Cicely Tyson) with Skeeter


Mrs. Walters (Sissy Spacek)


Kathryn Stockett as an extra

ZIPPY

Alright ladies we are less than two weeks away from book club (Thursday, January 20th). Have you come to enjoy Haven Kimmel yet? Thanks a million to Jenny for once again giving us a great read. Fun and light and insightful.
So far my favorite quote of the book is on pg. 144
One cannot consider, with any real accuracy, the currency of a single moment and it's extinction.
Deep, huh? Try to wrap your brain around that for a moment....
Ms. Kimmel (No relation to Jimmy Kimmel I believe) you are brilliant. You have made a blip on the map come alive. Your witty turn of phrase has made me stop and re-read lines until I was quite sure that I could grasp the full intent you were going for. I may just have to read on. I hope we all do.