April Book Club Book

Sorry this hasn't been updated since last month. I missed last month's book club, and was sad to miss the discussion on 1000 Splendid Suns.

We are still planning having book club this month. The book is The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer. This is a relatively quick read and very highly rated. I finished it on 1 day (and it was Thanksgiving so I had other things going on, too).

Book club will be at my house and I'm hoping it is OK to move it from the 1st Thursday to the 2nd. If anyone has a problem with this, please let me know! Hope to see everyone there and don't forget to bring a treat to share!

Date Change

We have moved book club back a week. It is now the 2nd week in February. Hope to see everyone there!!

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*