Book for May
"Winter Garden" by Kristin Hannah
Friday, April 12, 2013
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
September Book Club
I apologize for failing to post this in advance...
The book for September is "Wish You Well," by David Baldacci. A historical fiction placed in the mountains of rural Virginia, 1940's.
Book Club will meet at Tendra's home Thursday, Sept. 13th @7pm. See you there!
The book for September is "Wish You Well," by David Baldacci. A historical fiction placed in the mountains of rural Virginia, 1940's.
Book Club will meet at Tendra's home Thursday, Sept. 13th @7pm. See you there!
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
August Book Club
Hi there ladies! Hope you're having a great summer. The book I chose for August is 'Graceling' by Kristin Cashore.
Here is a short description of the book
Kristin Cashore’s best-selling, award-winning fantasy Graceling tells the story of the vulnerable yet strong Katsa, a smart, beautiful teenager who lives in a world where selected people are given a Grace, a special talent that can be anything from dancing to swimming. Katsa’s is killing. As the king’s niece, she is forced to use her extreme skills as his thug. Along the way, Katsa must learn to decipher the true nature of her Grace . . . and how to put it to good use. A thrilling, action-packed fantasy adventure (and steamy romance!) that will resonate deeply with adolescents trying to find their way in the world.
I know it is only June, but I thought I would give a heads up. It is a fast read (according to me), but I'm not sure how fast the hold list at the library will be. So I would suggest putting it on hold now to give yourself time to read it before we meet. I will have one available but not for awhile as I am going to read it again to refresh my memory. I really enjoyed this story and hope you do too.
Happy Reading!
~Vicki
P.S. At our last meeting we talked about getting together for dinner to just visit in July, are we still wanting to do this?
Here is a short description of the book
Kristin Cashore’s best-selling, award-winning fantasy Graceling tells the story of the vulnerable yet strong Katsa, a smart, beautiful teenager who lives in a world where selected people are given a Grace, a special talent that can be anything from dancing to swimming. Katsa’s is killing. As the king’s niece, she is forced to use her extreme skills as his thug. Along the way, Katsa must learn to decipher the true nature of her Grace . . . and how to put it to good use. A thrilling, action-packed fantasy adventure (and steamy romance!) that will resonate deeply with adolescents trying to find their way in the world.
I know it is only June, but I thought I would give a heads up. It is a fast read (according to me), but I'm not sure how fast the hold list at the library will be. So I would suggest putting it on hold now to give yourself time to read it before we meet. I will have one available but not for awhile as I am going to read it again to refresh my memory. I really enjoyed this story and hope you do too.
Happy Reading!
~Vicki
P.S. At our last meeting we talked about getting together for dinner to just visit in July, are we still wanting to do this?
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Maus by Art Spiegelman
I thought we'd tackle something totally different this month. This is a book I read for a class last semester, but the professor never gave us a chance to discuss it and it's been eating me ever since. So, thank you in advance for indulging me. :)
A brief description, courtesy of Amazon.com:
The Pulitzer Prize-winning Maus tells the story of Vladek Spiegelman, a Jewish survivor of Hitler’s Europe, and his son, a cartoonist coming to terms with his father’s story. Maus approaches the unspeakable through the diminutive. Its form, the cartoon (the Nazis are cats, the Jews mice), shocks us out of any lingering sense of familiarity and succeeds in “drawing us closer to the bleak heart of the Holocaust” (The New York Times).
Maus is a haunting tale within a tale. Vladek’s harrowing story of survival is woven into the author’s account of his tortured relationship with his aging father. Against the backdrop of guilt brought by survival, they stage a normal life of small arguments and unhappy visits. This astonishing retelling of our century’s grisliest news is a story of survival, not only of Vladek but of the children who survive even the survivors. Maus studies the bloody pawprints of history and tracks its meaning for all of us.
So, yeah, it's not exactly light and fluffy. It's also a graphic novel, but don't let that deter you. I don't even really know what to say other than it affected me in a way few books ever have.
There are several copies available through the library, and one set that Wendy took home with her and can float around the group. It was initially published in two parts, so you'll need to get Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History and Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began. There is also a single-volume version called The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale.
As a side note, the second Thursday in May falls during finals week, so we'll likely postpone our meeting until the next week. I'll keep you posted.
A brief description, courtesy of Amazon.com:
The Pulitzer Prize-winning Maus tells the story of Vladek Spiegelman, a Jewish survivor of Hitler’s Europe, and his son, a cartoonist coming to terms with his father’s story. Maus approaches the unspeakable through the diminutive. Its form, the cartoon (the Nazis are cats, the Jews mice), shocks us out of any lingering sense of familiarity and succeeds in “drawing us closer to the bleak heart of the Holocaust” (The New York Times).
Maus is a haunting tale within a tale. Vladek’s harrowing story of survival is woven into the author’s account of his tortured relationship with his aging father. Against the backdrop of guilt brought by survival, they stage a normal life of small arguments and unhappy visits. This astonishing retelling of our century’s grisliest news is a story of survival, not only of Vladek but of the children who survive even the survivors. Maus studies the bloody pawprints of history and tracks its meaning for all of us.
So, yeah, it's not exactly light and fluffy. It's also a graphic novel, but don't let that deter you. I don't even really know what to say other than it affected me in a way few books ever have.
There are several copies available through the library, and one set that Wendy took home with her and can float around the group. It was initially published in two parts, so you'll need to get Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History and Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began. There is also a single-volume version called The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale.
As a side note, the second Thursday in May falls during finals week, so we'll likely postpone our meeting until the next week. I'll keep you posted.
Sunday, January 15, 2012
February: Live Bites...Love Bleeds. Dracula by Bram Stoker
Thought we'd do a real romantical genre for the month of love ;). Enjoy this classic! I stopped at page 2 of the Nampa Library search when I counted 10 copies, no holds. So there are plenty books out there plus it's free download off the internet, Amazon...Meet at Amy's to discuss and sink our teeth into some tasty treats! Feb. 9th 7pm.
Here's what Wikipedia had to say,
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Before writing Dracula, Stoker spent several years researching European folklore and mythological stories of vampires. Dracula is an epistolary novel, written as a collection of realistic, but completely fictional, diary entries, telegrams, letters, ship's logs, and newspaper clippings, all of which added a level of detailed realism to his story, a skill he developed as a newspaper writer. At the time of its publication, it was considered a "straightforward horror novel" based on imaginary creations of supernatural life.[8] "It gave form to a universal fantasy . . . and became a part of popular culture."[8]According to the Encyclopedia of World Biography, Stoker's stories are today included within the categories of "horror fiction," "romanticized Gothic" stories, and "melodrama."[8] They are classified alongside other "works of popular fiction" such as Mary Shelley's Frankenstein[9]:394 which, according to historian Jules Zanger, also used the "myth-making" and story-telling method of having "multiple narrators" telling the same tale from different perspectives. "'They can't all be lying,' thinks the reader."[10]
The original 541-page manuscript of Dracula, believed to have been lost, was found in a barn in northwestern Pennsylvania during the early 1980s.[11] It included the typed manuscript with many corrections, and handwritten on the title page was "THE UN-DEAD." The author's name was shown at the bottom as Bram Stoker. Author Robert Latham notes, "the most famous horror novel ever published, its title changed at the last minute."[9]
Stoker's inspirations for the story, in addition to Whitby, may have included a visit to Slains Castle in Aberdeenshire, a visit to the crypts of St. Michan's Church in Dublin and the novella Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu.[12]
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
January Book Club
The book for January is going to be the Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. You will have from now until the 2nd week in January to read it. We will meet at Wendy's house the 2nd Thursday in January to discuss and eat treats.
There are way too many holds at the library to get copies, but we could think of a number of families in the ward that have copies we are pretty sure you could borrow. Let Wendy know if you are having a hard time getting your hands on a copy.
It is coming out in the theaters in March so we may have to all get together and go see it.
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