Are you Hungry?

On March 23rd the Hunger Games Movie is arriving in theaters. After reading these riveting books it will be exciting to see how the directors have interpreted Suzanne Collins' work.

SCREWTAPE

Just next week we will be meeting to discuss The Screwtape Letters by:C.S. Lewis at Aimee Worland's home

I LOVE this book. I LOVE Lewis. I hope that you can all gain the same appreciation for this amazing piece of literature.

I actually just found this recording of audio theater by Focus on the Family where Andy Serkis (Golum in The Lord of the Rings movie) gives voice to Screwtape and it is BRILLIANT!

I sent my parents to the play in Salt Lake in January.

Rules by: Cynthia Lord

Well our book for February was RULES by Cynthia Lord. What an insightful read into the mind of a twelve year old girl who is dealing with not only puberty, friends and all the normal stuff but she has an autistic brother and parents that may seem a bit out of touch.
It is no wonder that Cynthia Lord won the Newberry award for this, her first book.
Her rules were great and made the story insightful and fun to read/listen to.  Lord allows us a look at the life of a family with a child that has autism. If you have not had the opportunity to read this book I suggest you take the time. I listened to it in the car and read it too.
Here is a more detailed synopsis:
This is the story of Catherine, a twelve-year-old girl who loves art and longs for a friend.  Catherine is the sister and often-babysitter for her autistic brother, David, and she often has a hard time fitting in with her classmates because of David’s behaviors.  She works hard to help David be more “normal,” specifically by giving him rules to live by that most people take for granted.  Her best friend is away for the summer visiting her father, so Catherine is excited when she learns that the family moving in next door includes a girl her age.  She spends most of her summer days helping her mother with David, visiting the clinic where David receives occupational therapy, and hoping that Christy, her new neighbor, will not be scared off by David’s differences.  At the clinic, Catherine befriends a wheelchair-bound boy named Jason who ”talks” through a communication book he keeps with him at all times.  The story somewhat predictably comes to a climax when Catherine must choose whether or not to invite Jason to a community dance when challenged to do so by Christy, who doesn’t know about David’s disability.  

World Book Night

So have you ever heard of World Book Night. It sounds fascinating and might be a way to make our book club a bit more philanthropic.

There is a registration form but it might be kind of cool to do. It is April 23rd here in the US and in the UK.

Let me know your thoughts.

The Little Prince

(Disclaimer: OK, so I picked the book before reading all of the comments on the blog so if we want to postpone this book until later that is fine with me. It is only about 112 pages- give or take because of illustrations. I am attaching a hyper link here of the entire book in .pdf form)

I first read this book in French class at BYU so re-reading it in English would be interesting. Plus that was about 14 years ago. Before this first exposure I had never even heard of this story. Now, however, I have seen the movie and also the opera on PBS and I know that there is a ballet too. Obviously The Little Prince has been a popular piece of literature for years and now we can find out why.

Tiger MOM UPDATE

So Amy Chua recently had a follow-up article to her book that we recently read. Martha's daughter, Meghan, was kind enough to pass it on...Just click here

It is quite fascinating and I hope that you all enjoy!

2012...Ready or NOT

So hear we are ladies the new year is fast approaching and we need books. Our schedule is quite bare and I am a bit flummoxed as to what to do about it. Should we got to meeting every other month? Should we combine with another book club? Should I make assignments?

Our numbers are low and although that doesn't really bother me I miss you when you aren't there. Some of us work and others of us have husbands who travel like crazy or whose work/church schedules are insane. We have members moving and others having babies. Life moves forward and book club becomes less of a priority.

PLEASE let me know what you would like to do.... I love book club but my life too is crazy with other priorities taking center stage.

If we don't have a book by the first of January I think we may forego book club for the month.