Attendees: Callah, Christopher, Denise, Heather, Julie, Lisa K., Rhonda, Tommy, & Valesca. With appearances by Nathan, Raven, and Cooper :)
Lisa K. it was so good to see you at book club because it has been such a long time!
First book up for discussion was Where Men Win Glory by Jon Krakauer. Everyone that read this book was disgusted at how much the US covered up what happened to Pat Tillman. They were shocked that they would tell so many lies and tell so many people to tell lies about what happened. I know that there was more that we talked about this book, but I can't remember, sorry! It seemed like everyone enjoyed this book and I am only 100 pages in and I am enjoying it.
Next was Moloka'i by Alan Brennert. First, we all wish that Keo was there so that he could pronounce some names for us in the book. We are pretty sure that we all butchered the names pretty good! We all really liked the book and talked about how at that time everyone thought that you could get leprosy by just being in contact with a person and how because of that thinking these people were sent to a leprosy colony away from everyone they love. It seemed as though there was a lot of crying that was done by members in our group when they read this book; there were definitely some sad moments. A lot of us want to go to Moloka'i and visit the leper colony there. Again, we talked more about it, but I don't remember it all. It was a historical fiction book and we got to learn a lot about what was happening around that time. If you would like to know more on leprosy (like you wanted Denise) here is the link to the wiki page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leprosy
For our next book club we are switching things up a bit. Denise's friend Ed Lin just had his second book released this past week. We previously read his book This Is A Bust and we all enjoyed it. Ed even came to a book club and talked about that book and his new book. He even gave us a sneak preview reading of the new book. Ed is going to be at the Barnes & Noble Encino store doing a reading on April 27th at 7:30 and we thought that we would meet there for book club to hear the reading of Snakes Can't Run and to talk with him and everyone else about it afterwards. http://www.amazon.com/Snakes-Cant-Run-Ed-Lin/dp/0312569882/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1270155116&sr=8-1
Here is the info:
Snakes Can't Run by Ed Lin (I don't know if this will be in an audible format Julie)
Date & Time: Tuesday April 27th at 7:30 (the reading is at 7:30, so we should get there a little earlier)
Where: Barnes & Noble 16461 Ventura Blvd, Encino, CA 91436, 818-380-1636
We also decided to read and do the workbook of The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron http://www.amazon.com/Artists-Way-Julia-Cameron/dp/1585421472/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1270155141&sr=1-1 It is a 12 week program and we thought that we would try it out and discuss how we are doing at each book club that we have. To get more info on the book you can go to the link I sent or do a Google search for the book.
Just as an FYI, I was recently introduced to a great used book website. It is www.thriftbooks.com. The books are cheap and there is free shipping in the US! If you don't mind a used book to buy this is a great site. I know that it won't have Snakes Can't Run because the book just came out.
See you in a less than a month!
-Heather
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