If Only I Had 20 More Hours in a Day

I'm really enjoying Reading Lolita in Tehran.  I only wish I had read all the books they talk about.  Much of their discussions throughout are connections between great works of literature and their own lives.  I wish I didn't have to rely on their analysis alone of these things.  I wish I could make some of these connections myself.  I appreciate their connections, and would surely not discover them on my own since apparently I know very little about life in Iran, but I just wish I had enough time to read all the books they discuss to make my own evaluations before reading someone else's.

So my proposal for next year's book club is that we should read some of these books, discuss them, and then come back to this one and reread it.  There's a fantastic list of books in the back.  Let's read those next year?

Interior Design

Sorry, folks, I just couldn't help myself.  I just discovered blogger's new draft version where you can make your own templates.  Holy moly, what a fun distraction!  I hope y'all don't mind the new layout or background.  =)

What We Search For in Fiction

I love this: what we search for in fiction is not so much reality but the epiphany of truth. -page 3

Reading Lolita in Tehran

Our next book is Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi. Deanna & I are going to pick up books for you while we're in Anc. next weekend. Everyone requested a copy, I think.

For now, let's say we'll meet on
28 April
Carey's house
at 6:30

If the consensus is that we need more time to finish we can bump it back a week to May 5th.