Some Discussion Questions

Here is a site with some discussion questions about Mere Christianity that I will be bringing with me on Thursday:

http://www.readinggroupguides.com/guides_M/mere_christianity1.asp

Here is a short biography of CS Lewis:

http://www.cslewisinstitute.org/cslewis/index.htm

And if you like what you read, here is a list of books by CS Lewis:

http://www.biblio.com/author_biographies/2000714/C_S_Lewis.html

I tried to find a good article about C.S. Lewis and mormonism, but when I googled it the results were a little, um, antimormon, so if anyone has better luck, let me know!!

Book Club first Thursday

Don't forget book club next week!! We are meeting at Diana's and reading Mere Christianity by CS Lewis. This is a nonfiction collection of essays. Here is a snipet of the Foreword:

"As a young man, C.S. Lewis had served in the awful trenches of World War I, and in 1940 . . .he took up duties as an air raid warden and gave talks to men in the Royal Air Force...Their situation prompted Lewis to speak about the problems of suffering, pain, and evil, work that resulted in his being invited to give a series of wartime broadcasts on Christian faith. Delivered over the air from 1942 to 1944, these speeches eventually were gathered into the book we know to day as Mere Christianity."

I guess I'm trying to say, even if you read a few chapters, you wil have plenty to contribute to the discussion!! Hope to see you there!

January's Book club- change of place and date

Next month we are reading Family Tree by Barbara Delinsky. We are having it at Channing's house instead of Heather's. Also, we moved it to the 8th of month (2nd Thursday) instead of the 1st. The books choosen for following months are listed on the sidebar. I moved myself into Heidi's opening (we will miss you Heidi!).

Follow Up on Enders Game

I hope everyone enjoyed last months book. If you are interested in more Ender Reading, here is the list I found (in chronological order). The most famous sequel is Ender's Shadow. The books are meant to be read in any order as long as Children of the Mind follows Xenocide.

Ender's Game
A War of Gifts: An Ender Story (set during Ender's Game)
Ender's Shadow (Parallel Novel to Ender's Game as seen by Bean)
Ender in Exile (begins at the end of Ender's Game and ends after Giant leading into Speaker)
Shadow of the Hegemon
Shadow Puppets
Shadow of the Giant
Speaker for the Dead
Xenocide
Children of the Mind

December Book Club *updated*

Just a reminder that our book for December is Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. It will be December 4th at 7:00 at Emily's house. Emily says that she has a copy of the book if someone needs to borrow it.

Also, we have the next two months of books. January will be at Heather's house. It is Family Tree by Barbara Delinsky. March is 1000 Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini and will be at Channing's house. I believe both are the first Thursday of each month. Happy Reading!!

*Updated- I originally listed Channing as February, but the sidebar shows her as March so I will keep her on March and Diana on February unless I hear otherwise*

Another Place Change

We are moving book club back to LISA'S HOUSE I have emailed everyone the address and will try to call everyone, too. Hope to see you there.

Book Club Reminder- PLACE CHANGE

Don't forget bookclub is TOMORROW (not Friday!). I'm pretty sure I put it in the last email I sent out, but it is at MY HOUSE, not Lisa's!! Hope to see you all there!!