E-book club?

What do you think about having an e-book club?  

We've talked about having a book club in Bethel & it's just not something we can fit in our lives right now.  But, I think it's safe to say that we're all reading.


During our Sunday writing group there's the "out" of sharing about something you're reading.  Why don't we make that on-going here?

Resurrection of the Book Club

I have no idea who checks this anymore, but we should start our book club up in Bethel next year. We'll have Carey, Vicki, Kyle, me... and a boat load of other people to be in our club.

So who's in?

Iranian Revolution

Have any of you heard of Persepolis? Carey, I'm assuming you have since you really get into graphic novels, perhaps you even have the movie? =) Anyway, for those of you who don't know about it, it's a graphic novel about growing up during the Iranian Revolution. I just saw a preview to the movie. What coincidental timing, eh?

Sadly we don't have any more time this year to get together, but it'd be an interesting read, and we could chat about it on here if anyone is interested. Carey, I'd be interested in your thoughts and how you think it compares to what we just read.

I'd love to talk about Reading Lolita in Tehran again in the fall if others want to do that. I loved it and it's so dense we could talk about it a lot more. Or we could just blog about it here. =)

I'm really going to miss book club with you all! I enjoyed every conversation we had this year (not to mention the delicious food). The books were significantly more fulfilling after being able to process with you guys. I'm sad we won't be the same group next year, but hopefully the book club will continue.

I also mentioned tonight that if we don't have enough people around to keep it going, we could just have a blogging book club, far less exciting (especially for my taste buds), but better than nothing.

Let's talk about what we're reading over the summer. Anyone interested? You could all read the romantics with me! =) Sense and Sensibility? Frankenstein? ...

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.  =)